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Serious Eats: Tales From Chicago and Santa Maria

by James Boo February 13, 2012

To recap my recent work for Serious Eats, in case you haven’t kept up with us on Facebook: Serious Barbecue and Birria in Chicago After writing about Uncle John’s and the style of barbecue on Chicago’s South Side, I devoted an entire column to the [...]

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2011: The Meals That Were

by James Boo January 1, 2012

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that this blog has been alive for four years. It’s even harder to believe that in 2010 and 2009 I was able to bring on contributors from dining destinations are far-flung as Shanghai, Tokyo, Bonn, Majorca and even [...]

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Single Serving: Grilled Cornbread With Red Beans and Eggs at Heaven on Seven in Downtown Chicago

by James Boo October 5, 2011

As it turns out, Heaven on Seven is not the only restaurant in Chicago’s Downtown Loop to nest in the upper floors of an office building. During my visit to the Loop I spotted at least one other in-office restaurant serving those who’d just as [...]

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Girl From Chicago

by James Boo September 30, 2011

After six years of serious eating and four of serious blogging, I’ve been thoroughly convinced that dining chic will never be relevant to my life. One week of eating in Chicago banged a few more nails in that coffin (a relatively easy affair when the [...]

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Single Serving: Stuffed Pizza at Lou Malnati’s in Chicago, IL

by James Boo September 20, 2011

In varying instances of hunger and maturity, I’ve wavered on the issue of deep dish pizza. I’ve never seemed to make up my mind on what makes a good one. When I was 11, Pizza Hut‘s pan pie was valued despite (because of) its orange-slicked [...]

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Hot Dog. Signed, Chicago.

by James Boo September 9, 2011

Chicago is Heaven on Earth for people who love dated signage, and quite possibly Hell in neon for those who don’t. Every self-respecting bar in Chicago seems to be the victim of some kind of small business moratorium on renovation, disallowed from admitting that America [...]

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When Pigs Fly: Uncle John’s in Chicago (Where Barbecue Gets Sauced)

by James Boo August 24, 2011

My latest column for Serious Eats is the first of two stories on Chicago’s Southside, where ribs come fiercely smoky and typically smothered in a barbecue sauce that is not for the meek. More Sharing Options

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