With the holidays approaching and most restaurants closed to indoor dining, bakeries seem to be opening at a frantic pace. This week, I visited two new...
The Japanese dish known as okonomiyaki was created in Osaka. And ever since I traveled there a few years ago, I’ve been wondering why this...
Supper clubs have always been a part of the fabric of the Midwest, a place where you could get steak, potatoes and a shrimp cocktail....
Stephanie Izard is one of the city’s busiest, high-profile chefs. Not only does she oversee several restaurants in Chicago’s West Loop, she’s also an...
Restaurants come and go all the time, but it was a surprise in the food community when Grace suddenly shut its doors last year in...
40 year-old Gabriele Bonci looks like he could wrestle a crocodile. As wide as a linebacker, he sports a few colorful tattoos beneath his short-sleeved...
Catering is a tough business, but one local caterer decided that it had the right team in place, and the know-how, to create a new...
There are dozens of chicken sandwiches in Chicago, some fast food, others more elaborate. There’s a truly unique and delicious one, in West Fulton Market where...
When most new restaurants in Chicago tend to feature steaks, chops and other meat-heavy entrees, Bad Hunter is taking a very different approach. The Chef...
Most restaurants are happy to make it to five years. Ten years is a major accomplishment. In Chicago’s West Loop, Blackbird restaurant has always been considered...
The spirit of Ralphie, Flick and Old Man Parker is strong in the West Loop for the next few weeks. That’s because the folks at...