By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Circle Tour
David Rekhson, one of the owners of Bull & Bear and Public House, spun this (condensed and edited) tale of the partners’ enviable trip to Italy... Read more
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By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
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... Read more
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
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... Read more
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
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... Read more
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer
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... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
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... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
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... Read more
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... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Don’t Be Boring
Longtime foodies Glenna Elvery and her husband, Dudley, knew from their own restaurant-going experience what a place should not be... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
A Picture of Health
“I know that we are planning on doing something again,” says Erwin Drechsler, who closed his namesake Lake View restaurant Erwin on July 1 after a 19-year run. He and his wife, Cathy, have decided to open a refocused restaurant, possibly in the old Erwin space... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
I Once Was Lost
After searching for a space in Andersonville for a year and a half, Amy Morton found what will be Found nearer to her home in Evanston... Read more