A Food Critic Takes his Family to Hooters

The world of reasonably priced, family-friendly restaurants has long been regarded by its trendier, Zagat-rated cousins as a soulless, post-apocalyptic wasteland devoid of decent food and recently laundered silk tablecloths.  This has been one of the great...

Restaurant Review: I’ve Died and Gone to Brazil

I went to heaven last Friday.  Alright, maybe not heaven proper, but at least a satellite location in the Chicago Loop.  It’s called Fogo de Chao and I want to spend the rest of eternity there.  When I first heard about this Brazilian steakhouse or “Churrascaria” I,...