Looking down on Terrace 16 in the Trump Tower, feeling le bon temps at Ina Mae Tavern, why you can't hate on Pacific Standard Time, packing them in at Aba, and farewell to my longest-running food gig.

Take me out to the mall park, Nagrant knocks Doc's, Vettel on Next on Alinea, an unknown pastry queen, and Titus has road trip ideas for you

Pastry erotica for Lost Larson, chitlins get a review, Rockit explodes, and people are telling stories

A cruel year takes Jonathan Gold, Passerotto is on its way to stardom, Flight Club hits its target, Vettel unmasked, Aba is no Waterloo, and tickets available for Fooditor's South Side Food-I-Tour

Radio Anago gets zero-star static, not a good year for Rosie's or 3SD, arepas everywhere, and a review makes Bar Biscay mad

Grace II won't be spelled Gras, very hot pot and awfully not wet, Mister Taco's Neighborhood, and a poem to Reza's

In menoriam Blackbird's Rick Diarmit, plus reviews of Passerotto, Pacific Standard Time, Vettel goes back to Sepia and how to get a liquor license while Latino

Pacific Standard Time is at the tone, you gotta go Passerotto, Girl & the Freeway, and a Detroit road trip

Chicagoans remember Anthony Bourdain, loving lunch at Frunchroom, Mordecai may singlehandedly make Rickettsville respectable, and a book tells the rise and fall of independent craft beer.

New Alinea chef, new Check Please host, muffuletta magick, look a squirrel! and three sad farewells