Managed to sneak away some time to drop into one of my new fave food haunts in Chi-Town — the Purple Pig. The tagline “cheese, swine & wine” says it all and they execute on this flawlessly. Yes there was a wait, yes it was a little loud but the milk braised pork shoulder, lardo on toasted buttered baguette, eggplant parmesan balls, seared scallops and pork (bacon-infused) pate made it all worth it. Never mind the sidecar of tempranillo 😉 #nomnomnom