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		<title>The Good Twin: The Ricobenes try their hand at finer dining with Gemellato Ristorante</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2011/09/05/the-good-twin-the-ricobenes-try-their-hand-at-finer-dining-with-gemellato-ristorante/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Kelsey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[260 Sports Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemellato Ristorante]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricobene’s]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Under the shade of a crisscrossing concrete canopy, a sliver of 26th Street runs from South Canal Street to I-94 beneath the intersecting Dan Ryan and Stevenson Expressway overpasses. Here, in the far reaches of the Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square neighborhoods, the Ricobene family has carved out their flavorful nerve center. The Ricobene family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Heat #35: Tony Mantuano</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2011/07/11/the-big-heat-35-tony-mantuano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Big Heat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Grueneberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[35 Tony Mantuano Chef, Spiaggia, Spiaggia Café, Terzo Piano, Mangia Trattoria (Kenosha) One of the so-called FCOs or Favorite Chefs of Obama, Mantuano’s continued, along with his excellent executive chef Sarah Grueneberg, to turn out some of the finest upscale Italian food in the country at Spiaggia and his Art Institute outpost Terzo Piano. He’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divine Davanti: Little Italy can always use more Italian joints like this</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2010/09/28/divine-davanti-little-italy-can-always-use-more-italian-joints-like-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Davanti Enoteca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mia Francesca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar DeAngelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sole Mio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Purple Pig]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Nagrant Anyone who’s seen &#8220;The Godfather&#8221; or watched an episode or two of &#8220;The Sopranos&#8221; knows that people like to send messages at Italian restaurants. So what’s a food writer to think when a food runner at the new Davanti Enoteca in Little Italy “accidentally” tips a full glass of Chianti into his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resto 100: Chicago&#8217;s essential restaurants of 2010</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2010/03/09/resto-100-chicagos-essential-restaurants-of-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resto 100 is, as always, a list of “essential” restaurants, which is most definitely not synonymous with “best.” We strive to reflect a world of dining in a constant state of innovative transition, to capture a snapshot of the state of the food world at this time. As last year, when we first dropped Charlie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resto 100: Top Five Takeout Joints</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2010/03/09/resto-100-top-five-takeout-joints/</link>
		<comments>http://resto.newcity.com/2010/03/09/resto-100-top-five-takeout-joints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A basic criterion for Resto 100 has been that a restaurant has to have real tables and silverware or a significant place to sit down. Considering a place like Hot Doug’s makes the list, service is generally optional. And, yes, we cheated and totally made an exception for Al’s Beef on Taylor. Still, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of the Zeroes: Chicago Restaurants, 2000-2009</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2009/12/21/end-of-the-zeroes-chicago-restaurants-2000-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://resto.newcity.com/2009/12/21/end-of-the-zeroes-chicago-restaurants-2000-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncle John’s BBQ and Violet Hour also deserve a mention. Places like Hot Doug’s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Nagrant Since 2000, Chicago has gone from being a Rat Pack-worthy steak-and-potato-slinging stereotype to a destination for international culinary travelers. Chicago’s affordability, its diners&#8217; willingness to suspend disbelief and its proximity to the sublime bounty of the Midwest all play a role in that transformation. Most important to the renaissance are the places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resto 100: Chicago&#8217;s Essential Restaurants 2009</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2009/04/07/resto-100-chicagos-essential-restaurants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resto 100 is, as it has been in years past, a list of &#8220;essential&#8221; restaurants, which is most definitely not synonymous with &#8220;best.&#8221; We strive to reflect a world of dining in a constant state of innovative transition, to capture a snapshot of the state of the food world at this time. In these particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Things: The Three-peat, another quick list of food-faves</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2008/09/11/my-favorite-things-the-three-peat-another-quick-list-of-food-faves-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Hieggelke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Nagrant I was concerned that Pat Riley, the former NBA Coach and the only man who used more Brill Cream than my grandfather, was going to come after me with a dream team of lawyers over the title of this column. It turns out though he only owns a commercial trademark on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tapped Out? Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap may be just tired</title>
		<link>http://resto.newcity.com/2008/05/01/tapped-out-tufano%e2%80%99s-vernon-park-tap-may-be-just-tired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 11:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Nagrant Saying that the 77-year-old red-sauce joint Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap has seen a lot is like saying Magellan took a short boat trip. When the tap opened in 1931, Halsted was paved with brick and Taylor Street was the port of entry for Italian immigrants. Italian beef may have been drenched in [...]]]></description>
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