Reviews: Belly Q and Embeya
EASTBOUND & UP: In Randolph Street’s latest Asian rush, Bill Kim’s BellyQ dances, while Thai Dang’s Embeya is still learning to walk.
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Weekend Photos: Half Acre Tap Room
Since Half Acre Tap Room debuted two weeks ago, weekends have brought wall-to-wall beer geeks and neighborhood folks, all clamoring for tastes of Half Acre faves…
Comfort & Joy: Recipes from Bruce Sherman
To wow dinner guests while keeping your sanity, make like award-winning chef Bruce Sherman. His amazing (and amazingly simple) 11-recipe feast will become your new holiday secret weapon.
Smoked Trout Canapés
Make this elegant one-bite appetizer
Owner of Chen’s and Partner at John Barleycorn Team Up to Open Barbecue Three Ways Restaurant in Wrigleyville
’Cue Ball
Imagine what it would look like if the Wrigleyville standbys Chen’s and John Barleycorn had a barbecue restaurant baby. That’s probably a pretty accurate picture of the unnamed project planned for next summer…
Weekend Photos: Beer Hoptacular
We were elated to hear that Beer Hoptacular, one of our favorite beer fests from 2011, was returning for an encore. With the promise of more space, more food, and yes, more beer than last year…
Strange Brew: The Resurrection of Chicago’s First Craft Beer
One Chicago man’s tireless campaign to resurrect Baderbräu, the beer of his collegiate glory days, is a tale that involves cryogenic yeast strains, an obituary for a guy named Michael Jackson, and a heap of nostalgia.
The Owner of The Gage and Henri Takes Over the Orange Space in West Town
Lawless Frontier
The forthcoming restaurant from Billy Lawless will have three bars—upstairs, downstairs, outside—and 160 to 170 seats…
The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in November in order of heat
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
Weekend Photos: The Grid
The Grid, a sleek, below-grade lounge, hit the scene last month, shortly after Baume & Brix opened upstairs. We were curious to see if it has what it takes…