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'Top Chef Master' Rick Bayless Cooks Up Mexican Street Food At Chicago's New 'Xoco'
After winning Bravo's first Top Chef Masters, Rick Bayless didn't sit around resting on his 27-ingredient mole. Instead, he went to work and recently opened Xoco (pronounced "Shoh-koh"), Mexican slang for "little sister." It's a fitting name, since the Mexican street food restaurant sits next to its upscale big sisters, Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, in Chicago's River North 'hood.
The line to get in the no-reservations restaurant is out the door for lunch and dinner, so we decided to avoid the crowds and get some breakfast chow. It was a good decision, since there weren't too many people there and we didn't have a problem snagging our own table in the 40-seat cafe, which has mostly bar-like seating.
We experience the flavor, after the jump.
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Touchscreen Menus Exist In Chicago To Avoid 'Dithering' Customers
The Madpoison lounge and restaurant in Chicago doesn't hide its geek tendencies. Its motto is to "blend Mixology, Technology, Sociology and Foodology," and any place with so many "ologies" is clearly a touch on the nerdy side. But at the same time, it's really very cool.
Madpoison uses interactive touchscreen menus for ordering, including a big one for all us regular customers and tabletop screens at its VIP booths. They encourage you to build your own pizza on-screen, selecting exactly the toppings you want—saki stir-fried vegetables, sesame seeds or feta cheese being among the options.
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Where To Order Up Obama's Favorite Corned Beef Sandwich
We can't deny constantly craving some overstuffed pastrami sandwiches and potato latkes with applesauce. So Jaunted is taking a look at the Best Jewish Delis in the World. Got your own suggestion for tasty goody delis? Let us know.
Chicago is more known for its deep-dish pizza than its Jewish deli food. But if you do a little homework, you'll be able to find some authentic standouts, like Ashkenaz and Manny's, where Chicagoans like President Obama head when they crave some hot, peppery pastrami or a ginormous corned beef sandwich. Aren't you happy we do your homework for you?
But don't expect an ambiance to match the food at this no-frills, family-owned joint. The eats are served cafeteria-style at the old-school South Loop restaurant, with the workers in white aprons and old-fashioned deli hats lining the long counter.
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Jaunted's Gems Of Al Fresco Dining In Chicago's Old Town
Since we're officially in Indian Summer, with the cool days of late September on our minds and the scorchers of early August already forgotten, we're attempting to spend as many evening as possibly out, dining al fresco. For anyone hitting up Chicago yet this seasons, a perfect area for finding different sidewalk dining every evening is in the Old Town neighborhood, nicely sandwiched between the yuppie cool of Lincoln Park and the grand piano-in-window style of the Gold Coast.
Walk up to here from shopping on Michigan Avenue by going north on State Street, and cutting a left at Goethe or Schiller streets (really, any street named after a dead German poet) for a couple blocks until the fake gaslights and wrought iron gates of Wells Street open up before you. This neighborhood really gets buzzing with liquored-up (yet classy) street fairs several times a summer, and another big one—the Old Town Wine Crush—is coming up on September 12-13; mark your calendars!
