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Charlie Trotter’s Victory Lap
The pressure is finally off at Charlie Trotter’s—which makes it a completely different restaurant
Weekend Photos: Ada Street
Wow. Talk about a diamond in the rough. On Saturday, we sent our photographer to a lonely industrial stretch west of Lincoln Park and just north of Goose Island…
Franks ’n’ Dawgs Owner Alexander Brunacci to Open The Peasantry in Lincoln Park
Special Relativity
“The first time we ever spoke, I said I was an anti-chain person,” Alexander Brunacci told us. True to form, Brunacci’s second restaurant, instead of becoming a sister to Franks ’n’ Dawgs, will be more of a cousin…
Dish Flash: Ten Questions for Graham Elliot
Elliot owns the restaurants Graham Elliot, Grahamwich, and the upcoming G.E.B., as well as appearing on the show MasterChef. Elliot recently named Andrew Brochu the chef at Graham Elliot…
Dish Flash: Blue 13’s Chris Curren to Head Stout Barrel House & Galley
“Manor has been gutted. People who have been inside of there won’t even recognize it,” says Chris Curren, the chef of Stout Barrel House & Galley (642 N. Clark St.; no phone yet), a restaurant scheduled to open in April in the former nightclub space, from LGN Group, known for boîtes such as Manor, Stay, and RiNo…
CTA Bus Tracker Increases Ridership, Modestly
A new study suggests that the CTA’s implementation of bus tracking—on its web site, on smart phones, and at bus stops—has led to a small but noticeable increase in weekday ridership, even if you adjust for what you’d expect.
The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in March in order of heat
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
Weekend Photos: Estate
Gone are the remnants of Slow Down: Life’s Too Short, the hamburger- and hot-dog-topped bar on Elston Avenue that closed in 2004. In their place: Estate, the sleek new riverside spot that opened its doors to the public on Leap Day…
Dish Flash: LM Owners to Open Two New Restaurants This Month with Bradford Phillips
Maybe it’s just the sniff of spring we got a few days ago, but there seem to be a lot of things coming full circle lately. Case in point: Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, the owners of Lincoln Square’s LM Restaurant (4539 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-942-7585), are partnering with Bradford Phillips, who was the chef at LM from its opening in October 2009 to last July, to oversee their restaurants…