A clever landscape designer fits a swimming pool, garden, lawn, and fountains on a city lot—without crowding Read more
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
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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
The converted 19th-century church that was once home to the R&B musician R. Kelly will be put up for sale on June 7th. Extensively renovated in the past 18 months, the place is now a four-bedroom home with a marble-clad fireplace in the living room, a sleek kitchen, a 1,500-square-foot rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen, and an elevator. 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