Post & Beam in Los Angeles; Chicago's Allium

End-of-week reviews: S. Irene Virbila continues the Los Angeles Times' experiment in starlessness at Post & Beam, which serves "California comfort food with a sassy Southern accent." Katharine Shilcutt finds that the secret to Houston's Shepherd Park Draught House is "Finding land mines...and navigating around them." Julia Kramer checks out Allium in Chicago, a hotel restaurant built around a famous, house-made hot dog.

Los Angeles:
Los Angeles Times/S. Irene Virbila:Post & Beam

Atlanta:
Atlanta Journal Constitution/John Kessler: STK, 1 out of 5 stars

Houston:
Houston Chronicle/Alison Cook: Backstreet Cafe, ??
Houston Press/Katharine Shilcutt: Shepherd Park Draught House

Chicago:
Time Out Chicago/Julia Kramer: Allium, 3 out of 5 stars
Chicago Sun-Times/Michael Nagrant: Publican Quality Meats, 2 stars
Chicago Reader/Mike Sula: Bar Ombra and RPM Italian

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