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It got slaughtered. KFC was named the worst-rated food chain in the country, according to crypto exchange site ChicksX, which analyzed 7.3 million TripAdvisor reviews of 244 restaurant brands. The Louisville-based fried-chicken giant, which has 4,095 locations in the US, had an average customer review score of 2.89 out of 5, landing it dead last…
A group operating six restaurants, including two in La Grange, hopes to open a new dining option in downtown Clarendon Hills in January. The father and son team of Al and Chase Lotfi owns Olive & Feta and Casa Margarita in La Grange, along with additional Casa Margarita restaurants in Orland Park, Chicago, Bolingbrook and…
Despite being an obsessive baker since I was a little kid, until I was 31 I had never baked a pie from scratch. Meaning: I had never made pie dough. And pie dough scared me. Cutting butter into flour? What did that mean anyway? A tender (as opposed to tough) crust? Aren’t “tender” and “tough”…
Hue knew? Nearly one in five US packaged foods and drinks contain synthetic food dyes, according to a startling new study of 40,000 grocery items. The findings come amid a push by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to eliminate petroleum-based food colorings from the nation’s food supply. Researchers analyzed the ingredients…
Downtown Skokie has become home to an Italian restaurant, Ascione Bistro, which opened recently at the Highpoint at 8000 North, a mixed-use, high-rent apartment building. It sits at the heart-of-the-village intersection of Oakton Street and Lincoln Avenue. Owned by third-generation restaurant owner Alex Argirov and his wife Lauren Lucchesi, the Skokie eatery at 8000 N. Lincoln …
Late last week, before the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear targets, Shaheen Samadi sat inside the minimalist dining room of Azizam restaurant in Silver Lake, sipping ceylon tea with cardamom, a drink that reminds him of the tea he grew up drinking. Born in Connecticut to parents who immigrated to the United States after the…
Parents are being served up some serious etiquette lessons. A server says many in the industry dislike when mindless moms and dads dine at restaurants with their unruly kids in tow. But while other patrons may direct their ire at the offspring, many professionals say parents are the ones who should shoulder the blame if…
George Karzas kept his cards close to his chest. At Weston’s Coffee, where he often orders a blueberry muffin and drip coffee with room for cream, the baristas had no idea the longtime restaurant owner planned to close Gale Street Inn. Nor did his many customers in and around Jefferson Park. “It’s too soon to…
2024 Hall of Fame A general rule of Persian cuisine in Los Angeles: The khoresht, or complex stew, is the fundament of Iranian home cooking, with infinite individual, regional and seasonal variations. (Local author Naz Deravian’s book “Bottom of the Pot” is one portal into the glories of khoresht.) Out in the world, families and…
