When Twitter first started blowing up into the cultural phenomena it is today my thought was “I don’t get it”. It seemed kind of maybe fun and a little interesting but other than that I couldn’t hit on the use-case. The only people I could think to follow were those I talk to regularly anyway. Plus, I love my friends but do I really care if Michael is doing laundry? As much as like him in smelling downy fresh, no I don’t care.
But then it hit me that Twitter was the perfect way for local companies/restaurants/drinking establishments to tell their customers/fans/lushes of chef specials day of and to give them the inside track on new releases.
Of course, if I had this thought then others must have too. I looked up a few of my favorite Chicago places and low and behold, they twitter what’s going on there! So, below are a few local Chicago(ish) foodie type places I follow. I’ve noticed that micro-brews do a much better job of utilizing Twitter in this way, but perhaps that is because their product line and production cycles lend to it best.
- Three Floyds Brewery (Dark Lord!!!!)
- Rick Bayless (Mr. Bayless also answers cooking and ingredient questions and is very twitter approachable)
- Goose Island Brewery and Restaurant (forgot about Chicago as they got bigger but they are turning back to befriending their roots)
- Koval Distillery (the rosehip liquor is out of this world, as is most of their creations)
- Revolution Brewing (haven’t been there yet because the wait is 2 hours on Saturdays, but I support local brewers)
- Spacca Napoli Pizza (Best damned pizza in Chicago. Makes me forget about deep dish)
- French Market (a in door market in a train station in down town chicago with fantastic local produce and food — what’s not to love?)
- Half Acre Brewing (I love the culture these guys have created around their brewery)
- Metropolitan Brewing (Flywheel Lager is the perfect summer beer)
- Metropolis Coffee (Great fresh roasted coffee in the heard of Edgewater)
- In Fine Spirits (Bar and Wine Shop)
- Paul Kahan (Owner and chef of a few restaurants, including one of my favorites: Publican)
- Big Jones (Great Southern Costal restaurant in Andersonville)
- Urban Belly (Bill Kim’s take on a gourmet neighborhood noodle restaurant, brandy lamb dumplings oh so good!)
Not an exhaustive list of who is followable because I only look for twitter feeds from places when I think of them. Anyone I’m missing?
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