Finally! Instead of saddling another major intersection with a blank-faced bank, someone’s taking a stand and opening a bar. Well, a bar inside an old bank.
The brother/sister development team of Eric and Anne Nordness and their partner, Matthew Mering, all of Salita Development, took me on a tour yesterday of their new Wicker Park venture-in-progress, The Bedford…
Noble Prize
The team behind Amelia’s Mestizo Grill in Canaryville, cousins Leo García and Eusevio García, are opening a second spot, and they’re going to a neighborhood that’s as sceney as Canaryville isn’t—Noble Square…
Beer snobs are worried that Goose Island’s sale to the massive booze borg will mean the disappearance of craft. As a design snob, I’m more concerned about what the bottles will look like.
Take a peek at Chef David Beran’s work-in-progress hors d’oeuvres selection
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
IN THE ROCKS: It’s a brave new cocktail world at the high-concept lounge
On Saturday night, our photographer ventured over to 694 Wine & Spirits, the River West spot formerly known as Juicy Wine Company and a little piece of which our resident nightlife guru took home with her—in the form of bacon perfume—following a recent visit…
Whole fried clams, lobster rolls, and gumbo, are on the menu at this new spot.
Pit master Doug Pierce emulates smoking techniques from the Lone Star State
HOUR TOWN: The chef describes his new lab of gastronomic imaginings
