Food takes a backseat to the spectacle at Masada, Logan Square's Middle Eastern boite.
by Mike Sula
Just before the 960 Jewish inhabitants of the lofty fortress of Masada committed mass suicide in the year 73, they torched everything within the walls except their food stores, so that the invading Roman legion would know the defenders died willingly and not by starvation. Unrelatedly, "Masada" happens to be the name of the Jordanian immigrant who 23 years ago opened Wicker Park's popular Middle Eastern deli Sultan's Market.…[ Read more ]