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Author Archives: David Hammond

Posted inForest Park Eats

Oak Park’s new palace of protein

by David Hammond January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

Walking into Wild Fork, which opened at the corner of Lake Street and Harlem on Dec. 24, I felt like Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson. Playing a newly arrived Russian émigré, Williams walks shyly down the coffee aisle of an American grocery store before dropping to his knees and weeping with disbelief at […]

Posted inColumns

Mezcal is an acquired taste

by David Hammond September 13, 2022September 13, 2022
Posted inNews

Portillo’s Garden Dog vs. Traditional Dog

by David Hammond May 24, 2022May 24, 2022
Posted inNews

All-American tacos, now in Forest Park

by David Hammond February 15, 2022February 17, 2022
Posted inForest Park Eats

Mr. Beef & Pizza opens for made-in-Chicago chow

by David Hammond December 29, 2021January 3, 2022
Posted inForest Park Eats

Giardiniera from Gaetano’s

by David Hammond August 4, 2021August 4, 2021
Posted inNews

The Heritage: Comfort food, notched up

by David Hammond December 13, 2016February 9, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Enter Exit Strategy, Forest Park’s most excellent brewpub

by David Hammond July 7, 2015February 9, 2021
Posted inArchive, News

Northern Italy flavors flourish at Fiorenza

by David Hammond August 7, 2012February 9, 2021
Posted inArchive, News

Parky’s, guilt and all, is a local treasure

by David Hammond July 2, 2012February 9, 2021

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