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Overture, Dim the Lights
If "soft opening" is a restaurant's final dress rehearsal, "mock service" is the casting audition. This is where friends and family are invited to...
In the Loop
In the velvet darkness, the blue neon light burns bright at The Loop (404 Airport Fwy. at Brown Trail, Bedford). Unsure which Janet it...
Plate Expectations
Chow, Baby had one of those semi-panicky, earth-shifting "everything I thought was true is a lie" moments at, of all places, a suburban Best...
And the Wiener Is …
Chow, Baby is a sucker for a silly joke, but until now it never got the name of Slavko Gromovic's last Chicago-style restaurant, Wieners...
No Brush, Just Breakfast
Another thing Chow, Baby begrudges the Beautiful People for (this continues a life-long rant) is co-opting the word "bedhead" to mean "sexily tousled." This...
Couch Potatoes
Boy. After decades of dating adventure you finally meet The One, the person you could enjoy the rest of your life with, and with...
King of Siam
Chow, Baby was thrilled to get a visit last week from its father, who prefers camping out around the South to staying in his...
Get Me Makeup. Lots.
If this were a tv series - and don't think Chow, Baby hasn't thought about it; it's got the theme song picked out and...
Come Back Strong
Chow, Baby fell in with a bad crowd the other night, a group of so-called friends who forced it to use a lampshade as...
I, (Your Name)
Every New Year, more or less, Chow, Baby makes a resolution for its readers. Usually it's something along the lines of "Support your local...
