The best bites for your buck
The best bites for your buck
Getting your money’s worth—that’s a good deal. Getting more—that’s good value.
V alue rests in the mind of the customer. Can a $48 dinner be a value? What if it’s dinner at Texas de Brazil, which includes a huge salad bar and an endless supply of grilled meat? Can a $400 dinner prepared by one of the world’s finest chefs ever be considered a value?
Brewpubs, craft beers thriving around Chicago
For beer lovers searching out the new, the bold, the different, the Chicago area boasts more than two dozen brewpubs. On tap? Handcrafted cold brews, often made in batches too small to bottle and too good to miss. The Almighty IPA, Gandy Dancer Honey Ale, Weizenheimer. They’re being served in a funky atmosphere. And with increasingly better food. It’s these handmade brews, in which flavor rules and idiosyncratic labels and beer names dominate, that are the draw.
Forest Park gelato with a twist
First bite: Paciugo You can’t really go to Paciugo (7510 Madison St., Forest Park; 708-366-6080), a sleek new gelato joint, and not try some of their weird flavors, even just tiny taster spoonfuls of them.
Soul in Clarendon Hills gets 3 stars
Hush puppies and Hoppin’ John get playful in Clarendon Hills
The hot new name in west-suburban dining is Soul, which opened in June in Clarendon Hills. That’s Soul as in heartfelt, not Soul as in Soul Food, but as it happens, the name works both ways.
