Press - Gene's Sausage Shop & Delicatessen

MIDWEST LIVING

Chicago Tastes

Lincoln Square’s Christkindlmarket celebrates the neighborhood’s heritage with three days of festive fun (December 3–5 this year).Full Story

TASTING TABLE (CHICAGO)

The stunning array of sausages--raw, cured, smoked and beyond--is an obvious focal point at Gene's Sausage Shop. But this new Lincoln Square market is more than a meat emporium. It's also home to an abundance of international goods ripe for dinner-party picking.Full Story

THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES — DIGGING IN

The new old Delicatessen Meyer

Two great pieces worth a listen on WBEZ today (91.5 FM). The first, by WBEZ's Dave Hammond, on the disappearing Jewish deli, a topic covered in our Food pages by reporter Mike Thomas, who never met a pastrami sandwich he didn't like. The second, on the grand rebirth of Delicatessen Meyer in Lincoln Square. We first reported on the closing of Deli Meyer in March 2007. Several months after that, we met the dynamic sister-brother duo, Yolanda and Derek Luszcz, whose family owns Gene's Sausage Shop, at the boarded up Meyer site.Full Story

DINING OUT

Gene’s Rooftop Beer and Wine Garden

Best known for their homemade artisanal smoked meats, Lincoln Square’s beloved Gene’s Sausage Shop and Delicatessen redefines dining al fresco this summer.Full Story

METROMIX SUMMER

Summer hot list: Rooftop at Gene’s Sausage Shop at Delicatessen Meyer

The Lincoln Square deli has a European-style rooftop garden in the works for July, complete with four beers on tap, featured wines and a grill hut.Full Story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Andrew Zimmern talks “Bizarre Foods: Chicago”

Andrew Zimmern, the lovable wanderlust who lusts for sheep's eyeball and duck uterus, brought his Bizarre Foods crew to town over three visits last month.Full Story

NPR'S EIGHT-FORTY-EIGHT

Meyer’s Delicatessen Re-opens Under New Ownership

With the closing of Meyer’s Delicatessen almost three years ago, the Lincoln Square neighborhood lost one of its most famous links to old Germany. But now a well known Polish sausage-making family hopes to lure the Meyer's clientele back—just in time for Christmas feasting. For WBEZ, Nina Barrett has this report.Full Story

CHICAGOIST

Chicagoist’s Beer(s) of the Week: Arsenalnoye Et. Al @ Gene’s

At the end of this Monday's podcast, you might have heard Chuck and I discussing Beers of the Week based around some of the astounding selections around town during the week of the Craft Beer Conference, as well as some other ones that weren't highlighted during the fest. This is that BotW. The beers at Gene's Sausage Shop might not have gotten the press that the invading brewers received, but they might be even a little more rare - and potent.Full Story

CHICAGO SUN TIMES