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Counsel's Table: A Taste of Previous Reviews

Counsel's Table: Benny's earns its chops (August 2011)
Benny's Chop House is an old school steak joint that is busting with good cheer, great food and just enough mischief to understand that the good folks who run it take their food and service seriously, but not so much themselves.

Counsel's Table: Unique Mexique (July 2011)
One of the many problems with "The Situation," not counting the fact that he is part of the crew that ruined Seaside Heights, N.J., is that he gave himself his own nickname and you can't really do that. That's sort of the same reason that a restaurant that calls itself "fusion" is immediately suspect.

Counsel's Table: Vaya cantinas my friends (August 2010)
Does anyone else remember when Mexican food was basically tacos and burritos? Maybe if you wanted to impress your date you could get enchiladas suizas, hold the jalapenos. Not any more.

Counsel's Table: BIG & little's stands tall (September 2011)
Years ago we used to have those gaudy summer associate programs like every other firm in town. It was always fun to see the summer kids try to act like it was perfectly normal for them to be wined and dined while pulling in the weekly equivalent of north of $100K a year with actual job responsibilities that, if put in by a city worker, would have them on the front page of the Sun-Times and on Rahm's "you're outta here" list in about two days.

Counsel's Table: 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