Urbanest to check out its new(ish) space, a few storefronts south of the original location on Clark Street, to see if inspiration would hit..." /> Urbanest to check out its new(ish) space, a few storefronts south of the original location on Clark Street, to see if inspiration would hit..." /> Urbanest to check out its new(ish) space, a few storefronts south of the original location on Clark Street, to see if inspiration would hit..." />
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Argentinean Street Food Coming to West Town
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer with Denise Peñacerrada
So Is It Actually “Ocho”? A former auto-body shop in far west West Town will soon house 8 (2501 W. Chicago Ave.; no phone yet), the latest project from Hubie Greenwald (Motel). “[It’s] street food inspired by what you find in and around Buenos Aires,”... Read more
Bill Kim Tests Out Country Belly at Pop-Up Restaurant
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Belly Up

This Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., as part of the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Logan Square Kitchen (2333 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-342-2333), a commercial kitchen and event space, hosts a pop-up restaurant with food from Bill Kim (Urbanbelly, Belly Shack) and Jason Hammel (Lula Cafe, Nightwood). Kim says he’s using the pop-up to field-test food for an inkling of a new restaurant called Country Belly. Kim’s menu:

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Sampling Lollapalooza Cuisine with Graham Elliot Bowles
By Cassie Walker
The chef Graham Elliot Bowles is the first “culinary director” of Lollapalooza, the gargantuan music festival for the masses that seizes downtown Chicago August 6th through 8th. It makes sense: The guy’s a musician, and c’mon, he even has a tattoo that references the Cali punk band Jawbreaker on his forearm... Read more