Southern Cuisine In The Heart Of The Midwest

Customers agree the food, ambiance, and service at Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop are way too good to pass up.

Right in the heart of the Midwest lies a taste of the South.  Evanston’s Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop serves Southern style breakfast, lunch, and dinner all at an affordable price.  The restaurant mimics a New Orleans cabin with antique hunting signs, fishing gear, and lanterns lining the walls and ceiling.  There are two eating areas, one smaller area lined with mosquito nets and a larger, open area with windows on the walls. Complimented by picnic-style tables with checkered tablecloths, the restaurant atmosphere creates a perfect Southern-style home.   “I love the ambiance,” said Northwestern student and regular customer Natassia Gutman.  “It reminds me of when I used to go fly fishing with my grandpa down in Alabama in the summers.” …

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NU Wins National Vegan Award for the Second Time

Share your vegan story with this guilty omnivore.

I am not a vegan.  I try very hard to imagine how my vegan friends and acquaintances can live without the promise of an occasional steak, omelet or milkshake.  I frequently feel shame when I talk to vegans. You must think I'm horrible, uncaring and cruel to animals.  Well, I'm personally not cruel to animals, but the other items are subject to debate.  Just ask my kids. I can appreciate veganism.  My neighbor has been allergic to eggs since birth, and her parents introduced me to one of the best (though expensive!) cupcakes in Evanston: the Vegan Chocolate Cupcake at The Blind Faith Cafe.  It's huge and rich and moist and topped with a delicious vanilla frosting … the whole thing reminds me of a massive Oreo cookie.  You'd never know it …

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Christine Wolf

11:22 pm on Thursday, December 16, 2010

Thanks for writing, Matt. If I'd been raised on a cattle & hog farm, I might actually find it easier to become a vegetarian. I just keep thinking of Anthony Hopkins groaning, "Clarise...can you hear the lambs crying?" That would seal it for me. But you raise an interesting point: trying out veg or vegan for a week. I can do anything for a week. Especially at this time of year. I need some help, …   more ›