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One Singular Sensation

We hear you, Southport. Your creameries and dairies are doing a bang-up job of sending the message loud and clear.

This ain’t no block for the ice cream-leery.

But whatever is a sugar-craving, cone-fearing, sweets-loving, red-blooded Northsider to do?

Indulge in ...

Man of the House

Dear Shawn,

You’ve done it again.

First you reeled us in with fish at Spring. Then you brought us aboard the veggie train at Green Zebra. Now you’re tempting us with meat at Custom House, your latest spot, opening today.

Taus of Style

There once was a great chef named Taus,
Whose cool resto could sure pack the house.
 Rave reviews were the norm,
For his Trotter-trained form.
This was no meek culinary mouse.

One day he thought, I’ll start a joint
Without ...

The Reinvention Tour

There’s a lot to be said for reinventing yourself.

Take, for instance, our old pal Madge. Kabbalah Madonna is light-years from Ms. Lucky Star, who only vaguely resembles the proper children’s author of the same name.

Chef Michael Lachowicz is ...

Slangs of Fortune

In Russia, they say “khávchik.” The Spanish call it “papita.”

And in France, they simply call it “bouffe.”

But any which way it’s said, it’s grub to you — and it’s the name of the new adorable gourmet shop in ...

The Weekend Guide

Carbo-load or load your social calendar. It’s a marathon weekend. On your mark, get set, go!

EAT
Recipe for Relief

What: Big Easy benefit features food, drinks, and live jazz.
Why: Eighty-five chefs go the distance for hurricane survivors.
When:

Agami on Rye

It’s easy to spot a neighborhood in the midst of a comeback.

The green awning of a Starbucks pops up. The literary bastion known as Borders appears. And finally, the coffee-drinking-book-club-joining-I-just-moved-into-my-new-condo set are given a place to dine on raw ...

Chicken Soup for the Sole

Heading out the door, those new leather pumps look adorable.

Three hours and multiple blisters later, cute has morphed into acute — as in the pain you suffer with every step.

Don’t throw them in the back of the closet just ...