Dish Flash: Coming This Summer, Michael Dorf's City Winery, Where You Can Make Your Own Wine

By Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby

City Winery, the ginormous bar/restaurant/winery/education center/concert venue that took over western Soho in Manhattan in 2008, plans to open a 30,000-square foot space at 1200 West Randolph Street this summer. Read more

The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in January—in order of heat

By Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby

Chicago's most-buzzed-about restaurants this month Read more

Are Police Sketch Artists Becoming Obsolete?

By Jeff Ruby

THE EYES HAVE IT: If police sketches help nab crooks, why are they a dying art? And how do sketch artists make heads or tails of witnesses’ memories anyway? I launch an investigation to find out Read more

Chris Nugent's Goosefoot Opens

By Jeff Ruby

What’s in a name? This one must be code for “Eat Here” Read more

'Chicago's Classic Restaurants' Unearths City's Dining History

By Jeff Ruby

With an assist from Chicago magazine’s dining editor, Penny Pollack, who wrote the foreword, the authors have amassed an irresistible document. Read more

Arun’s in Albany Park: The Accidental Masterpiece

By Jeff Ruby

Charting one restaurant's winding path from birth to legend to forgotten treasure Read more

Facing His 40th Birthday, A Chicago Man Runs 40 Races

By Jeff Ruby

RUNNING DOWN A DREAM: Some 40-year-olds have midlife crises. Jonathan Harris has a mission Read more

Things to Do This Winter in Chicago: 10 Restaurants That Will Warm Your Spirits

By Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby

THE COZY LIST: Roaring fireplaces, rustic vibes, and hearty menus make these restaurants our top picks Read more

The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in December—in order of heat

By Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby

Chicago's most-buzzed-about restaurants this month Read more

Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff: Victorious in Vegas

By Jeff Ruby

After opening Nine and Ghostbar in Chicago, Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff took their restaurant/club sensations to Las Vegas—and kicked off a huge party scene in Sin City. The two former Highland Park classmates, along with a slew of pioneering Chicago restaurateurs, keep upping the ante in a land where hot still trumps haute Read more

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