"On Friday night, a line flowed out of the door and around the corner at Warlord, producing a two-hour wait — the type of restaurant excitement the city hasn’t seen since before the pandemic. Warlord was no secret. Chefs Emily Kraszyk (Farmhouse), John Lupton (Kasama), and Trevor Fleming (Rootstock) left enough social media breadcrumbs to lead interested parties to the corner of Milwaukee and Belmont. The restaurant has a website and Instagram account. But since opening in April at 3198 N. Milwaukee Avenue, the team from this no-reservation restaurant has ignored media requests. It’s not quite what Lupton’s former employers did at Kasama, which still builds long lines of customers every Saturday and Sunday morning. Kasama received plenty of attention — and its chefs a James Beard Award — despite no public relations firm extolling its virtues." - Ashok Selvam