Calumet Heights
On the hunt
At noon-sharp last Saturday afternoon, a group of squirming kids in Calumet Park shuffled outdoors for the annual Easter egg hunt. A grassy area was smattered with polychromatic splotches of color that only PAAS egg dye could elicit, and the hunting grounds were marked off with yellow caution tape. »
Big Fish: Calumet Fisheries keeps the smokehouse tradition alive on the Far Southeast Side
Calumet Fisheries is the pride of local foodies. This shack, excuse me, smokehouse, is touted by the owners as one of the only authentic smokehouses left in Illinois. This disappearing art involves marinating the fish in brine overnight and then stoking fires with special oak logs in the smoking process. Take-out and cash-only, the... »
Her Soulful Highness
“Thank you for sixty years of support,” reads a white placard heading each table at Soul Queen, an all-you-can-eat soul food restaurant located at the intersection of 90th Street and Stony Island Ave. in the neighborhood of Calumet Heights. Soul Queen moved to its current location in 1975 and it seems that little has... »
