Chef Bill Kim Reflects on UrbanBelly’s 15 Years in Business
As the brand has grown and expanded, Kim looks back at its start.
Custom Placements: Dining Lead
Best New Bars
A sleek Chinatown cocktail den, a Nordic-inspired brewery, a funky queer hangout — the city’s latest top spots deliver fresh experiences and clever drinks. Here are our 11 favorites, ranked.
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now: February 2023
The city’s most buzzed-about restaurants this month
Finding Sujan Sarkar
The Indian chef delivers big flavors at Indienne, but his dishes are short on personality.
Qing Xiang Yuan’s Pork Dumplings
Here’s a get-rich-quick scheme we should all get behind on Lunar New Year: dumplings. “People say the more you eat during New Year time, the more money you will make next year,” says Jesse Li of the Chinatown dumpling authority Qing Xiang Yuan. Li credits the tasty little pockets’ auspiciousness to their shape, said to … Read more
Lunch Bunch
Every morning just before lunchtime my phone lights up with a message from Madhura Cafe’s WhatsApp group chat about the restaurant’s daily thali. And every day it occasions such an intense hunger pang that I consider making the 30-minute drive from my house to the little strip mall in Deerfield where the restaurant resides. Madhura … Read more
Ask the Dining Editor
Where should I go for date night tomorrow? I’ve had fantastic date night dinners at Dear Margaret (2965 N. Lincoln Ave., Lake View) and Monteverde (1020 W. Madison St., West Loop), but you’re probably not getting in on such short notice. So go grab a reservation for next month’s date night. Now for tomorrow … … Read more
