Heather and Yon
Sable on the Table
Heather Terhune, who has run the kitchen at Atwood Cafe (Hotel Burnham, 1 W. Washington St.; 312-368-1900) for ten years, plans to leave her post at year’s end to helm the upcoming…
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Mini-Review: T-Bones in St. Charles
Beware: Portion sizes never let up
Weekend Photos: Prohibition Repeal Party at Faith & Whiskey
So what if the Lincoln Park bar Faith & Whiskey wasn’t around for last year’s landmark 75th anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal? As far as the relative newbie is concerned, booze’s legal return just might deserve a celebration every year. On Friday the spot hosted a 1930s-style bash, complete with dancers from Ripettes Burlesque and a new…
Tacos: Big Star in Wicker Park
The quintessential anti-sports bar opens in Wicker Park
New: Ceres’ Table in Uptown
Giuseppe Scurato’s promising contemporary American restaurant plans to reinterpret classics
Empanada Madness: Best places in Chicago to get the classic turnovers
The humble turnover gets its 15 minutes
First Big Star I See Tonight: A campout at Wicker Park's new honky-tonk; plus, what's up with the Charleston
As I stood in the rain last night, waiting to cross the street to Big Star (1531 N. Damen Ave.; 773-235-4039), I could already see them on the blacktop out front: the Wicker Park hipsters, hunched coolly in vintage peacoats and smoking cigarettes on the same patio where, not long ago, people with tattoos and big dogs used to…
Budget Beat: Nana in Bridgeport
The owners source ingredients for all-organic Nana as carefully as buyers for the most expensive places in town, though their menu is far from uppity.
Best Restaurants in Chicago: 30 under $30
We found a whole slew of great ways to eat well for less—trusty BYOs, prix fixe stunners, and places that don’t seem to realize how good they are
22 and Counting
Bio-Epic #2
Next spring, David Friedman, the chef-owner of Epic Burger (517 S. State St.; 312-913-1373), plans to open another Epic—this time at 1000 West North Avenue in the former Transitions Bookplace space next to what was once a Whole Foods. Expect the same menu—natural ingredients, hand-crafted burgers—but a look and…