Steve Dolinsky

{{short description|American journalist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Steve Dolinsky

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|1968}}

| birth_place = St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.

| occupation = Food & Travel Journalist

| years_active = 1990–present

| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison

| known_for = food reporting on WLS-TV as "Hungry Hound" (2003-2021) and WMAQ-TV as "The Food Guy" (2021-present)

| spouse = Amy Dordek (present)

}}

Steve Dolinsky (born 1968) is an American television, radio, print, and podcast food and travel reporter. He has reported as “Hungry Hound”{{cite web|title=Hungry Hound page|url=http://abc7chicago.com/hungryhound/|website=ABC7Chicago.com|publisher=WLS-TV|accessdate=4 March 2018}} on ABC 7 (Chicago) from 2003 to 2021{{cite web|last1=Dolinsky|first1=Steve|title=editor|url=http://www.stevedolinsky.com/about|website=SteveDolinsky.com|publisher=Steve Dolinsky|accessdate=4 March 2018}} and as "The Food Guy" on NBC 5 (Chicago) from 2021 to present.{{cite news|last1=Feder|first1=Robert |title=Steve Dolinsky makes reservation with NBC 5 as 'The Food Guy'|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2021/08/02/steve-dolinsky-makes-reservation-nbc-5-food-guy/|newspaper=Daily Herald|publisher=Daily Herald Media Group|date=August 2, 2021|accessdate=August 3, 2021}} He also submits food reports for Public Radio International’s “The World” and is co-host with Rick Bayless and producer of The Feed Podcast. He is the author of a guide to Chicago pizza titled Pizza City, USA, which was published by Northwestern University Press in 2018.{{cite web|last1=staff writer|title=press catalog|url=http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/pizza-city-usa|website=Northwestern University Press|publisher=Northwestern University Press|accessdate=29 April 2019}} The book challenges the perception that the favorite and most common pizza in Chicago is deep-dish style pizza.{{cite web |last1=Ihnat |first1=Gwen |title=Deep dish is not the pizza of choice for most Chicagoans |url=https://thetakeout.com/chicago-style-pizza-deep-dish-tavern-steve-dolinsky-1830006453 |website=TheTakeout.com |date=26 October 2018 |publisher=The Takeout |accessdate=29 April 2019}}