Tribune, Phil Vettel is leaving.
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After 31 years as the
Tribune dining critic, Phil Vettel has announced his last day at the newspaper will be Friday. His decision to accept a buyout means Chicago will no longer have a full-time food critic a position that brings a certain civic cachet, coupled with cultural significance for the city. It’s a blow inflicted by souring relations with Alden Capital, the paper’s largest investor and a hedge fund with a pattern of gutting newspapers across the country, like the
Last week, the
Tribune offered buyouts to eligible staff, and big names including architecture critic Blair Kamin and Chicago Cubs beat writer Mark Gonzales have already announced their departures. Earlier on Monday, the
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