Special Relativity
“The first time we ever spoke, I said I was an anti-chain person,” Alexander Brunacci told us. True to form, Brunacci’s second restaurant, instead of becoming a sister to Franks ’n’ Dawgs, will be more of a cousin... Read more
Elliot owns the restaurants Graham Elliot, Grahamwich, and the upcoming G.E.B., as well as appearing on the show MasterChef. Elliot recently named Andrew Brochu the chef at Graham Elliot... Read more
“Manor has been gutted. People who have been inside of there won’t even recognize it,” says Chris Curren, the chef of Stout Barrel House & Galley (642 N. Clark St.; no phone yet), a restaurant scheduled to open in April in the former nightclub space, from LGN Group, known for boîtes such as Manor, Stay, and RiNo... Read more
Maybe it’s just the sniff of spring we got a few days ago, but there seem to be a lot of things coming full circle lately. Case in point: Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, the owners of Lincoln Square’s LM Restaurant (4539 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-942-7585), are partnering with Bradford Phillips, who was the chef at LM from its opening in October 2009 to last July, to oversee their restaurants... Read more
