Duchamp Scores Chef Allen Sternweiler
The SwitchMichael Taus, the main man behind Duchamp (2118 N. Damen Ave.; 773-235-6435), is parting ways with his partners there, Nick Podesta and Jason Freiman …
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Review: Girl and the Goat
FROM GOAT TO HERO: Stephanie Izard, everywhere at once and nowhere at all for two years, finally makes good on her promise in the West Loop
Dish Flash: Boka Partners Tell Us Their Plans for the Old Tizi Melloul Space
Since Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz took over the Tizi space, everyone’s been wondering what the boys would do there. We had heard it would be a steak house, but now comes word that 531 North Wells Street will be a “chef-driven oyster bar…”
Ed Swiderski of "The Bachelorette" at Bull & Bear
The last we’d heard of Ed Swiderski, the winner of The Bachelorette (starring Jillian Harris), was that he had split from his fiancée and was seen lighting a firecracker on a friend’s head on the Fourth of July. The Chicagoan resurfaced on Thursday night at Bull & Bear for a fundraiser for his new…
The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in September in order of heat
The Portage’s roasted adobo salmon on summer succotash with frisée and asparagus GIRL & THE GOAT In case you’ve been in a coma, the girl is Stephanie Izard, the goat is her culinary plaything, and this is the slam-dunk success of the summer. 809 W. Randolph St.; 312-492-6262 GILT BAR Darker than a Lynch … Read more
Review: Curio, Gilt Bar's Underground Lounge
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER: We love the cocktails and the clutter chic at River North’s pleasing, if perplexing, new speakeasy
Great Breweries in the Chicago Suburbs
BREWIN’ IT IN THE BURBS: A short guide to some of Chicagoland’s unsung artisans of beer
Henri is an Instant Classic
Pollack’s First Impression of Henri in 121 Words Billy Lawless set out to create an intimate French parlor next door to his adrenalized Gage (24 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-372-4243), and indeed he did…
Dish Flash: Rick Tramonto Gives Us the Scoop on His New Orleans Venture, Restaurant R’evolution
Before splitting town for New Orleans, Rick Tramonto (formerly of Tru and Tramonto’s Steak & Seafood) gave us the scoop on Restaurant R’evolution, a 200-seat spot he’s unveiling with John Folse in the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street in the summer of 2011…
Weekend Photos: Bucky Badger and the UW Marching Band @ Will’s Northwoods Inn
We haven’t seen so much red since the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. Spotted Saturday: another outfit well acquainted with the cold and the ice, the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, at Will’s Northwoods Inn in Lake View…