Tag: rural society

COCHON555 HERITAGE BBQ

.Reading time 7 minutes.

If you follow this site, or my social media, you’ll know that one of my (two) favorite food events in Chicago every year is COCHON555. The full-on event is in the Spring (see recap here), and in late summer/early fall the team hosts HERITAGE BBQ. Heritage BBQ is a culinary competition featuring five chefs cooking […]

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RURAL SOCIETY

.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Loews Hotel opening up the its first downtown location earlier this year and immediately created buzz. It’s in a great location, is a huge gorgeous space, and has awesome dining options. One of those is the hotel’s signature steakhouse – RURAL SOCIETY – by Iron Chef Jose Garces. Chef Garces isn’t new to the […]

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PUNCH KINGS & HERITAGE BBQ

.Reading time 4 minutes.

It was a weekend filled with pork! As part of this awesome food weekend, Chicago Gourmet teamed up with Cochon555 to embrase the tiki trend that’s everywhere these days. Together, they hosted ‘PUNCH KINGS’ on Saturday evening, on the Harris Theater rooftop. It was a perfect late-summer/early-fall evening, and everyone was high spirits, excited for […]

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