I’ve been up in Chicago for a couple of weeks getting my fix of the chow I can’t get in SoFlo (pan pizza, Italian beef sandwiches, Maxwell Street Polish, a decent banh mi, good Indian food) and while I’ve been gone my inbox has filled up with all kinds of dining news I need to share.
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It can be easy to overlook our allies. At a time when the government is targeting LGBTQ from the petty (removing LGBTQ from the state’s tourism website) to the dangerous (invading the doctor/patient relationship), it’s our allies who stand with us, fight with us, and remind us we are not alone.
“What kind of question is that? Who doesn’t like happy hour?” So answered my friend Tony when I asked a simple question.
One of the perks of being a food journalist (I hate the term restaurant critic) is that I sometimes get invited to tastings when restaurants are introducing their menus or adding items to their menus to members of the press.
Given the date of this issue (7/11), I just couldn’t help but be inspired by the famous gas station/convenience store chain for a column.
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