Meet the Interim Food & Drink Editor
I started my career at Westword and now I’m home again, filling in for Molly Martin while she’s out on medical leave.
I started my career at Westword and now I’m home again, filling in for Molly Martin while she’s out on medical leave.
Westword‘s Best New Brewery is paying homage to the Chicago band with a brew named after its first album.
Another busy month of openings includes expansions of local concepts Birdcall, HashTAG and Los Dos Potrillos. And yes, Cracker Barrel came to town.
“We’re bringing something truly special to downtown, and we couldn’t be more excited!”
The awards were announced at the Craft Brewers Conference on May 1.
“We’re not promoting alcohol at all – it’s a coffee-based event. There’s demand for daytime events with some good music in a pop-up atmosphere.”
Nourishment, opening May 2 at Stowaway Kitchen, “is exploring what nourishes you – literally, as in the food you eat, but also mentally, artistically, emotionally and spiritually.”
“The opportunity to share our cuisine, our culture, our community and our identity – not only to the local travelers, but to a global audience – is incredibly important.”
This is just the latest honor for the watering hole in the Cole neighborhood.
A health crisis calls for comfort food.
“It’s an aggressive brand, but it’s meant to be – we want to help people vent their frustrations without feeling this deep weight, this depression and anxiety that’s so commonly our modern reaction to these stresses.”
“When people think of Yemen, they think of war or poverty, or that there’s nothing there because it’s a desert. So we wanted to put something up so people could see the beauty of it.”
“You can call us ‘affordable,’ you can say ‘good value,’ we are those things. But our food is not ‘cheap,’ and people who eat here know that our quality is high.”
“I’m not going to stop serving and educating people about European wines just because of this.”
Meet new friends at these local watering holes where activities go beyond trivia and open mic nights.
“Colonization sought to sever our relationship with the land. I want to give that back.”
After two years of setbacks, the Asian restaurant finally opened on Broadway,
“There’s no way that Birdcall can’t be a brand that’s in every major city, every state in the U.S. Customers love coming…it’s got a great vibe, it’s got a great experience.”
The chef had just opened a new restaurant and his wife was about to deliver a baby, but he made it to California for 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing.
“We’ve had close to an 80 percent dropoff since October,” says owner Cornelius Wayne Wright, who’s closing his place today.
After 25 years, the classic watering hole at the National Western Center has dried up.
But regions without Michelin Guides weren’t eligible for this ranking.