La Madia’s Jonathan Fox to Open Firecakes, a New Doughnut Shop in River North
Doughnut Call Us; We’ll Call You
If Jonathan Fox were to create a resumé about his dough expertise, here are some items he might include…
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Weekend Photos: Darkroom’s Last Call
Sunday night marked the end of Darkroom’s eleven-year run. One of the first residents of the now-bumping Chicago Avenue, the Ukie Village club…
Dish Flash: Five Questions for Chrissy Camba
Camba will be the chef at Bar Pastoral (2947 N. Broadway, no phone yet), the bistro and wine bar scheduled to open in October adjacent to the original Lake View location of the cheese, bread, and wine shop Pastoral…
Weekend Photos: Hot Dog-Eating Contest at Bangers & Lace
We could think of no better way to send off summer than by stuffing our faces (or, rather, photographing contestants as they stuffed their faces) with frankfurters…
The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in September in order of heat
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
Dish Flash: The Chef at Tesori, Rhapsody’s Replacement
The incoming executive chef at Tesori (65 E. Adams St., 312-786-9911) is Andrew Deuel, who just finished a stint at the Fifth Avenue Armani store’s restaurant in New York…
Dish Flash: Six Questions for Iliana Regan
Regan, 33, plans to open her restaurant, Elizabeth (4835 N. Western Ave., no phone yet) on September 19. The ambitious project is gunning for the highest echelons of fine dining and growing out of the underground-dining series, One Sister, through which she made her name…
LM Owners to Take Over Premise Space in Andersonville to Open Brasserie 54 by LM
LM = Lots More
You could be excused for thinking that Brasserie 54 by LM enumerates how many restaurants the owners of the LM brand, Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, have by now. The total is four, a number that has grown exponentially since they opened their first LM in March…
Weekend Photos: Dîner en Blanc
One thousand picnickers donned their chicest summer whites and descended on the Art Institute of Chicago’s South Lawn Friday night for Dîner en Blanc, a flash mob-style BYO picnic…
Emerging Details on Alpana Singh’s New Venture, The Boarding House
Singh a New Song
The sommelier and Check, Please! host Alpana Singh says things are coming into greater focus at the Boarding House (720 N. Wells St., no phone yet), her wine-driven restaurant in a townhouse, where each level will offer customers a different experience, such as more formal dining on the second floor and a late-night lounge in the wine cellar…