Five Questions for Beverly KimKim, known for her successful run on Top Chef, announced earlier this month that she and her husband, chef John Clark,would take over Bonsoirée from Shin Thompson in late August... Read more
They haven’t yet signed the lease for their likely space, and another restaurant is still operating there, so they won’t yet allow publication of the address—but it’s not in the West Loop, as has previously been reported... Read more
Empirical Analysis
When Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser opened the French restaurant LM in Lincoln Square in 2009, that storefront was the extent of their business. After expanding their holdings with Troquet and Brasserie by LM earlier this year, the wheeler-dealers now are trying their hands at a merger... Read more
The adjective “farm-to-table” usually elides a significant distance between the farm and the table. Homestead (1924 W. Chicago Ave.; no phone), a restaurant opening in July on the second floor above Roots Handmade Pizza, collapses that distance to only a few feet... Read more
