Counsel's Table: A Taste of Previous Reviews

Finding New Orleans in Chicago (June 2011)
Creole food is fresh seafood, slow braised meats and hard to find treats like rabbit or quail accompanied with complex and delicious sauces served on fine china in storied rooms themed in oak and antiques on elegantly set and spaced white- clothed tables with sparkling stemware. Cajun food is served at the bar, on whatever plates are handy, with a big, icy Abita. And the Crystal isn't the wine glasses, it's the jug of hot sauce to douse your crawfish tails. Truth is that, same as people, they are prett

Central (sub) Standard (July 2013)
Central Standard tries a neat longitudinal trick — from the swamps of Louisiana to the supper clubs of the North Woods, the menu tries to pick the best of the 87 to 90 or so degrees parallel of the country that watches the news at 10, not 11.

Let's go to Nana's house (July 2012)
Nana just has to be a comfort food place, doesn't it? But who knew that Nana's comfort style was organic, foodie Mexican? Nana is homey and classy with a South Side accent, a neighborhood corner feel and a menu that plays big.

Viva Zapatista (October 2011)
South Wabash is starting to rival West Randolph for its concentration of great food. A new gastropub called The Scout is open, Gioco still serves some of the best southern Italian and across the street is Zapatista — a nearly perfect Mexican restaurant.

West is best (February 2013)
There is a lot to like about that West Town corridor on Chicago Avenue past Halsted Street. Among the most comfortable anywhere in the city is the West Town Tavern.

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