By Graham Meyer
Bruce Tammen’s group performs an hour-long a cappella cantata that shakes the anti-Soviet prejudice in so much of the music world. Read more
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By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Kristina Vragovic
’Cue Ball
Imagine what it would look like if the Wrigleyville standbys Chen’s and John Barleycorn had a barbecue restaurant baby. That’s probably a pretty accurate picture of the unnamed project planned for next summer... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Kristina Vragovic
Lawless Frontier
The forthcoming restaurant from Billy Lawless will have three bars—upstairs, downstairs, outside—and 160 to 170 seats... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Kristina Vragovic
Up in Smoke
At Wrigley BBQ, now open a week, Jones serves ribs, chicken, pork, and brisket cooked in a Southern Pride smoker fired with cherry, oak, and apple wood... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Five Questions for Thomas Keller
Keller, the chef at some of the world’s great restaurants, including Napa Valley’s French Laundry and New York’s Per Se, comes to town this weekend for a (sold out) dinner at the Bristol and a book-signing event at Balena for Bouchon Bakery... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Poli Position
“It’s about time we start spreading our horizons beyond Latin and Spanish cuisine. It’s the right step for the future, for us,” says the chef Ryan Poli about Little Market Brasserie... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Reno 411
The wood-burning oven promises to get Northwoods-cabin-in-winter use at Reno, scheduled to open in November in Logan Square... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Four Questions for Nathan Sears
Sears, the chef de cuisine at Vie in Western Springs, announced this past week that he plans a spring opening... Read more
By Rachel Bertsche, Cassie Walker Burke, Elly Fishman, Kevin McKeough, Graham Meyer, Kevin Nance, Matthew Reddin, Matt Schur, Catey Sullivan, and Emmet Sullivan
Fall is typically Chicago culture's golden season, but this one gleams platinum. We're welcoming a Broadway-bound musical, an art blockbuster, first-class concerts, and the final installment of a razor-sharp literary trilogy—plus new plays, dances, movies, and more, from a crop of turbocharged Chicagoans. Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Wham Bam Thank You, Graham
In the course of a week, Graham Elliot lost both its executive chef, Andrew Brochu, and then its pastry chef, Bryce Caron, both moves we first heard about on Eater... Read more