Dish - Chicago

05/16/12

Massive, Labyrinthine Restaurant, Bar, and Live-Music Venue Called Untitled to Open in River North

Partner Marc Bushala describes the many different parts of Untitled and its speakeasy concept...

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05/09/12

X-Marx Underground Supper Club to Open Flour and Bones, a Storefront in Logan Square

Brand X-Tension
Eliminating an inherent irony, the underground and pop-up operation X-Marx is getting a spot. X-Marx’s owners, Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo, hope for a July opening of Flour and Bones (2957 W. Diversey Ave.; no phone yet), a 30-seat restaurant named for staples of everyday cuisine in different parts of the world—“flour” for noodles, breads, and dumplings, and “bones” for proteins and stocks...

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05/02/12

Carrie Nahabedian’s New Project Is French-Inspired American in River North

Stay Classic, Chicago
Naha’s Carrie Nahabedian tells us she’s not jumping onto the latest bandwagons...

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04/25/12

A Q&A with Brian Runge, the Chef at Premise, a New Restaurant in Andersonville

Six Questions for Brian Runge
Runge is the chef at Premise, the new restaurant that replaced the wine-bar half of In Fine Spirits...

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04/19/12

Dish Flash: New Pizzeria, Flour & Stone, to Open in Streeterville This Summer

When we talked to Shawn DeAmicis, one of the partners in Flour & Stone, he told us, “We settled on Brooklyn-style. We like it, and no one is really doing it here...”

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04/18/12

Horse Thief Hollow, a New Brewpub, Plans for a Fall Opening in Beverly

One Moment in Crime
In a pre-Mob, precorruption chapter of Chicago history, horse thieves used to hide in the woods of what is now Beverly in the mid-19th century, giving the area a name that a brewpub will resurrect...

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04/12/12

Dish Flash: The Post–Chuy Valencia Chilam Balam

The top chef’s position at Chilam Balam has been filled by the promotion of another young cook: the 25-year-old Toledo, Ohio, native Natalie Oswald...

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04/11/12

Dish Flash: Bistro 110’s Dominique Tougne to Open Chez Moi in Café Bernard Space

Here’s an excerpt from our conversation with Dominique Tougne about his upcoming opening in Lincoln Park...

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04/10/12

Dish Flash: Kendal Duque and Chicago Firehouse Owners to Open City Tavern in South Loop

Mainstay Hospitality, the company that owns Chicago Firehouse and Wabash Tap, plans to open the “18th-century tavernesque” City Tavern...

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04/04/12

Owners of Zak’s Place to Open Two in West Town

Two Market, Two Market
Matthew Van Valkenburgh and Yamandu Perez, the owners of Zak’s Place in Hinsdale, are coming to the city for their next venture, Two, scheduled to open in midsummer...

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