Ron J just directed my attention to LTHForum.com, a Chicago-based restaurant and culinary forum that looks and acts remarkably like our forums. There's no associated ChicagoHotBytes type Website, but the forums themselves are outstanding, and well worth bookmarking if you go to Chicago often or even just plan an occasional trip to the era.
I've also added it to the Restaurant HotLinks on LouisvilleHotBytes.
<b>Chicago culinary forums</b>