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Mike Gebert
Mike Gebert is a James Beard Award-winning food writer and video-maker based in Chicago. He’s the creator of the acclaimed blog Sky Full of Bacon and a contributor to the Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, Thrillist, Where Chicago, Serious Eats and others, and was the editor of Grub Street Chicago.

Mike Gebert’s Recent Articles

Milly's Pizza in a Pan
Eat
Apr 20, 2022

The Best Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago

Roll up your sleeves, loosen your belt, and prepare for a next-level pizza experience at these Chicago originals.

Chicagos Dog House
Eat
Aug 2, 2021

The 27 Best Hot Dog Spots in Chicago (and the ‘Burbs)

Douse us with poppyseeds and drag us through the garden.

Eat
Oct 7, 2015

The Best Gyros in Chicago

Meaty, garlicky, and the prelude to a long nap after, gyros weren’t invented in Chicago, but the industrially made gyro meat cone was, which makes it incredibly hard to choose between stands that use the same lamb- or beef-filled gyro loaf from Kronos, Devanco, or one of the other manufacturers.

Eat
Sep 16, 2015

The 15 Best Bowls of Ramen in Chicago Right Now, Ranked

Ramen restaurants... so hot right now.

Eat
Sep 1, 2015

The 12 Best Delis in Chicago

To name Chicago’s best delis, first you have to decide what qualifies as a deli.

Eat
Aug 4, 2015

The Best Lunch Spot in 25 Chicago Neighborhoods

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Eat
Jul 8, 2015

The Everyman's Guide to Great Asian Food in Chicago

In a city like Chicago, Asian food is everybody’s other comfort food from another mother.

Eat
Jun 11, 2015

The 15 Best Places for Polish Food in Chicago

Chicago is the biggest Polish city outside of Warsaw, and if all you know of it is hitting the Red Apple for their super-cheap buffet, you’re barely scratching the surface of the pierogi scene here.

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Eat
May 19, 2015

Chicago’s 12 Best North and South Side BBQ Joints Right Now

As Tupac once rapped, "I see no changes... except for in the Chicago BBQ scene, particularly over the last year."

Eat
May 7, 2015

The 15 Most Underrated Places to Eat in Chicago

In a city as food-rich as Chicago, there’re always some places that ought to have lines running out the door, but don’t have lines running out the door... yet.

Eat
Mar 11, 2015

Chicago's First-Ever "L" Burger Map

Wait, what the hell is that?!?

patty melts
Eat
Feb 26, 2015

Where to Get Chicago’s 11 Best Patty Melts

History tells us the patty melt was invented in California in the late 1940s.

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