Two Reinterpretations of the Sports Bar Opening Soon
O Say Can You See Sports bars have a certain sameness to them—greasy fried food, beer, and lots of big TVs...
Posted Oct. 5, 2011, at 3:24 p.m.
Bang Bang Pie Truck to Open a Logan Square Storefront
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The husband-and-wife team Dave and Megan Miller launched the food truck Bang Bang Pie & Coffee Show on July 1 with the dream of opening a storefront someday. Someday came quickly...
Posted Sept. 28, 2011, at 5:10 p.m.
Filini to Open in the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel with the Chef Christian Fantoni
La Dolce Vita Just when you thought hotel dining was on the downswing, a new restaurant is poised to open November 1 in the upscale Radisson Blu Aqua...
Posted Sept. 21, 2011, at 1:59 p.m.
Charlie Trotter’s Veteran Matthias Merges to Open Yusho
Yusho Crazy After leavingCharlie Trotter’s last October to strike out on his own, Matthias Merges lays the first brick in his own business this November with a yakitori-inspired restaurant in Logan Square called Yusho...
Posted Sept. 14, 2011, at 3:39 p.m.
Dish Flash: Michael Shrader Leaving Epic to Open Urban Union on Taylor Street
The stretch of Taylor Street in Little Italy continues to add new restaurants at a pace as blisteringly hot as a Neapolitan crust. The chef Michael Shrader has given notice at Epic and is teaming up with Jason Chan (Butter) to open Urban Union (1421 W. Taylor St.; no phone yet) this fall, if all goes well...
Posted Sept. 7, 2011, at 10:53 a.m.
Sunday Dinner Masterminds to Open Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Hi, Honey
Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp, who run the underground dining club Sunday Dinner, discovered how glorious fried chicken tastes with honey butter when their staff tried it while eating their meals in the kitchen at a dinner a couple of years ago...
Posted Aug. 31, 2011, at 3:31 p.m.
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises to Open Saranello’s in Former Osteria di Tramonto Space in Wheeling
A Monumental Opening“Do you know why we named Maggiano’s Maggiano’s?” asks Rich Melman...
Posted Aug. 24, 2011, at 4:20 p.m.
What Penny Eats: Washington, D.C., Diary
In our nation's capital, the food is as delightfully diverse as the nation itself—and the pizza's pretty good, too.
Posted Aug. 24, 2011, at 10:46 a.m.
Riccardo Enoteca, from the Owner of Riccardo Trattoria, to Open in Lincoln Park
Enoteca Energy Riccardo Michi, the owner of Riccardo Trattoria, takes it beyond flatware for his upcoming wine bar across the street, Riccardo Enoteca...
Posted Aug. 17, 2011, at 2:47 p.m.
Jacky’s on Prairie Bought by Its Chef, Menu to Shrink
I Cook, Therefore I Am
Now several overhauls away from the original Jacky, Jacky’s on Prairie has new owners—Jonadab Silva and Erin Silva Winston, also known as the current chef and the pastry chef...
Posted Aug. 10, 2011, at 6:02 p.m.
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