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Sunday Dinner Masterminds to Open Honey Butter Fried Chicken
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Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp, who run the underground dining club Sunday Dinner, discovered how glorious fried chicken tastes with honey butter when their staff tried it while eating their meals in the kitchen at a dinner a couple of years ago…
Your Drinking Digest: Village Tap’s Local Tap Takeover; Patio Updates at Fountainhead, Quenchers, Deuce’s; A New Late Nighter in Logan Square
All right, readers. Take a deep breath. There’s a lot to talk about this week. First up, heaven for the beer geeks: Mike Green, owner of the Village Tap in Roscoe Village, recently found himself marveling that there are now enough locally brewed beers from Chicago and the burbs to fill all of the bar’s 26 taps…
Weekend Photos: Deuce’s and The Diamond Club
Deuce’s and The Diamond Club, a twin-concept bar and lounge built from the ground up on the site of a former parking lot in Wrigleyville, may have opened quietly on August 1, but in a neighborhood with constant foot traffic and an insatiable taste for beer, word gets out…
Millennium Park’s New Lounge: Kid-free and People-free; Plus, Five Outdoor Bars to Visit Before Summer Wraps
As with the produce department at the Jewel nearest my house and the gym around the corner where the old treadmills inexplicably change speeds on their own, I find myself at The Plaza at Park Grill—you know, the outdoor bar in the same Millennium Park spot where ice skaters will twirl in a few short months—several times each summer, just because it’s there…
Scott Harris: the Most Underrated Restaurateur in the Country?
LET THEM EAT CARPACCIO: On the back of Mia Francesca, the modest Italian restaurant in Lake View, Harris has built a dining empire now on the brink of expanding to both coasts.
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises to Open Saranello’s in Former Osteria di Tramonto Space in Wheeling
A Monumental Opening“Do you know why we named Maggiano’s Maggiano’s?” asks Rich Melman…
Weekend Photos: The Scout Waterhouse and Kitchen
The Scout was already packed when our nightlife reporter visited a couple of weeks back, so you can imagine the hubbub at Friday’s grand opening bash…
Studio Paris, River North’s Elite New Rooftop Lounge
Want a table at the Melman brothers’ hot spot above Paris Club? Bottle service is the only way to ensure it
Bravo Zulu Lounge at the Air and Water Show: A New Pay-to-Play Beer Garden Offers Primo Views
When I first saw an announcement heralding the debut of the Bravo Zulu Lounge at this year’s Chicago Air and Water Show—officially my favorite weekend of summer; is anyone else already shivering over these practice flybys?—I didn’t get it…