Empirical Analysis
When Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser opened the French restaurant LM in Lincoln Square in 2009, that storefront was the extent of their business. After expanding their holdings with Troquet and Brasserie by LM earlier this year, the wheeler-dealers now are trying their hands at a merger…
Food Drinking & Nightlife Shopping Fun Health & Beauty Kids » Neighborhood Bests Readers’ Choice Best Dog Contest Cooking at The Kids' Table Best activities for kids in Chicago Cooking The Kids’ Table 2337 W. North Ave., 773-235-2665 With more than 500 recipes that use healthful ingredients, this Bucktown cooking school for kids focuses on … Read more
Best of Chicago 2012 Food Drinking & Nightlife Shopping Fun Health & Beauty Kids Neighborhood Bests Readers’ Choice Best Dog Contest Elixir 3452 N. Halsted St., 773-975-9244 Best new Boystown bar: Any neighborhood would be lucky to get a bar like Elixir as its new watering hole. But, considering that this upscale cocktail lounge somehow … Read more
Best of Chicago 2012 Food Drinking & Nightlife Shopping Fun Health & Beauty Kids Neighborhood Bests Readers’ Choice Best Dog Contest Elixir 3452 N. Halsted St., 773-975-9244 Best new Boystown bar: Any neighborhood would be lucky to get a bar like Elixir as its new watering hole. But, considering that this upscale cocktail lounge somehow … Read more
Last week, nightlife fixture Billy Dec (Sunda, Rockit, Rockit Burger Bar) unleashed Dragon Ranch, a slick Asian-inspired barbecue restaurant and bar…
After months of delays, Emporium Arcade Bar opened its doors in mid-June. After dropping by on Friday night, we’ll just say that the neighborhood (especially the male population) has welcomed the newcomer…
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
The adjective “farm-to-table” usually elides a significant distance between the farm and the table. Homestead (1924 W. Chicago Ave.; no phone), a restaurant opening in July on the second floor above Roots Handmade Pizza, collapses that distance to only a few feet…
Ricky Moore will open a welcoming, relaxing, quiet place with Brian Greene as chef…
The breezes are balmy. The skies are blue (the lake, too). Summer is hands down the best season in Chicago. Why on earth would you stay inside? With this painstakingly researched guide to 167 best dining, drinking, shopping, concertgoing, and flower-smelling options to be found out of doors in ten neighborhoods, you’ll need to retreat from Mother Nature only to sleep. And we’re pretty sure even that is optional.
