Spy City Cafe, the casual dining eatery attached to the International Spy Museum from the team behind Zola and its chef, Bryan Moscatello, quietly started serving up breakfast last week. The “Zola Bites Breakfast” menu is only eight items deep. It covers the eggs and pancakes basics in a slightly gussied up way. The cheddar egg scramble and the mushroom/Swiss omelette don’t just come with hash browns. They come with hashed brown potatoes with onion…

Potenza’s rabbit and truffle stuffed tortelloni with white asparagus sauce. Word to the wise: when you make your first visit to Potenza, avoid the compulsion to fill up on the bread. It’s a feat that will not be easy, as that basket full of impeccably fresh focaccia, perfectly crunchy grissini and whatever else just came out of the oven stares you down, wafting its delicious aromas at you. But there are other things to…

Image courtesy of cursed thing Drink of the Week: Bell’s Brewery beers Where: Bourbon, Rustico, The Big Hunt Illinois is a funny place. That their weirdly coiffed (former) governor was impeached this week is only the beginning of the story. They also have some rather complicated alcohol distribution laws that give distributors a ton of power. How does that relate to us? Bell’s Brewery founder Larry Bell decided to get out of the Illinois…