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Exactly how it sounds..unedited table settings around town

Mystery salt and pepper shakers

Hint: A different set of shakers grace each table at this famous Chicago restaurant. Guess which one it is for a chance to guest blog.

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On the table: Bistro Campagne

2 wine glasses, 2 water glasses, napkins, 2 knives, 2 forks. Bistro Campagne, 4518 N. Lincoln Avenue.

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Sardine can…we get the check?

I love sardines. Yeah, I said it. I love them fried at restaurants, or in a lemon garlic-lemon fettuccini with breadcrumbs (I have made this and it rocks). But it seems it’s not just canned fish, but fish cans themselves … Continue reading

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On the table: Yusho

5 cloth napkins, 5 sets chopsticks, 5 rocks, votive. Yusho (review to come) 2853 N. Kedzie

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On the table: Bite Cafe

I liked the old Bite, I loove the new one. 4 napkins, 4 forks, 4 spoons, 4 knives, salt, pepper, hot sauce, sugar packets. Bite Cafe, 1039 N. Western Ave.

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On the table: The Dutch, NYC

8 plates, 8 forks, 16 knives, 8 glasses, 8 napkins. The Dutch, 131 Sullivan St., 212.677.6200 (food picks from this NYC restaurant to come this week)

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On the table: Cantina Loredo

4 napkin rolls, 4 plates, 4 menus. Cantina Loredo, 508 N. State Street. (NOTE: This was an iphone-generated photo, pardon the lighting)

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On the table: Kingsbury Street Cafe

6 glasses, 6 napkin rolls, plant, salt, pepper. 1523 N. Kingsbury (Across from the mega-Whole Foods)

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