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The Food Guy: Shaw's Crab House
NBC Chicago’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky spent March visiting iconic restaurants across Chicago. The establishments had to meet certain criteria, which include being at least 15 years old and being the kind of place you’d take out-of-towners for a great meal. At one such spot, Shaw’s Crab House, anything from the sea has been on the menu for the...
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The Food Guy: Le Bouchon
A French bistro in Bucktown isn’t showing any signs of slowing down after 30 years. Steve Dolinsky continues his tour of classic Chicago restaurants.
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The Food Guy: Le Bouchon
NBC Chicago’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky is devoting each week in March to an iconic restaurant in the city. This week, he’s off to Paris – by way of Bucktown – where a 30 year-old bistro continues churning out the classics. The memory of Jean Claude Poilevey is everywhere at Le Bouchon. On pictures and paintings – his spirit dominates…
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The Food Guy: Classic Chicago restaurants – avec
Serving up rustic Mediterranean fare in Chicago’s West Loop, NBC Chicago’s Steve Dolinsky has more on why avec is a Windy City classic.
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The Food Guy: Classic Chicago restaurants – avec
They’re the kinds of places you take out-of-towners, to really show off your city. Whenever I have colleagues or chefs in town, I always take them to a place that’s been in the West Loop since before the West Loop was cool.
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The Food Guy: Classic Chicago restaurants – Smoque BBQ
Much of the food media’s gaze tends to focus on what’s new or hot. But NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky wants to show some appreciation for the classics.
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The Food Guy: Classic Chicago restaurants – Smoque BBQ
Much of the food media’s gaze tends to focus on what’s new or hot. But NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky wants to show some appreciation for the classics. So all month long, he’s going to be visiting some local legends, who’ve been quietly keeping the city’s culinary flame alive; in some cases, paving the way for other entrepreneurs....
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The Food Guy: South Asian restaurants in the Chicago suburbs
As immigrants from India and Pakistan arrived in Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s, they typically made their way to West Rogers Park, along Devon Avenue.
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The Food Guy: Maxwell's Trading
There are quite a few new restaurants opening in the city as of late, but NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky is particularly fond of a new one in West Town.
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The Food Guy: Maxwells Trading
There are quite a few new restaurants opening in the city as of late, but NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky is particularly fond of a new one in West Town. It’s run by a couple of industry veterans who’ve created the kind of restaurant they’ve always wanted to visit themselves. Steve Dolinsky joining us tonight with the story....
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The Food Guy: Hagen's Fish Market busier than ever during Lent
With Lent underway, it’s especially busy this time of year at Hagen’s Fish Market, the city’s oldest operating fish smokehouse. NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky reports.
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The Food Guy: Hagen's Fish Market busier than ever during Lent
With Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday behind us, the season of Lent is underway. Catholics traditionally abstain from meat on Fridays until Easter, and that means more demand for seafood. Our Food Guy visited a seafood specialist in Portage Park this week, approaching 80 years in business. Back in 1946, a couple of Scandinavian immigrants moved to the Northwest Side…
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The Food Guy: Suburban pizzeria's respect for the past
Friday is National Pizza Day, and NBC Chicago’s Steve Dolinsky shares the story of how a suburban pizzeria owes its success to an African American cook from Mississippi.
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The Food Guy: Suburban pizzeria's respect for the past
Friday is National Pizza Day, and NBC 5’s Steve Dolinsky shares the story of how a suburban pizzeria owes its success to an African American cook from Mississippi.
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The Food Guy: Bronzeville restaurant owner embraces family's past
In commemoration of Black History Month, NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky went digging into a restaurant with Deep South roots, located in a South Side neighborhood with its own storied past.
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The Food Guy: Bronzeville restaurant owner embraces family's past
In recognition of Black History Month, NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky went digging into a restaurant with Deep South roots, located in a South Side neighborhood with its own storied past. Kristen Ashley, a young entrepreneur, opened Cleo’s Southern Cuisine in Bronzeville a couple of years ago. She also has a Loop location open for lunch-only on weekdays,...
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The Food Guy: A look at French restaurants in Chicago ahead of the Paris Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics are just six months away, and while most people won’t be making their way to Paris for the games, there’s still a way to feel like you’re in France this summer.
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The Food Guy: A look at French restaurants in Chicago ahead of the Paris Olympics
With the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris just six months away, NBC Chicago’s Steve Dolinsky takes a look at some of the best French restaurants in Chicago for those not watching the games live.
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The Food Guy: Pizza Matta
At a new pizza spot on the Northwest Side, the staff started off with one style, then added a second after popular demand. NBC Chicago’s Steve Dolinsky has more.
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The Food Guy: Pizza Matta
The last two years have seen a bumper crop of new pizzerias in Chicago with styles ranging from deep-dish and tavern style to Detroit and Sicilian. At a new spot on the Northwest Side, the staff started off with one style, then added a second after popular demand. The Chef behind Giant – one of the city’s better restaurants –…