Rahm Emanuel

Chefs Hoping For 'Straight F*ckin' Cash' Ended Up 'Bummed' By GoogaMooga

by Laura Norkin

Anthony Falco of Roberta's said "this is what you plan for when you do outside events, this is how it works." But some other chefs are facing some major debt after the downer GoogaMooga cancellation.

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WATCH: The Most Intense Moments (And One Sweet One) In Anthony Bourdain's Trip To Libya

by Tina Nguyen

Goodbye, food porny trips to elegant France; hello, looped footage of Muammar Gadaffi being viciously beaten to death.

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Robicelli's Bakery Crowdfund Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts, Blasts The Red Cross As 'MIA'

by Tina Nguyen

Although Robicelli's got legendarily rained out of GoogaMooga last weekend, there's still charity in Allison Robicelli's heart to fundraise for Team Rubicon, a disaster relief group, immediately after yesterday's devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma.

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Is Gordon Ramsay Teaching Bradley Cooper How To Cook For His Chef Movie?

by Tina Nguyen

Rumor has it that none other than Gordon Ramsay will teach Bradley Cooper how to be a chef for, well, the upcoming movie Chef. (Not the Jon Favreau one; please don't sue us, Sony.)

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Last Call

Last Call: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Demands The City Go Vegan, Everybody Has Foie Gras Ban Flashbacks

by Mariella Mosthof 6:21 pm, January 17th

Plus: Danny Bowien and Daniel Boulud hang out together, new deets on Tom Colicchio’s Vegas restaurant, and dumb kitchen gadgets.
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Last Call

Last Call: Who Knew Tom Colicchio Was A Ginger?

by Mariella Mosthof 6:40 pm, September 10th

Plus, Chicago’s Official Graham Elliot Day and the latest “real” Ruth Bourdain claim.
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Restaurant Closings

Charlie Trotter’s Last Supper: Celebrity Chefs, Chicago Mayors, And 60 Of His Most Loyal Diners

by Tina Nguyen 5:33 pm, August 20th

In a final display of loyalty and support, all 60 of the gala’s paying guests were regulars at Charlie Trotter’s, who’d dined there from the restaurant’s beginnings 25 years ago.
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Food In Politics

Michael Bloomberg To Fellow Mayors: I ‘Really Strongly Disagree’ With Chick-fil-A Ban Attempts

by Tina Nguyen 1:58 pm, July 28th

Since Bloomberg happens to be one of the most banhammer-wielding mayors in New York City’s history, you’d think that he’d join his fellow big-city mayors in calling for a citywide ban of Chick-fil-A.
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Food In Politics

Chicago Alderman And Art Smith Take Stand Against Chick-fil-A

by Julia Emmanuele 1:30 pm, July 25th

Another day, another Chick-fil-A news story: this time, Chicago is taking a stand against the chain’s recent anti-gay statements. Like Boston,the city will prevent the chain from opening up a location in its Logan Square neighborhood, and a certain Chicago chef has decided to replace the restaurant’s “poison” with kindness.
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