In a year when it felt like everything changed, Chicago-area restaurants and bars were there for us. Here are 10 of our favorite stories from 2021.
Shirley Fountain, from left, Corey Holmes, Marquita Fountain, Brianna Fountain and Eugenia Fountain at Dave's Red Hots, 3422 W. Roosevelt Road.
Who knew, when reporter and critic Louisa Chu went hunting for Chicago’s oldest hot dog stand, she would end up with such a rich history to recount? Not only was it an utter pleasure to get to know owner Eugenia “Gina” Fountain and the four generations of Black female relativesAs it turned out, Dave’s Red Hots, and Louisa’s second column narrates the resulting meeting of Fountain’s family and descendants of the stand’s first and second owners, who first opened up shop in the early 1930s.
Detail of the al pastor tacos at Asian Cuisine Express in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Aug. 7, 2021. It’s almost too easy to drive right by the restaurant where Chicago’s best al pastor tacos are made. The unassuming storefront on a busy stretch of West 31st Street in Little Village is home to Asian Cuisine Express. Inside, a towering trompo of pork revolves next to ingredients for popular Chinese, Thai and Japanese dishes like kung pao pork, pad thai and chicken teriyaki.»
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