This year marks the 27th in a row I’ve contributed, in one form or another, to an alternative weekly’s Best of issue. Most years, the reward for engaging in the tedious process of validating all the things readers like is the opportunity for us to tell them where they’re wrong. When it comes to the endless Food & Drink category, I’m sorry, readers, but you get an awful lot wrong.
But do you really think the skinless mush tubes at Superdawg are acceptable hot dogs, or do you just think hot dog mascots Maurie and Flaurie are adorbs? If you voted Portillo’s for best Italian beef, you’ve never been to Johnnie’s Beef. If you continue to insist on Opart Thai for best Thai, you’ve never been to Aroy Thai, Rainbow Thai Cuisine, or Paula’s Thai Kitchen.
The restaurant, Psistaria Greek Taverna, actually got its start in Lincoln Square—at the time, Chicago’s actual Greektown—before relocating to Lincolnwood years ago. But it seemed to have lost its way by the aughts, when a Reader reviewer said it had “seen better days.”
