Hot Doug's is getting ready to release a book, and if you have a great story about your time at the restaurant, it may be included. More

Spaghetti with meat sauce, you are now under chef Bill Kim's control. Urbanbelly serves a rare but recurring special noodle bowl that, according to the counter staff on the day of my visit, surfaces about three times a year for a roughly month-long engagement: udon noodles, Asian bolognese, Tasso ham, mushrooms, and bok choy ($13). More

Jalapeños are stuffed with cream cheese and chorizo, breaded in Panko, and popped in the fryer until they're nice and crisp. They're served with a pleasantly tart and spicy jalapeño raspberry jam that nicely cuts the richness of the cheese and sausage. More

Walking into Kurowski's and ordering "kielbasa" would probably get you laughed out of the store. Because that's like walking into Baskin Robbins and ordering "ice cream." Kielbasa really just means sausage, so to navigate Kurowski's, you'd better come prepared with some more specific instructions. More

Al's #1 Italian Beef at 2804 N. Western Avenue opens today in Avondale. More

No matter how careful you are, you'll eventually make the trek out to Hot Doug's to find the doors locked. Happens to the best of us. Luckily, there are a number of amazing restaurant options around the area, including a number of different cuisines. Just don't try to get a hot dog. More

We haven't met many people who don't love a great french fry, and here in Chicago, there are a ton of places to choose from. We scoured the city to compile this list of 10 favorite fry sources. They range from sweet potato fries to foie gras fries to the more classic, skin-on ones. More

Our man Ed Levine profiles Doug Sohn, owner of Chicago's Hot Doug's, in this piece on AmEx's OPEN Forum Idea Hub. Sohn uses humor and a personal touch to to give his customers "a break from the day." More

"I guess Doug believes about hot dogs what Robert Frost wrote about fences. Good hot dogs make good neighbors." [Photographs: Robyn Lee] Since Robyn had never been to Chicago before our recent visit, I decided she had to experience the... More

Dumplings from Urban Belly. As a food critic, one of the great luxuries of the Internet is that you're no longer confined to the precious space of print. As such, you don't have to make decisions about which restaurant... More

Serious Eats contributor Daniel Zemans checks in with a piece of intel on the Windy City burger scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. --The Mgmt. Kuma's Corner 2900 W. Belmont... More

Don't swing by Hot Doug's, the institutional Chicago hot dog joint, between April 27 and 30. They are protesting the 20th anniversary of the mandatory seatbelt law in Italy, according to their website. They will reopen on May 1.... More

Gapers Block reports on a couple of enterprising Chicagoans who have started a Hot Doug's delivery service called Hot Doug Drop. The service is unaffiliated with the restaurant, and charges $1 per dog for delivery. Hot Doug's owner, Doug Sohn,... More

Urban Belly, a new noodle shop from former Charlie Trotter disciple and haute chef Bill Kim, opened a few weeks ago. Some folks saw it as Chicago's answer to David Chang and Momofuku noodle bar. While I thought the pork... More

Photograph from roboppy on Flickr New York food critic Alan Richman should not be writing about Chicago hot dogs. But, that's what happened in his GQ piece last week, as we've previously mentioned. Richman swooped into the Windy City,... More