There Are a Half Dozen New Restaurants in Chicago This Week By Carrie Schedler A new Brendan Sodikoff place is smoking, an El stop is drowning in coffee and doughnuts, two high-profile chefs have found new homes, and Three Floyds could get in the whiskey game. So much is happening! Read more
Commonwealth Tavern Is Roscoe Village's New Farm-to-Table Sports Bar By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer Starting Thursday, the new spot plans to source many of its ingredients from big-name local farms and artisans. Read more
A Bunch of Bill Swerskis Watched the Super Bowl at The Smoke Daddy By Emmet Sullivan and James Trevenen All-you-can-eat meat, free shades, and fake mustaches made superfans of everyone at the Wicker Park BBQ joint. Read more
Five Things to Eat and Drink in Chicago This Week By Carrie Schedler Fortify yourself in the cold with sake, scotch, and a soup sopped in ale. Read more
Watch Thomas Lents, the Chef at Sixteen, Bake a Scallop in Its Shell The tableside reveal is dinner theatre at its finest. Read more
Embeya (New Review): Asian Classics With a Touch of Novelty In Thai Dang's stunning dining room, the food is a bit less daring than you'd expect. Read more
At SpritzBurger, the Hearty Boys Team Up With Gale Gand By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer The high-profile pastry chef will join the chef/owners of Hearty, set to reopen in the same Lake View location in February. Read more
Here's What's Opening in Chicago Dining This Week By Carrie Schedler Burgers and doughnuts in River North, American classics at Saks, and a fried chicken pizza you probably can't resist. Read more
City Dough: Be a Regular at Lake View's Tasty Modern Diner By Carrie Schedler Find gussied-up takes on greasy spoon standbys, and homemade breads that won't cost you much dough. Read more
Where to Watch the Super Bowl in Chicago By Carrie Schedler You can’t cheer for the Bears—or even against the Packers—but these 11 restaurants have enough beer, sausage, and chili to make up for it. Read more
