Paul Kahan’s new eatery Big Star feels like a bar with extra-good eats
Paul Kahan’s new eatery Big Star feels like a bar with extra-good eats
In Chicago’s ongoing saga of super chefs opening casual Latin-inspired spots this fall, Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Avec, Publican) debuted his much anticipated Big Star last week.
Eat This: Ja’s jerk chicken
The $5 “Holla” special at Ja’s Jerk Chicken, under the California Green Line station, warrants a holla , perhaps two. Here, a tray of fall-apart moist, complexly sweet leg and thigh piece rests atop coconut milk-tinged rice and beans. I added charred-ends of rib tips for $3.50. 2806 W. Lake St., 773-533-5375 — Kevin Pang