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Dear Abby: Thirty years ago, I had an affair with "Roger," a married man. We worked together and fell in love. At the time, Roger was married with three children.

Plus, David Manilow talks with two Chicago food business founders.

Dear Abby: I used to have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. I considered her one of my best friends, until her severe drug and alcohol abuse began to ruin

Plus: David Manilow noodles on two ramen spots with one surprising thing in common.

Plus, a conversation with Chef Federico Comacchio, who brings genuine Italian cuisine to the West Loop's Gioia.

Plus: David Manilow asks some of Chicago’s most notable names in the hospitality industry about the one thing they can’t live without in the kitchen.

Restaurants are still trying to reset from the pandemic and inflation isn't helping. Here's what else the Chicago dining scene has been dealing with over the last year.

An atmosphere of uncertainty still permeates the local hospitality scene

Themes include jerky customer behavior and cocktail confusion

Little cards that fit in a suit pocket, we used to complain, designed for suit pockets. that you could write a note on. >> right. >> someone wrote a note on one of those white house breast pockets, a card, that said, "civilian shot at house door." "wounded in chest. it was written out on a card and there is a witness that says they saw that card sitting in front of the president at his private dining table at 2:44. 2:44. he knew someone had been shot in the capitol, a civilian, and what did he d...