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Try to resist a good dessert. You can't. Last weekend we had two very good ones at two separate locations a block apart.

Thursday night some of Chicago's best chefs will be preparing dishes for Toque, an event to benefit Children's Oncology Services, Inc. The benefit takes place at Harold Washington Library Center (400 S. State Street) and will includes cocktails and a degustation menu as well as both a silent and live auction. Tickets are $250 each. Bill Kurtis, founder of Tallgass Beef Company, will be the Master of Ceremonies and the Chef Coordinator for the event is Michael Kornick of MK, one of our favorites. Featured Chefs include:

       

No sooner had the server placed the dish on our table yesterday than we were looking for said server to return the dish to the kitchen. By then he was "in the weeds." After a couple minutes we finally got the attention of one of the hostesses, who summoned a front-of-house manager to the table. "What's wrong with the dish?" she asked. Our friend simply pointed to the undercooked chicken on the plate.

         

My dinner companions have been insistent: "It's not Lula, don't you agree?"

         

News that Nightwood (2119 S. Halsted, 312-526-3385) opened last night spread like widlfire throughout twitter feeds and other blogs almost as soon as Jason Hammel announced it on his Facebook page. Since it's only a bridge over the south fork of the Chicago River away from home, we decided to check it out.

Time Out Chicago is reporting that the soon-to-open-in-Pilsen sister restaurant to Lula Café will be called Nightwood, after the Djuna Barnes novel. Expect an open kitchen and a bar seating 10, allowing for a full view of chef de cuisine Jason Vincent in action. Nightwood will initially be open for diner Tuesday through Saturday and will have a late-night dinner menu from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m., which should be perfect to accommodate hipsters staggering out of Skylark at last call. [TOC]