31 Great Chicago Restaurants to BYO By Penny Pollack From down and dirty to la-di-da, here’s where your wine is always welcome. Read more
Eataly Review: A Glorious, Infuriating, and Very Tasty Circus By Jeff Ruby How to navigate River North’s enthralling, exasperating, restaurant-packed Italian megamarket Read more
Five New and Updated Chicago Restaurant Reviews By Penny Pollack Here's how it went on recent visits to EL Ideas, ¡Salpicón!, and more. Read more
Nico Osteria Review: This May Be the Best Fish in Chicago By Jeff Ruby The newest restaurant from One Off Hospitality has only a subtle link to Blackbird, chef Paul Kahan's first. A visit to each showed how the past 17 years took Kahan and his partners from there to here. Read more
EL Ideas (New Review): Beautiful Food in an Unlikely Spot The kitchen may be tiny, but there's a surplus of inventiveness and energy at Phillip Foss's BYO tasting menu spot. Read more
Longman & Eagle (Updated Review): Still Hopping, Still Heavy The often-packed Logan Square gem doesn't shy away from meaty excess. Read more
Reviews: A10 and Azzurra By Jeff Ruby A tale of two restaurants in Hyde Park and Wicker Park—a pair of neighborhoods with very different dining needs. Read more
10 Chicago Restaurants Perfect for a Romantic Rendezvous By Penny Pollack Warning: These are all French restaurants. But there's nothing like 'em for a hot date. Read more
Five Fresh Chicago Restaurant Reviews By Penny Pollack Here are the critics' takes on Embeya, Dillman's, Waterleaf, and more. 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
