NoodleBird

"Cantonese-style char siu pork collar and jumbo shrimp with chili-garlic arrive with fluffy coconut rice. Wide, house-made rice noodles are either steamed or wok-seared, before being paired with the likes of minced soy sauce beef or smoked tofu. It is, by all means, very easy to over-order, but under no circumstance should diners skip those egg custard tarts." - The MICHELIN Guide

"Noodlebird is the restaurant that has reopened in the same location as the former Fat Rice, following its closure in the summer of 2020." - Ashok Selvam

"NoodleBird is the successor for the acclaimed restaurant that closed after workers complained of a toxic work environment. After 14 months, the owners of Fat Rice are back with a new more casual restaurant in the same space. NoodleBird, the new “Asian-inspired diner” from Abe Conlon and Adrienne Lo, is open in Fat Rice’s previous Logan Square location." - Ashok Selvam

"It turns out that next month, the duo is opening a new restaurant called NoodleBird, which will serve familiar Fat Rice dishes like egg tarts and pork and ginger dumplings." - Ashok Selvam

"When the pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, acclaimed Chicago restaurant Fat Rice told workers it would be closed only temporarily. It laid off around 70 employees and in April pivoted to donating grocery boxes, eventually operating as Super Fat Rice Mart, a general store offering $100 meal kits. But employees were left guessing as to when Fat Rice would reopen, what that would look like, and whether they would have jobs when it did. By June, though, they had their answer: After a wave of accusations that owner Abe Conlon berated female employees, treated Black employees differently from white ones, and even made English the official language of the kitchen, Conlon announced that Fat Rice would close permanently." - Jaya Saxena