Skip to content

The problem with restaurant reviews

Earlier this fall, thanks to a conflict of interest on Mike’s part, I snared the plum assignment of writing up Paul Kahan’s latest, the Publican, for the Reader. The review came out last week, and given the ridiculous amount of buzz the place has generated I was grateful to be given more than a month to … Continued

Point them toward the Publican

Out today in the Reader‘s food issue, I bravely interview local chefs and find out that . . . they all really, REALLY love Paul Kahan. Stop the presses. A more gripping read, IMHO, is Mike Sula’s fascinating and eloquent account of following his mulefoot pigs to slaughter. And then eating them. Vegetarians across Chicago … Continued