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June 2010

6/30/10

Dish Flash: Ron Howard Movie To Be Filmed at Sepia

Sepia (123 N. Jefferson St.; 312-441-1920) announced on Tuesday on its Facebook page that it would be closed from July 1st to July 9th but coyly implied that it wasn’t just for a long Fourth of July break. In fact, the restaurant is closing to accommodate the shooting of an as-yet-untitled Ron Howard movie starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James.

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6/30/10

Chad Starling Is the New Chef at Aria

iPad Thai For two months, Chad Starling, previously of Saltaus and Le Lan, has helmed the kitchen at Aria (Fairmont Chicago, 200 N. Columbus Dr.; 312-444-9494), and now the menu belongs entirely to him...

Posted at 2:38 p.m. | Permalink | Comments (0)

6/23/10

Chicago Q Coming to the Gold Coast

Q Tip The former Tsunami space, shuttered since June 2009, gains a new tenant soon: Chicago Q (1160 N. Dearborn St.; 312-642-1160), a Southern-style barbecue place from the developer Fred Latsko (Table Fifty-Two...

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6/21/10

Dish Flash: Chef Change at Custom House Tavern

Effective immediately, Aaron Deal is out as executive chef at Custom House Tavern (500 S. Dearborn St.; 312-523-0200). Deal’s replacement will be Perry Hendrix, who currently helms the kitchen at Brasserie by Niche in St. Louis...

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6/18/10

Dish Flash: Palermo Bakery Coming Soon to Old Town

As the temperature rises, gelato starts popping up like dandelions—both Black Dog Gelato and a new Paciugo plan to open in the next few weeks. Now comes word that gelato will be sold at the new location of Palermo Bakery (1533 N. Wells St.; no phone yet)...

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6/17/10

Dish Flash: Boka Restaurant Group To Expand into Former Tizi Melloul Space

Boka Restaurant Group, which operates Boka, Landmark, Perennial, and the forthcoming Girl & the Goat, has made a deal for the restaurant space at 531 North Wells Street...

Posted at 2:47 p.m. | Permalink | Comments (0)

6/16/10

Pret A Manger to Open in the Loop in August

Pret A Rumble Coming in mid- to late August for Loop lunchers is Pret A Manger (211 W. Adams St.; no phone yet), the first Chicago outpost of the London-based sandwich chain that has more than 200 locations in the United Kingdom...

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6/14/10

Dish Flash: Ruxbin Opening

Ruxbin (851 N. Ashland Ave.; 312-624-8509), a Mexican-Korean-French-influenced restaurant in Noble Square, opens tomorrow...

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6/14/10

Dish Flash: Food Buddha

Tonight is the premiere of Food Buddha, a new TV show starring Rodelio Aglibot, the chef at Sunda (110 W. Illinois St.; 312-644-0500)...

Posted at 2:10 p.m. | Permalink | Comments (0)

6/9/10

Pasteur Reopening

Opening Soon on Broadway: Pasteur The players:
Kim Nguyen, a restaurateur
Dan Nguyen, Kim’s husband
Tuan Nguyen, Dan’s brother
Rashed Islam, an employee The synopsis:
The well-regarded Vietnamese restaurant Pasteur (5525 N. Broadway; no phone yet) is reopening after a three-year hiatus...

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6/2/10

T-Bones Up

Scott Harris Shocker!
Complete this analogy. People magazine : Kim Kardashian :: Dish : ___ . The answer is Scott Harris, a partner in two dozen or so restaurants (notably the Francesca’s family) who seems to have news for us every time we talk to him...

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6/1/10

Dish Flash: Restless Sola

Sola (3868 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-327-3868) is on the move....

Posted at 4:18 p.m. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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