The Ghost Guest℠ is Chicago native, food writer, and restaurant industry analyst, Amanda Topper. Amanda has always had a passion for food and enjoys sharing her culinary experiences.
Here are some of her favorites:
Food: Doughnuts
Chicago Restaurants: Monteverde, Bavette's, Avec, The Bristol
Cocktail: Old Fashioned at Billy Sunday
Deep Dish Pizza: Lou Malnati's
Non-Deep Dish Pizza: Root's Pizza
Beer: Off Color Brewing's Apex Predator
Winery: Schramsberg Vineyards
Burger: Little Bad Wolf
Coffee: Sparrow Coffee Roastery
Amanda visits restaurants, on a local and national basis, detailing her experiences and offering unbiased reviews. She pays for her own meals and does not disclose her status as "The Ghost Guest℠". Each meal is given an overall ghost rating, with 5 ghosts being exceptional and 1 ghost being very poor.
Amanda is sometimes invited to review restaurants, events, or products, in which case, she reports solely on the experience or product and does not offer an overall ghost rating.
She is also a food and drink writer for various national publications including Thrillist, and InsideHook.
The Ghost Guest℠ has been featured in the following outlets (and more!):
CBS Chicago: Best Local Bloggers in Chicago
Chicago Food Planet
ChicagoNow
Club House for Chefs
Easy Voyage
Eater Chicago:
Menuism:
Monteverde
Patch
Patch
Spoon University
The Real Chicago
The Real Chicago
Voyage Chicago
Windy City Blogger Collective
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