From Tête to Tail: The Making of a Successful Restaurant

When Sausage King Doug Sohn closed his eponymous Hot Doug’s last year, Chicago mourned the loss. But fear not; chefs Thomas Rice and Kurt Guzowski are poised to assume the mantle at their West Loop restaurant. And what better place to open a meat-centric boîte than on Randolph Street, where generations of meatpacking companies have […]

Must Love Meat: Butcher Shops and Charcuterie in Chicago

Chicago has a long history with meat. From the Civil War to well into the 20th century, we were the country’s meatpacking epicenter, slaughtering, packing and shipping cattle and swine via railroad freezer cars to the furthest reaches of America. Today, the Meatpacking District is going back to its roots on a small scale with […]