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Tuesday, October 17, 2023How To Make Luella’s Southern Kitchen Fried Apple Pie
by Amy Rutledge and Tonya Francisco / WGN Daytime Chicago / October 17, 2023 We are kicking off this Lincoln Square neighborhood special with some authentic southern cuisine from Luella’s Southern Kitchen. chef and owner Darnell Reed joins us now in our studio 41 kitchen with more. 4609 N. Lincoln Ave Watch HERE
Tuesday, February 28, 2023Chicago chef cooks up food influenced by his great-grandmother
by Silvia Perez / Fox-32 Chicago / February 23, 2023 CHICAGO - For eight years now, locals from the Lincoln Square community know when they want good Southern cuisine, they head to a hot spot called Luella’s Southern Kitchen. Think gumbo, shrimp and grits and so many other stick-to-your-ribs down home comfort foods. Walk into Luella’s Southern Kitchen in Lincoln Square and you have stepped back into the childhood of Chef Darnell Reed. The food he's cooking up was influenced by his
Thursday, February 09, 2023Rib Tips and Brisket-Topped Pizza Are Coming to Canaryville From Luella’s Family
by Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam / Eater Chicago / February 2, 2023 Over the past eight years, Chicago’s soul food aficionados have become close friends with Luella Funches, the late great-grandmother of chef Darnell Reed and the inspiration behind his beloved restaurant Luella’s Southern Kitchen in Lincoln Square. But the city is about to see another side of the legendary matriarch’s culinary legacy — one that’s all about barbecue — thanks to chef Tyris Bell, Reed’s brother and fellow great-grandson of
Wednesday, January 04, 2023First Bites Bash Kicks Off the 16th Annual Chicago Restaurant Week
by Xiao Faria daCunha / Urban Matter / January 3, 2023 Choose Chicago, the city’s official destination marketing organization, announced tickets are now on sale for First Bites Bash, the celebratory kick-off event for the 16th annual Chicago Restaurant Week. Making an exciting return for the first time since 2020, the event will be held Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Chicago’s Field Museum from 6 to 9 p.m. “First Bites Bash is one of the events Chicagoans love the most about our city,” said Lynn Osmond,