Dining and Drinking Top 5: February 2019
Some of February’s most interesting events.
Forty Days on the Kombucha Train: Taking a Ride with the Chicago Vanguard of a Worldwide Craze
Kombucha is a bubbly, fermented drink, usually served chilled and made from tea, sugar, and a starter called a SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. And it is, lately, everywhere. Over fifty-one percent of twenty-five- to thirty-four-year-olds are regular Kombucha drinkers, and the rest of us are catching up. Recently PepsiCo and Coors acquired established Kombucha brands, betting that demand will continue to grow. Several Chicagoans are leading the charge to make this beverage, which might enable you to continue your cheeseburger and beer diet…and actually get healthier (as long as you drink Kombucha).
Got Your New Year’s Resolution Right Here: Drink More Scotch
Let’s approach this whole New Year’s resolution thing from a different angle. Let’s make resolutions we can keep, like this one:
I vow, in the coming year, to drink more—and learn more about—Scotch whisky.
Dining & Drinking Top 5: January 2019
The holiday season just ended, and you want to go out AGAIN? Okay, here are five stellar events to keep the party in your head going.
O Tannenbaum! Where You Want to Eat at Christmastime
The restaurant where you want to eat at Christmas time is German, and there’s a case to be made for Christmas, as we know it, being invented in Germany. Kris Kringle, the Christmas feast, gingerbread, all can be traced to German origins.
Dining & Drinking Top 5: December 2018
There’s stuff to do in Chicago in December. No, really, there is.
A Taste of Place: The Essential Qualities of Local Markets
Traditional local markets reflect the culture of a place in ways supermarkets simply cannot. Visiting a local market is the best way to get a taste of place. Wherever I go in the world, there’s nowhere I’d rather go than the local market.
Dining & Drinking Top 5: November 2018
All kinds of crazy stuff to do in Chicago, during November 2018
The Best Pizza in Chicago. Sez Who? Sez Me.
As far as I can tell, this place has never been reviewed by any of Chicago’s major print publications. It has, however, been praised by many people online. Grubhub, for instance, gives it the top rating of five stars based on almost 3500 individual reviews. People like it; publications ignore it.
Dining and Drinking Top 5: October 2018
How bored are you? Lots. Here are five cures for that in October.
