
Inspired by the mass wave of southern style, comfort food dining that landed in Chicago last year, Francine ate and drank her way through a number of neighborhood favorites, from Bucktown all the way to Andersonville. See below for a few of our favorites of her per-restaurant descriptions:
Ukranian Village: Jam
"What do you do on a Sunday when you’re hungry but desperate to avoid typically treacly brunch food? Get in line at Jam, where dishes tilt the scale toward the savory side."
Wicker Park: Big Star
"Big Star is a self-billed honky-tonk taqueria that’s been a neighborhood favorite since the day it opened."
Bucktown: The Bristol
"One thing’s for sure: Pandel doesn’t play coy with food. His approach is head-on and all about bold juxtapositions."
Bucktown: The Southern
"Taylor straddles Southern and Midwestern cooking with hybrids such as his Cajun send-up of Canada’s beloved poutine: layers of freshly cut potato fries drenched in house-made tasso gravy, then topped by Wisconsin cheese curds solid enough to soften up but still hold their shape."
Andersonville: Big Jones
"Just one spoonful of his chocolate-colored chicken-and-andouille gumbo, made with a traditional dark roux, will have you feeling like you’re on the Bayou."
Andersonville: Vincent
"The rich palette of van Gogh red and Prussian blue, aglow beneath amber filament lighting, paints the perfect facsimile of Dutch gezelligheid."
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*photo from Travel + Leisure
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