12/11/2023 2 Comments Time out chicago brendan sodikoffThe UnGala is back! Clic k here for the ticket link for this year's celebration at Epiphany Center for the Arts on Oct. Sometimes I just stare at them and thank God I survived the night. I almost always take leftovers away from restaurants, but I tend to pass them on to the more needful-the homeless, the family, the cat. Then there were the thick, supercrispy, amorphous masses of hash brown with a latkelike consistency and a surprising shelf life for something ideally eaten hot from the fryer. This mass glued itself together in the fridge overnight as the creamy horseradish sauce congealed, and I had to cut it into pieces with a knife. The creamed spinach I was served, already fortified by blue cheese, has been given structure by a hardened overcoat of brown, blistered Chihuahua, and I’m stuffing it into my face cold with one hand as I struggle to communicate how powerless I am to stop eating it.īefore that I polished off the rest of the stroganoff, chubby batons of compressed short rib and caramelized cremini mushrooms tossed among wide, handmade pappardelle. To my left a half-dozen bulging takeaway containers from the previous night’s dinner at the River North “European steak house” are competing for my attention. I’m multitasking as I sit here typing this review of Brendan Sodikoff’s Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.ONE WEEK left to support the Arts and Culture - Become a member today! Close
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