LTH,
Chicago Reader Best Of Chicago 2009 is up and, of course garnering picks and pans from other food media including a pointed "big old pile of nothing new" from
Menu Pages Helen Rosner.
Time Out Chicago's David Tamarkin agrees with Helen and offers the perspective "maybe there are too many cooks covering cooks in the kitchen."
There seems agreement Mike Sula's pick of
Mixteco as Best New Restaurant is an interesting innovative choice and
Sun Wah Bar-B-Que as Best Bang for Your Buck, which I wrote, is a big yawn, as
everyone knows about Sun Wah by now.
Chicago Reader Best Of Chicago 2009Chicago Reader Best of 2008 for reference.
Enjoy,
Gary