Prime & Provisions Raises the Steaks in the Loop
The DineAmic Group’s latest spot starts taking reservations tomorrow.
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Luella's Southern Kitchen Has One of the Best Po' Boys in Chicago
The secret is the bread.
Craving Beer in Greektown? Consider Tapworks
The place does the trick in a neighborhood without a lot of boozing options.
What to Eat and Drink in Chicago This Week
Cupcakes! Bacon! Wine!
On a Scale of 0 to 10, What Kind of Diner Are You?
How many of this year’s best new restaurants have you been to?
2015 Best New Restaurants
Ladies and gentlemen, Chicago has officially reached Peak Artisan. Everyone who opened a restaurant around here in the past year seemed to be emphasizing snout-to-tail or farm-to-table, handmade this or craft that. The result: a landscape full of perfectly pleasant but largely interchangeable new joints. Mostly. As Chicago’s dining critics fanned out across the city and … Read more
Parachute
Not much of it makes sense on paper. Pineapple and a hen egg on a mung bean pancake? Coffee-cured cobia with grapefruit purée and heirloom radishes? Dolsot bibimbap with barbecued tripe and Brussels sprouts, for the love of all that’s holy? This is what we used to call “fusion,” and if that word has deteriorated … Read more
MFK
When a chef leaves a restaurant in its first year, eyebrows usually shoot up. Whispers echo. Biases harden. But when Joey Schwab replaced departing executive chef Nick Lacasse in February, the event barely qualified as a hiccup. Nothing has dimmed the bright flavors emerging from this little slice of the Mediterranean or the enthusiasm of … Read more
Salero
Salero West Loop 621 W. Randolph St. 312-466-1000 Website Spanish $50 to $60 Executive chef–partner: Ashlee Aubin Most people think of Basque cuisine as a freeform party, every fork vying for the same plate of serrano and Manchego, sweating glasses of sangría constantly being refilled, cost be damned. Owner Franco Gianni (Tank Sushi, Wood) … Read more
Intro
Intro Lincoln Park 2300 N. Lincoln Park West 773-868-0002 Website American $65 to $95 Current chef: CJ Jacobson If dinner can be compared to theater, think of Intro as a can’t-miss limited engagement. Rich Melman took the space that formerly housed L2O, the restaurateur’s seafood jewel, and turned it into a showcase for young … Read more