Chicago Magazine Uncovers the Best of Chicago Dining

October 8, 2007 | 5:00 am

CHICAGO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago magazine, the largest city monthly in the country, journeyed across Chicagoland to bring readers the best of the Windy City's dining offerings. The November issue, which hits newsstands this week, reveals the 124 best dishes on this world-class restaurant scene.

"There is incredible variety and diversity on the Chicago dining scene," said Penny Pollack, Chicago magazine dining editor. "Our reviewers tasted thousands of dishes and compiled a list of the very best."

The feature provides Chicagoans with brief descriptions of the city's most delectable dishes and where to find them. The highlighted items range from the unique and offbeat grilled baby octopus and fingerling potato salad at Aria to more traditional items like juicy fried chicken at Chalkboard.

Chicago's food critics also share their picks on the best appetizer, entree, dessert, drink, and freebie.

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Dining editor Penny Pollack and other members of the magazine staff are available for on-air interviews. Contact Christine Wong at 312-222-4481 to schedule an interview.

About Chicago magazine

Chicago magazine is the largest monthly city magazine in the country, with a circulation of more than 182,000. In addition, the company publishes a number of other titles, including Chicago HOME and Chicago Fashion magazines. Chicago magazine has been honored with many awards, including, in 2004, the most prestigious -- the Ellie award for General Excellence in its circulation category, bestowed by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

About Chicago Tribune Company

Chicago Tribune Company publishes the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with daily readership of about 1.8 million and about 2.6 million on Sunday. The company also operates related print and interactive media serving Chicagoland. Chicago Tribune is the founding publication of Tribune Company, one of the country's leading media companies, operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing and on the Internet.