1. Summer Festival Guide 2010
Peak
Fats, oils
and sweets
Sure, most festival food is Meat, poultry
season
glutinous, but traditional and Fish
Italian sfingi, cooked by Dan Cordis’s shuttered
the Missionary Sisters of Cordis Brothers Supper
St. Charles, might win the Club took home the
artery-clogging crown: It Ribfest title last year.
consists of deep-fried He’s back with his new
ricotta covered with venture, called Pitchfork,
id
The food pyram Milk, yogurt powdered sugar and and the same saucy ribs. Vegetables
takes on a new and cheese honey. About $2, Taste of About $17 for a full slab We’ll yell “opa!” to
n
dimension whe Top off frozen kefir—a
frozen-yogurt look-alike
Melrose Park (Sept 3–5). and $9 for a half slab,
Ribfest (Jun 11–13).
Andies Restaurant’s
spanakopita, Greek
summer hits.
from Starfruit—with fruit spinach and feta cheese
By Jenny an for a treat that has more Jasper Meats promises its on phyllo dough. About $4,
Illustrations digestion-aiding “good” made-from-scratch Andersonville
by Joel Kimmel bacteria than average
fro-yo. About $5, Do-
German meatloaf, called
leberkäse, is never
Midsommarfest
(Jun 12, 13).
Division Festival (Jun 5, 6). frozen. About $7 for plate
and $5 for sandwiches, While it’s pretty meaty,
La Sardine offers cream- German-American Fest St. Basil Church
Fruit filled chocolate éclairs. (Sept 10–12). volunteers’ sarma, a
Take green banana puree, About $4 each, Taste cabbage dish stuffed with
cram it with meaty fillings of Randolph Street beef and pork, is also
like pork and beef, create (Jun 18–20). served up with potatoes
a dumpling and then deep- and salad to help you
fry it to create Sabor reach your five a day. $10,
Boricua, Sabor Latino and Taste of Serbia (Sept 4, 5).
Coco Restaurant’s
traditional Puerto Rican Mana Food Bar’s
alcapurrias. $2–$3 each, vegetarian sliders—mini
Fiesta Puertorriquenas burgers made with brown
(Jun 15–20). rice, mushrooms and
spicy mayonnaise on top
Wholesome blueberry of a roll—fulfill heartier
tarts from West Town appetites. $4, Do-Division
Tavern were a hit last year Festival (Jun 5, 6).
and will make a comeback
this summer. $5, Green
Music Fest (Jun 26, 27).
bread and rice Harold’s Chicken #71’s hush Chinese rice cake dessert is Find a plethora of Eastern
We’d ditch our Atkins diet for puppies, deep-fried balls of made with sticky rice, milk and European pierogi filled with
Dakshin Indian Cuisine’s dosa, cornmeal, are everything you sugar, and comes in plain or red meat, cheese or vegetables
a traditional South Indian want in festival food: easy to bean flavors. About $3, served by Kasia’s Deli,
pancake filled with rice carry, no drippy sauces and Chinatown Summer Fair (Jul 18). Buscia’s, Nina’s Pierogi
and black beans. $5, deliciously greasy. About $2, and others. About $1,
VeggieFest (Aug 7, 8). Taste of Chicago (Jun 25–Jul 4). Pierogi Fest (Jul 23–25).
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