EAT LIKE A PRO.

FAVORITE SPOTS Brigtsen rhapsodizes over the seared pompano with curried brown butter and toasted cashews and the Krispy Kreme bread pudding at Station 6, chef and friend Alison Vega-Knoll's Bucktown eatery. Chef Nina Compton is a Brigtsen favorite, as are her restaurants Compère Lapin and Bywater American Bistro (where he loves the mirliton soup with crispy oysters). He also praises Nagomi, the omakase spot from Shogun veteran chef Kazuyuki "Kaz" Ishikawa and Yakuza House, the newcomer from chef Huy Pham, as great additions to the local restaurant scene. FEATURES Chefs are a lot like the rest of us. [Extracted from the article]