SHELL GAMES

Strap on a bib for Chicago’s best seafood boils.

PETER GIANOPULOS

Along the Gulf and in New England, shellfish aren’t just whitetablecloth fare. They’re for picnic tables, too. Now a version of the gloriously messy tradition of the seafood boil has washed onto our shores. Here’s how it works: You pick your shellfish, which get boiled in a spiced consomme with a combo of corn, potatoes, and sausage. Then the whole shebang gets smothered with sauce and bagged (or slid onto a platter) for you to snap, slurp, and enjoy. Below, the best places in town to get cracking. TASTIEST Dolo Restaurant and Bar Order the seafood boil, and a pair of servers will bring a supersize oval platter piled with five pounds’ worth of shrimp, clams, crab legs, and crayfish. Flavorwise, it’s the most nuanced boil around: Orange and lemon segments add an…

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Chicago (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2016

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