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Charlie Trotter’s Veteran Matthias Merges to Open Yusho
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Yusho Crazy
After leavingCharlie Trotter’s last October to strike out on his own, Matthias Merges lays the first brick in his own business this November with a yakitori-inspired restaurant in Logan Square called Yusho... Read more
It’s a Jungle in There—in Riverwoods
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.679 million
The Property: It’s like a huge terrarium for humans, this 31-year-old home tucked away in a densely wooded part of Riverwoods. Two-story glass walls mark the boundary between indoors and out, though there is not much distinction between the two realms, with a gigantic rubber tree growing indoors and such outdoor denizens as deer and squirrels frequently wandering up to the windows... Read more
Dish Flash: Michael Shrader Leaving Epic to Open Urban Union on Taylor Street
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
The stretch of Taylor Street in Little Italy continues to add new restaurants at a pace as blisteringly hot as a Neapolitan crust. The chef Michael Shrader has given notice at Epic and is teaming up with Jason Chan (Butter) to open Urban Union (1421 W. Taylor St.; no phone yet) this fall, if all goes well... Read more
Shedding Light on Hawthorne Place
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.25 million
The Property: With Belmont Harbor at one end and the shopping and dining options of Broadway at the other, the block-long Hawthorne Place is one of Lake View’s great urban streets. But it also feels quite suburban, with big homes built on extra-large lots, mostly in the 1890s and the early 20th century... Read more
Sunday Dinner Masterminds to Open Honey Butter Fried Chicken
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Hi, Honey
Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp, who run the underground dining club Sunday Dinner, discovered how glorious fried chicken tastes with honey butter when their staff tried it while eating their meals in the kitchen at a dinner a couple of years ago... Read more