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The Chicago Automobile Trade Association is partnering with USO Illinois to raise money for veterans during the USO BBQ for the Troops 2023.
"We fell in love over barbecue," said Akiko Moorman. In Little Village, Moorman and her husband, Chef Phillip Foss, have had to re-think El Ideas, the tasting menu-driven, intimate little dining room, and re-imagine it as Boxcar Barbecue. "So El Ideas is this Michelin-starred chef tasting menu whereas Boxcar is very straightforward barbecue," she said. "The biggest thing is we don't have outdoor space or a bar. So in terms of pivoting we were pretty limited when it came to options." At least he's got a Southern Pride smoker, which he's filling with chicken, for starters. "We have a chicken th...