Cibo Matto and Pelago Ristorante: Chicago magazine reviews
A pair of upscale Italian restaurants in glamorous hotels both start in the Old Country—and go in drastically different directions
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Weekend Photos: Brody Jenner at Enclave
Not only did the ladies line up outside Enclave on Saturday to see Brody Jenner (the MTV-anointed prince of reality shows from The Hills to Bromance), they observed the night’s recommended-attire memo with gusto. See our photos from the Little Red Dress Valentine’s Day Party below…
Weekend Photos: Small Bar opens in Lincoln Park
If you build it, it will open. After months of renovations and waiting on licenses, Chicago’s third Small Bar, on Fullerton Avenue, launched with relatively little fanfare last week. Our photographer stopped by Saturday night to snap the not-so-small space. Also not so small? The burger, whose Division Street sibling we…
Photos: Best Bars in Chicago
Our gallery of some of the best bars in Chicago
Best Restaurant Bars in Chicago
These ten bars happen to be in restaurants, but they merit some hang time even if you don’t stay for the food
A Beady Bash: Mardi Gras tonight at Double Door, plus an anti-V-Day way to hex your ex
What better place to return a necklace borrowed from a friend than at tonight’s bead-slinging Mardi Gras Ball , hosted by Thrillist at Bucktown’s Double Door? Particularly when the necklace in question is strung with golden skulls whose hinged jaws…
Eggstra, Eggstra
24-7-365-Forever
A 230-seat all-night diner downtown: Really? “Yes,” says Peter Sakoufakis, the owner of Eggsperience (35 W. Ontario St.; 312-870-6773). “We opened Monday morning [February 8th] at 6 a.m., and we’re never closing after that. We’re throwing away the key.” The last two inhabitants of the bright River North corner space—Masck and Graze—were…
Budget Beat: Simone’s
Given the exuberant décor—salvaged pinball machines, high-school chem-lab equipment, and automotive scraps (the booths made from seat belts are surprisingly comfortable)—you might expect the food to be more playful than satisfying. But there’s more to this lively corner bar than meets the eye, starting with four kinds of empanadas (a steal at six for $7.50) … Read more
Karyn’s on Green mini-review
Karyn Calabrese serves raw vegan food in Lincoln Park, cooked vegan food in River North, and now at her latest spot—just a block off the meat-and-fish-heavy Greektown—some of both. This entails dishes meant to approximate crab cakes, scallops, short ribs, and fried chicken, as well as her usual uncooked creations, such as a hummus plate … Read more
The Cookie Bar (Lincoln Park) mini-review
Joe Bova and Jeff Steinberg, formerly in the entertainment industry and most recently the men behind the chocolate chip cookies at DMK, are expanding the biz. In late January, they plan to open Cookie Bar, a bakery in Lincoln Park that specializes in . . . well, cookies. Think potato-chip chocolate chip and at least … Read more