Dish Flash: The Chef at Tesori, Rhapsody’s Replacement
The incoming executive chef at Tesori (65 E. Adams St., 312-786-9911) is Andrew Deuel, who just finished a stint at the Fifth Avenue Armani store’s restaurant in New York…
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Dish Flash: Six Questions for Iliana Regan
Regan, 33, plans to open her restaurant, Elizabeth (4835 N. Western Ave., no phone yet) on September 19. The ambitious project is gunning for the highest echelons of fine dining and growing out of the underground-dining series, One Sister, through which she made her name…
LM Owners to Take Over Premise Space in Andersonville to Open Brasserie 54 by LM
LM = Lots More
You could be excused for thinking that Brasserie 54 by LM enumerates how many restaurants the owners of the LM brand, Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, have by now. The total is four, a number that has grown exponentially since they opened their first LM in March…
Weekend Photos: Dîner en Blanc
One thousand picnickers donned their chicest summer whites and descended on the Art Institute of Chicago’s South Lawn Friday night for Dîner en Blanc, a flash mob-style BYO picnic…
Emerging Details on Alpana Singh’s New Venture, The Boarding House
Singh a New Song
The sommelier and Check, Please! host Alpana Singh says things are coming into greater focus at the Boarding House (720 N. Wells St., no phone yet), her wine-driven restaurant in a townhouse, where each level will offer customers a different experience, such as more formal dining on the second floor and a late-night lounge in the wine cellar…
Hopleaf Gets Bigger
The 20-year-old Belgian tavern is better than ever, with 20 new draft beer lines and a kitchen five times the size of the former one.
Weekend Photos: City Winery
City Winery, the West Loop spinoff of the NYC restaurant/bar/operational winery/music venue, made its debut last week, and we couldn’t wait to pop in on Friday night…
Burrata: Chicago’s Latest Food Trend
Virtually every kitchen in town is turning out the rich, cream-filled mozzarella
BellyQ: The Latest from UrbanBelly’s Bill Kim
A man with a vision in his head and a fire and his belly prepares his modern interpretations of Asian barbecue
What’s Coming and What’s Cheap in Chicago Dining
Grilled ribeye tacos from Antique Taco Budget: Antique Taco This corner storefront’s happy vibe feels so natural it’s no wonder that Wicker Parkers like to linger over milk-bottle pitchers of rosemary-infused margaritas and baskets of chips. Order at the counter and you’ll get an old wooden spool with a number on it so a server … Read more