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Chicagoland Neighborhood Dining Destination HOT LIST! South Loop, Bridgeport, Chinatown Lao Yunnan Lee Wing Wah Mandarin Kitchen Inc May Flower Chinese May May Gourmet Food Inc Mercat Ming Hin Cuisine Moon Palace Restaurant New Three Happiness Oysy Panozzo’s Italian Market Pat’s Pizza Phoenix Restaurant Saint’s Alp Teahouse Seven Treasures Cantonese Standing Room Only Tapas Velencia Tasty City Tasty Place The Scout Three Happiness Restaurant Tommy Gun’s Garage Wabash Tap Yummy Yummy Noodles Zapatista Tap 357 is Canadian maple rye whisky; let the thought of that roll around in your mind’s palette for awhile. Made from blended rye and made in the oldest distillery in Western Canada, it is distilled four times and matured in a combination of new, 2nd and 3rd-use bourbon barrels, then expertly blended with pure maple syrup from Quebec. Once fully rested, it rates very high in accolades and rates 92 from WINE ENTHUSIAST. 81 proof; imported by Van Gogh Imports.
As one of America’s top 3 brands of hot sauce, Cholula knows what makes for a uniquely flavorful kind of hot. Enter their new Cholula green pepper hot sauce. The crisp zing of authentic jalapeño with sweet poblano pepper brightens food flavors without overpowering them. Available in Chicago from Donovan Food Brokerage.
Home Buyers Hope to Take a Nice Walk
Home buyers today are looking for “walkability,” according to a survey by the National Association of Realtors. Sixty percent favor a neighborhood with a mixture of houses, stores, and other businesses that are accessible by foot. And although 52 percent of prospective home buyers want a large yard, more than half would downsize the yard for a shorter commute or a reasonable hike to shops, schools, and restaurants.
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Food Industry News® June 2014
Cary Miller Presents
People Selling the Industry
This month I am proud to be pictured with Chick Pine, owner of Chuck’s Southern Comforts Cafe’ in Darien and Burbank, Illinois. The menu at Chuck’s restaurants includes a great selection of authentic BBQ items as well as Mexican favorites. Chuck’s has been featured on many local and national TV shows, including Diners Drive-Ins and Dives. The sales team at Artisan Specialty Foods (Walter Pompei, Tom Bruzan, Andy Mazil, Frank Knitter, Melissa Vitiello, Christine Schejbal, Betty Winbush, Patti Mazil) has over 250 years combined experience in helping chefs and foodservice operators improve quality by using premium quality, on-trends foods, including natural and specialty meats, organic items and cheeses. Their ad appears on page 21 of this issue. Greg Ullstam is the owner of Better Metal Systems, a firm offering full service hood and duct cleaning services for all types of food businesses. According to Greg, his customers which include independent and chain accounts enjoy results not typically expected from his competition. The firm serves the greater Chicago area and east to South Bend Indiana. His firm is listed in our Buyers Directories under DUCT CLEANING. Petros Papantoniou and Andrea Coutretsis are with Olympia Foods, a local familyowned and operated business for over 40 years. The firm is well known and respected for their premium gyros and handstack gyros. The company ships across the US and is served in many restaurants known for their gyros. The also distribute across Canada. If you have not tried their products, reach out to Andrea or Petros and have a taste. Their ad appears on page 31 of this issue. Amy Nitschke is with the Wisconsin Restaurant Association. She assists suppliers in reaching the association’s members. Because Amy has been working with the association for many years, she is well versed in the complexion of the Wisconsin market. The WRA is based in Madison Wisconsin. Jackie Migliore is with Advance Restaurant Finance, a firm offering loans to all types of food businesses. While bank loans typically offer lower rates, Advance Restaurant Finance fills the need that many food business owners have for of greater flexibility. Jackie is based in Chicago but also works with many food businesses throughout the US.
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