Jack of Jack’s on Halsted Opens Wrigley BBQ in Lake View
Up in Smoke
At Wrigley BBQ, now open a week, Jones serves ribs, chicken, pork, and brisket cooked in a Southern Pride smoker fired with cherry, oak, and apple wood…
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A Conversation with Thomas Keller on Baking
Five Questions for Thomas Keller
Keller, the chef at some of the world’s great restaurants, including Napa Valley’s French Laundry and New York’s Per Se, comes to town this weekend for a (sold out) dinner at the Bristol and a book-signing event at Balena for Bouchon Bakery…
An Amateur Bartender Learns to Really Mix
SIR MIX-A-LOT: With the help of an expert mixologist, a casual tippler learns to become a jiggernaut
Weekend Photos: Headquarters Beercade
We could think of no better way to spend a dreary Friday night than by scoping out the lively scene at Headquarters…
The Chef Ryan Poli and His Tavernita Partners to Bring Little Market Brasserie to the Talbott Hotel
Poli Position
“It’s about time we start spreading our horizons beyond Latin and Spanish cuisine. It’s the right step for the future, for us,” says the chef Ryan Poli about Little Market Brasserie…
In the Raw, the North Shore’s New ‘Living Foods Café’
VEGAN: There’s nary an animal product in sight, but it’s a parade of fit folks
Weekend Photos: Homestead’s Season Closing Party
What does a restaurant as hyper-local as Homestead—a West Town rooftop bistro that grows much of the produce on its fresh, comfort-food menu—do when cold weather shuts down the gardening season?…
What’s New, What’s Coming, and What’s Cheap in Chicago Dining
Mezcalina, Sumi Robata Bar, and Kai Zan
Stephanie Izard's Little Goat Is a Big-Time Diner
Her small breakfast and lunch spot supersizes with a coffee shop, bread store, bar, and more
Reno, the Soon-to-Open Italian-American Place from the Team Behind Telegraph, Comes into Focus
Reno 411
The wood-burning oven promises to get Northwoods-cabin-in-winter use at Reno, scheduled to open in November in Logan Square…