Maxwell Street has become a theme park for UIC kids and gentrifiers, killing off the (fictional) Soul Food Cafe. Chez Paul est fini et bien fini. But Calumet Fisheries—in the background right before Elwood demonstrates the “good pickup” of the new Bluesmobile by jumping the 95th Street Bridge over the Calumet River—is going strong. The garlic-and-pepper smoked salmon is worth a drive to the end of the Dan Ryan, and then four miles east on 95th Street, from wherever you are. The smoked shrimp? To KILL for, much less to die for. The only thing that prevents this family-owned-and-operated shack of smoked and deep fried goodness from Blues Brothers’ perfection is that they don’t serve Orange Whips. If only they served Orange Whips… we’d order three.
Today in the Culture: March 10, 2021 | Theater Workers Take on Playbill | City Advances Blues and Culinary Projects FILM & TV The Open Matrix Lily Wachowski of "Matrix" fame is joining the newly formed OTV Studio, a for-profit spinoff of OTV/Open Television, cofounded by 2017 Newcity "Film Leader of the Moment" Aymar Jean Christian, as a creative advisor and strategic partner. Wachowski talked to Deadline about the new alliance. "'As a queer trans woman, I am acutely aware…
