Park Place “Tavern at the Park (130 E. Randolph St.; 312-552-0070) is not a gastropub,” says chef John Hogan; “it’s a mainstream American tavern.” The 300-seater overlooking Millennium Park, scheduled to open in early August, is the brainchild of Hogan and his partners at Keefer’s (20 W. Kinzie St.; 312-467-9525), Glenn and Richard Keefer and … Read more
We can’t speak for the rest of you, but when Del Toro closed suddenly on March 18th of this year, Dish started to fret about where our next Andrew Zimmerman meal would come from. Good news: The talented Bucktown chef has turned up as chef de cuisine at NoMI (Park Hyatt Chicago, 800 N. Michigan … Read more
The non-club club; Catwalk Fever; Celebrity Beat…
At three Brazilian meat palaces, it’s the little things that separate one from another—like nonstop filet mignon medallions coated in cracked black pepper.
A head-to-head matchup between Chicago’s two stunning high-tech restaurants and their creative New York counterparts results in a tough decision—and four technical knockouts
Our best attempt to catalog the city’s finest food and where to get it—from great butchers to a tiny Mexican cremería in Pilsen. As lists go, this one is not nearly comprehensive enough, but you won’t find a better place to start.
Follow Suit? Rebecca Charles, the owner of Pearl Oyster Bar, a popular seafood joint in New York’s West Village, has sued her former sous-chef Ed McFarland over intellectual property rights, and the this cool new blogspot for suggestions on French wines sold in Chicago for under $12. 3. Chow down
Chicago is full of restaurants that offer good food for not much money; you just have to know where to look. We’ve gathered a definitive package of 90-plus great spots—ethnic, classic, nocturnal, and otherwise—where your dollar goes the distance.
The new Lucky Strike Lanes; a lobby bar without the hotel; celebrity beat
Photos: Chris Guillen All-in-one concept: an equal-parts noshing and lounging scene. Landmark Case With its myriad sports bars and baseball-capped boys, the Lincoln Park scene often gets a bad rap from me. But the opening in September of Landmark (1633 N. Halsted St.) signifies an evolution in the nabe’s nighttime action. Anchoring the stretch of … Read more
