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A Euro-inspired Lake View Midwestern bistro bucks conformity
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Scofflaw in Logan Square
A Whistler vet combines highbrow drinks with neighborhood ambience
Horse Thief Hollow, a New Brewpub, Plans for a Fall Opening in Beverly
One Moment in Crime
In a pre-Mob, precorruption chapter of Chicago history, horse thieves used to hide in the woods of what is now Beverly in the mid-19th century, giving the area a name that a brewpub will resurrect…
What’s Coming and What’s Cheap in Chicago Dining
Argent, The Peasantry, and Baker & Nosh
Weekend Photos: CIMM After-Party at Rodan
After the screens for the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival went dark last Thursday, Rodan kept the flicks-plus-tunes theme going steady. The Wicker Park bar and lounge played host to the festival’s opening-night after-party, where reggae DJs dug into record crates beside projections of moving pictures…
Dish Flash: The Post–Chuy Valencia Chilam Balam
The top chef’s position at Chilam Balam has been filled by the promotion of another young cook: the 25-year-old Toledo, Ohio, native Natalie Oswald…
Dish Flash: Bistro 110’s Dominique Tougne to Open Chez Moi in Café Bernard Space
Here’s an excerpt from our conversation with Dominique Tougne about his upcoming opening in Lincoln Park…
Dish Flash: Kendal Duque and Chicago Firehouse Owners to Open City Tavern in South Loop
Mainstay Hospitality, the company that owns Chicago Firehouse and Wabash Tap, plans to open the “18th-century tavernesque” City Tavern…
Weekend Photos: Scofflaw
It’s been close to a month since the doors opened to Scofflaw, a Logan Square bar and lounge that, like certain cocktail-driven predecessors, resembles an alluring, dimly lit sitting room…
How Randolph Street Became a Foodie Destination
Best new restaurants The Chef’s Night Out 6 Super Bar Bites 8 Great Bargains 6 Spots We Can't Wait for The Essential Guide to Randolph Street Randolph Street has always skirted dangerously close to becoming a sort of hipster Disneyworld. It’s a safe, roomy thoroughfare surrounded by an area just gritty enough that conventioneers can … Read more