Originally Posted by
milepig
I'm posting this here, since it is less about Chicago or the restaurant itself (which I won't be spending any money in) but more a great example of how how a talented reviewer can completely skewer a restaurant, especially brutal since it is the latest offering of an otherwise amazingly successful chef/owner. I guess it shows that no one can turn out nothing but hits:
Radio Anago Is a Rare Misstep for Hogsalt Hospitality Chicago magazine August 2018
I'm late to the game -- and love most of Sodikoff's restaurants -- but he's had failures before. What about the Jewish deli style spot on Kinzie? (Was there where Bavette's now is? Can't remember.)
Apropos of nothing, I like to describe Sodikoff as "never having met a lightbulb he likes." (Green St. might be the exception.) But I really do love most of his places, and Bavette's is our
#1 favorite steakhouse in the city (including where we celebrated our engagement and annually celebrate our "engagiversary").