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The Kids Are All Right

LIKE MANY OF US, OLIVER Poilevey, Jonathan Zaragoza, and Amer Abdullah learned to cook at their parents’ sides. But one small difference: Their family kitchens were actually notable Chicago restaurants. Now chefs themselves, these children of local culinary figures are already leaving their own mark on the city’s food scene.

“I can always hear my old man when I’m cooking,” Poilevey says. “ ‘Oh, I don’t

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