Episode #81 - Ari Bendersky, Food & Drink Writer

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This week, journalist Ari Bendersky joins us to discuss his career covering food, wine, spirits, and travel in Chicago. Ari reflects on his time as founding editor of Eater Chicago during the golden age of food media in the city, when he competed with outlets like Time Out Chicago while cultivating an underground network of insiders feeding him scoops. Ari digs deep into his newsletter Something Glorious, a recent passion project where he writes about wine, cocktails, restaurants, and adventures abroad. Conversation also touches on Chicago's underrated suburban dining scene, the next era of Asian-inspired steakhouses in the city, building his freelance writing process around discovering and telling people's stories, and as always, so much more.