Weekend Photos: Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive
For those lucky enough not to be scrambling out of town for the holiday weekend, Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive was the perfect spot to spend a Friday evening—with a game of bags and some patio drinking…
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Frank Brunacci Leaves Sixteen for the Love of Truffles
Pay Dirt
Yesterday a press release announced that Frank Brunacci had left Sixteen, the high-end restaurant in the Trump Tower, but the release coyly left his destination unstated…
Kegged Cocktails? Don’t Knock ’Em Until You’ve Sipped ’Em, Says Tavernita’s Drink Guy
The sprawling restaurant Tavernita, set to open in the old Martini Park space (151 W. Erie St.) in September with three separate bars inside, has been raising eyebrows for weeks. First came the news that the chef Ryan Poli would be leaving Perennial to head up this Latin concept from the group behind the nearby New York import Mercadito and its basement cocktail lounge, Double A…
Weekend Photos: Second Chance Prom at District Bar
When District Bar, in River North, hosted its Second Chance Prom on Friday night, there was no theme (Under the Sea or otherwise) and there was no crying in the bathroom (at least that we know of), but there was some awesome prom attire…
The Buzz: What’s Coming and What’s Cheap in Chicago Dining
Two Brothers Steakhouse, El, and Kanela Breakfast Club
The Hot List: 10 places everyone's talking about and dining at in July—in order of heat
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
NoMI Kitchen Dials Down
The Park Hyatt Chicago’s restaurant lightens up its menu and decor
Brace Yourselves, Bachelorettes: Hot Aussies Take Up Residence at LaSalle Power Co. Tonight
As I walked up yesterday afternoon, a man on a ladder was changing out the plastic letters on a marquee outside the River North bar LaSalle Power Co., spelling the words that will grace the sign from now until the end of October: THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER…
Southern Fare Crops up on the North Shore
Southern Exposure
From the town of Whitesburg in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and with an accent to match, Missy Crovetti brings a Southern influence to her new American restaurant, M…
Four New Patios for When the Sun Shines Again (Plus, a Trend: Outdoor Plumbing)
Thunder rumbled last night as I waited to feed a parking box on Taylor Street, where I’d gone in search of what the proprietors of Three Aces are calling the “largest patio in Little Italy.” The storm was still a few miles off, so my pal Jenny and I waltzed up to the festive-looking expanse of picnic tables newly installed outside the eight-month-old gastropub and took our seats among a group of friends…