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Currently celebrating Cirrohanuary

@otokyo__ If you don't know him... well, when I met him he was one of the most familiar faces in America

Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever spoken to? Not “seen from far away” — actually talked to, even for a minute. A quick hello, a handshake, a normal conversation… and you still remember it. Who was it?

Buzz List! The last great listicle, the return of Mordecai, and reviews of Bar Tutto, Noodles Party, and a real sub in the Loop

@OCpatriot_ Because it's a movie, Ingrid.

Shower thought. In Top Gun: Maverick, if they knew where all the SAM emplacements were, why didn't they Tomahawk or HARM missile all of them along the teams' ingress and egress corridors?

Gatsby just got dropped from the reading list at a lot of expensive colleges

Buzz List! Chefs behaving badly, bad chicken but good service, and the Obama jerk Philly sandwich

New NitrateVille Radio episode! J.B. Kaufman on the fantastic making of Fantasia, Thomas Gladysz on unknown Louise Brooks, and me on my Chicago chefs book!

Buzz List! The story of Red Apple's Polish buffet, a new grocer for the west side, and reviews of SHO, The Radicle, Mahari, and Nadu

Buzz List! The Warlord story finally comes out, the story of Mike Sula's Foodball series, and Caribbean food!

kill me now

Looking through my old photos of Covid era movie theater marquees

@marisaalbanese @ChicagoMag Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

@ChicagoMag Just finished the book, it was so good I ripped through it in 2 days. Highly recommend.

“Louis was the kind of guy that on one hand, you’d be crouching in the corner fearing for your life, with him ripping you a new asshole. But in the second moment, he’d be the most compassionate person.” chicagomag.com/chicago-magazi…

Buzz List! Read a chunk of my book In Chicago mag, where's the rest of Italian food?, and the secret of paczki

Your Sunday long read ☀️: Until the 60s-70s, Chicago wasn't known for its culinary scene. The forerunner of the city's innovative movement was Louis Szathmary. An oral history of the chef and his Bakery: chicagomag.com/chicago-magazi…

Thank you @ChicagoMag for highlighting Michael Gebert's new book THE CHICAGO WAY! Read an excerpt here: chicagomag.com/chicago-magazi…