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Church festivals offer some of the best eating. Two good ones are coming up this weekend. The defining event of the French Revolution, the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, launched a decade of vast upheaval and terror in France, and ended, not with liberty, equality and fraternity, but with the crowning of Napoleon as emperor. France would go on to have numerous monarchs, coups and revolts between [...] Here’s a way to foil the Monday blues: Grab a pizza at Evanston’s Union Pizzeria on Monday, July 13, and head to the adjoining Evanston SPACE, 1245 N. Chicago Ave., for a cool flashback to “Dark Cafe Days,” a Joni Mitchell tribute by the harmonic trio Foiled Again (Allison Bazarko, Rob Lindley and Anne Sheridan [...] Rosemont isn’t one of our favorite places, but somehow, between O’Hare and all the hotels and businesses around it, we wind up there pretty often. One of our mainstays has always been Harry Caray’s. Between the pastas, Italian fare, burgers and steaks, there’s something to satisfy everyone, and prices range from $12 for spaghetti [...] Happy birthday, Wildfire. Early adopters will have lots to choose from in coming weeks. About-to-open Chicagoland restaurants include: Avli Estiatorio, Greek, Winnetka: Louis Alexakis, former general manager of Greek Islands and owner of the erstwhile Ouzeri, has recruited culinary expert Diane Kochilas direct from Greece as consulting chef for this 112-seat eatery specializing in regional Greek cuisine. Look for [...] The Happy Meal is 30. This has certainly been a pretty piggy summer so far. Contrary to pork producers’ fears, the swine flu pandemic seems only to have whetted our appetite for pigging out. Pig roasts and other porcine feasts are popping up all over the place. |
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