8 Scott Harris Owner, Mia Francesca and many more Apparently owning over twenty Francesca franchises was boring. How else to explain that Harris opened The Purple Pig, Davanti Enoteca, Salatino’s, Dough Boy’s Pizza in the last two years and has just launched Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive?
Big Heat 2020: Chicago’s Food and Drink 50 This year we focus on chefs, pit masters, bartenders, bakers and those who prepare and serve the food that makes Chicago a major culinary center.
Childhood Memories: A Beautiful Bologna Sandwich from Big Kids, Logan Square It was a beautiful November day, with the temps in the mid-seventies, blue sky and bright autumn sunlight rendering everyone and everything gleaming golden. What could possibly make this beautiful day better? Why, a beautiful bologna sandwich, of course!
The Big Cheese: Veal Sausage and Stinky Cheese in Monroe, Wisconsin Wisconsin means dairy. It’s called “The Dairy State,” with a wheel of cheese and a cow on the state’s twenty-five cent piece. Monroe, the county seat of Green County, is the “Swiss Cheese Capital of the USA,” and cheese, along with Swiss culture, permeates the town.
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