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Michigan Avenue - 2017 - Issue 2 - Late Spring - Joe Maddon

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MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM  71 verdant twist, as pastry chef Emily Spurlin serves a subtly sweet pea panna cotta with compressed rhubarb and yogurt. 802 W. Randolph St., 312-265- 1745; badhunter.com VEGAN VARIETY Each week, adventurous health-conscious diners can try rotating off-menu vegan specials at Hub 51, including sweet potato chili with corn bread, hot pot with kombu broth, and carrot and sugar snap pea fried rice. "We weren't getting a lot of vegan requests," managing partner Jerrod Melman admits, "but the moment we put them on the menu, they became top sellers. This is the food we like to eat, in an atmosphere that we want to hang out in." There's even vegan poké with cubed, oven- roasted red and gold beets, avocado, edamame, cucumber, and pickled ginger. 51 W. Hubbard St., 312-828-0051; hub51 chicago.com LIGHT AS A FEATHER "The days of stuffing yourself on heavy, gluttonous food are on their way out," says chef Matt Eversman of Lakeview's new Ella Elli, where he's spicing up salt-roasted carrots with za'atar and harissa and toasting grains for a hearty salad. The vegetable- forward menu is lighter and healthier than anything 4 Star Restaurant Group (Frasca, Smoke Daddy, Crosby's Kitchen) has done to date. 1349 W. Cornelia Ave., 773-935- 3552; ellaellichicago.com . above: True Food Kitchen shakes up "refreshers" like the Medicine Man—triple-brewed black tea, cranberry, pomegranate, honey, and sea buckthorn. Feeling frisky? Add your choice of liquor for a health-minded cocktail. Fresh, healthy fare finds a new home in Lakeview with the debut of Ella Elli (above left), whose menu offers the likes of crispy-grain salad with goat cheese and shaved vegetables (here).

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