Opening Soon on Broadway: Pasteur
The players: Kim Nguyen, a restaurateur Dan Nguyen, Kim’s husband Tuan Nguyen, Dan’s brother Rashed Islam, an employee
The synopsis:
The well-regarded Vietnamese restaurant Pasteur (5525 N. Broadway; no phone yet) is reopening after a three-year hiatus... Read more
Scott Harris Shocker!
Complete this analogy. People magazine : Kim Kardashian :: Dish : ___ . The answer is Scott Harris, a partner in two dozen or so restaurants (notably the Francesca’s family) who seems to have news for us every time we talk to him... Read more
A Friend of Dish tipped us off that something was afoot at the site of Sweet Honeybee Bakery near the Montrose stop on the Brown Line. A call revealed that as soon as the licenses go through, the space will house Sweet Sensations Pastry (1918 W. Montrose Ave.; 773-275-0697)... Read more
Kith and Kims
Citing Mexican, Korean, and French influences, Edward Kim falls back on the term “American food” to describe the fare at Ruxbin (851 N. Ashland Ave.; 312-624-8509), a 38-seater scheduled to open mid- to late June in Noble Square. Read more
Roland Liccioni, whose resumé reads like a history of French fine dining in Chicago (Le Français, Les Nomades, Carlos’, Le Lan, Old Town Brasserie), is leaving his current gig at Miramar (301 Waukegan Ave., Highwood; 847-433-1078) after tonight... Read more
Oloroso, an alumna of Scylla, owns Black Dog Gelato (859 N. Damen Ave.; no phone yet), a storefront she plans to open in mid-June to sell the gelati she’s supplied to restaurants for the past three years... Read more
Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafter (100 E. Walton St.; 312-649-6717), a Belgian bakery that two native Belgians opened this past Wednesday, came to Chicago from the tropics... Read more
Rising Sun Nozumi Asian Cuisine (100 W. Higgins Rd., South Barrington; 847-783-0001), which closed in late winter, reopened under new owners on Friday (with a slightly different name—our records show that it used to be called Nozumi Japanese Cuisine). Read more
