Deep Dish
What happens at great bars
A great bar has a great history. This isn’t conjecture, just a simple matter of fact. Think: McSorely’s of New York, The Union Oyster...
Cold day, hot soup
Thanks to Frontier Airlines for the last minute canceling of regular Deep Dish writer Caitlin Rockett’s flight home, readers of this ordinarily informative column...
Hashing it out at the Merc
Western saloons were created to serve certain kinds of customers: fur trappers, cowboys, lumberjacks, soldiers, miners, outlaws... folks who worked hard, even if outside...
Giving soup a good rap
At some point in John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, Samuel Hamilton comes down with a hallucination-inducing fever that puts him out of commission...
Mr. Sake knows a thing or two about spicy tuna
You’ve heard it here before and you’re about to hear it again: Go to your nearest strip mall and check out the restaurants. Ten...
