May 2013

Hawaii native Rodelio Aglibot's sleek urbanesque restaurant in Mount Prospect deserves its audacious name. Read more

It’s smokehouse-meets-bar-mitzvah-party, and you half expect the room to break out in a hora. Don’t be perplexed. Just enjoy. Read more

What do you get when a splashy Italian Top Chef alum and the owners of two permapacked River North sports bars team up? A splashy permapacked Italian joint—with undeniably delicious food. Read more

The confident staff and ecstatic customers are so thrilled to be part of the winning team at Alpana Singh’s brash four-story restaurant, bar, and wine cellar empire that they don’t care one bit if Christian Gosselin’s menu is all over the place. Read more

The stylish yet homey Logan Square spot pays tribute to the dying cuisine of the former Portuguese colony near Hong Kong, which mixes influences from no fewer than four continents—and somehow aces it. Read more

A Toda Madre would be your go-to Mexican spot by now if it weren’t a half a tank of gas away in Geneva. Read more