Dish Flash: LM Owners to Open Two New Restaurants This Month with Bradford Phillips

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Maybe it’s just the sniff of spring we got a few days ago, but there seem to be a lot of things coming full circle lately. Case in point: Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, the owners of Lincoln Square’s LM Restaurant (4539 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-942-7585), are partnering with Bradford Phillips, who was the chef at LM from its opening in October 2009 to last July, to oversee their restaurants... Read more

Conversations with the Staff at Scofflaw, Logan Square’s Upcoming Cocktail Bar

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Gin Up
Scofflaw is a gin-leaning cocktail bar owned by four partners—Andy Gould, Mandy Tandy, Kris Nagy, and Danny Shapiro —and scheduled to open March 12, with food from Mickey Neely. Like any good bar employees, Shapiro and Neely proved to be good conversationalists... Read more

Five Best Things to Do in March

By Graham Meyer

THE SHORTLIST: A few musts from this month's culture calendar Read more

Eataly, New York’s Italian Market, Is Scouting Near Michigan Avenue

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Five Questions for Joe Bastianich
Among his many business and media pursuits, Bastianich partners with Mario Batali and others on New York’s massive Italian market Eataly... Read more

Two Chefs at Hot Upcoming Openings: Tortoise Club’s Gray McNally and RPM Italian’s Doug Psaltis

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Edward Gray McNally will serve as the chef of The Tortoise Club when it opens this summer and Doug Psaltis runs the kitchen at RPM Italian opening late this month... Read more

Chilapan to Open Second Location in Ravenswood

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Holy Mole, Batman
The two-year-old Logan Square Mexican spot Chilapan, known for its high-quality food and chill ambiance, will get a sibling in Ravenswood... Read more

Owners of Algonquin’s Montarra to Open Terra in Evanston

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Earth to Evanston
Here’s the dirt on Terra, scheduled to land in three weeks or so... Read more

Five Best Things to Do in February

By Graham Meyer

THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our February culture calendar Read more

Alpana Singh Describes Her New Project, The Boarding House

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Now Boarding on Wells Street . . .
Alpana Singh tells about the history of her upcoming restaurant, The Boarding House... Read more

Grant Achatz Tells His Plans for the Not-Too-Distant Future

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Six Questions for Grant Achatz
Although it’s impossible to fully catch up with the constantly-in-motion Achatz, Dish checked in with him this week... Read more

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