In this episode, Penny and Mike review S.K.Y. a luxury pan-Asian restaurant in Pilsen where they dive in to questions of gentrification. Penny continues to…
Episode #8: Clockin’ In at Pacific Standard Time
/ 06. 22. 2018Worried that they’d be inundated with kale smoothies, tofu, and other hallmarks of California cuisine, Mike and Penny are surprised to find that Pacific Standard…
Episode #7: Sitting in the Catbird Seat
/ 06. 22. 2018Penny travels to Nashville to check on native-Chicagoan Ryan Poli and the work he’s doing at The Catbird Seat. Penny has a brush with “Ms.…
Episode #6: The Delights of Eating Squirrel Head
/ 06. 08. 2018Penny and Mike check out the reboot of Paul Fehribach’s seminal southern restaurant Big Jones. Mike shares the joy of eating squirrel cheeks with Penny.…
Episode #5: Critical Eye and the Chopped Guy
/ 05. 21. 2018Penny caught up with her old Chicago magazine colleague, Food Network superhost Ted Allen at the 2018 James Beard awards. Learn how Ted Allen gave…
Episode #4: Penny Becomes a Marchioness at Marchesa
/ 05. 21. 2018Penny gives the goods on her recent visit to Marchesa (535 N. Wells), while Mike questions whether Penny is getting too fancy for her own…
Episode #3: When Penny met Rich
/ 05. 04. 2018Penny interviews celeb chef, Richard Blais, but first she asks him who the heck he is. In case you don’t know who the heck he…
Episode #2: What the Hell is a Puffy Taco?
/ 05. 04. 2018In this episode, Mike schools Penny on San Antonio’s famous puffy taco, a food item that spawned fights amongst brothers, lawsuits, and a really great…
Dining Out Loud, Episode #1: The One Where No One Liked the Chicken
/ 05. 04. 2018In the first episode of DINING OUT LOUD, “The One Where Nobody Liked The Chicken” Brendan Sodikoff’s new sushi spot, Radio Anago, goes under the…
Welcome to Dining Out Loud
/ 05. 03. 2018For some reason, Chicago has a tradition of dueling critics: Siskel & Ebert, and later Siskel & Roeper on movies. Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot took…