The Food Guy

Our Food Guy, Steve Dolinsky, says if you’re looking for treats that are a little more substantial, look no further than a two year-old bakery in Oak Park.

As you probably know, there are dozens of Mexican restaurants in Chicago, but only a handful focusing on the coastal seafood from there.

Chicago’s South Side has its own unique barbecue culture, rooted in the 1940s. and some of the area’s best barbecue can be found in Beverly.

There is a lot of smoking, curing and baking these days in Evanston – not only at a new deli but at a new bagel shop as well.

Making tamales is a methodical process, and when you produce on average, more than 200 each day, like they do at Santa Masa Tamaleria on the Far Northwest Side of the city, consistency is key.

There are dozens of great bakeries in Chicagoland, many with origins rooted in other countries. Polish, Italian and French bakeries are in abundance, but Filipino? Not so much.

For more than 70 years, the International Meat Company has been butchering and trimming beef in the Galewood neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side. During the pandemic, the restaurant realized they couldn’t keep injecting brine into briskets without steady customers, so they opened Top Butcher Market across the street. “It kind of evolved ...

The mission at Tre Dita, a steakhouse located on the second floor if the St. Regis Hotel, is about something bigger than just steak and pasta.

There are no shortage of steakhouses in Chicago, but a new one in the Loop takes a very different approach, according to NBC Chicago’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky.

Bar Parisette in Logan Square is trying to appeal to the neighborhood with a combination of textbook bistro cooking and down-to-earth prices.

Week One of the Olympics are underway, and for a taste of what the locals in Paris are experiencing, NBC Chicago’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky says look to Old Town’s La Fournette Bakery.

Both noodles and fried chicken are made with precision and great care at a new Taiwanese restaurant in Andersonville, according to NBC 5’s Food Guy Steve Dolinsky.

In the latest installment on classic Chicago restaurants, Steve Dolinsky visited a River North establishment that has been cooking regional Mexican food for almost 40 years.