Fall into autumn with these weekend activities
If you weren’t able to score tickets to Chicago Gourmet, never fear! There are still plenty of events for you to plan your weekend around. From flowers and fare in...
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Chicago Brewhouse hit with cease-and-desist letter after using Lem’s Bar-B-Q name without permission
Chicago Brewhouse was hit with a cease-and-desist letter after using Lem’s Bar-B-Q’s name without consent on the Riverwalk restaurant’s menu, the Chicago Crusader first reported. Chicago Brewhouse used the name...
Are restaurants too loud? The ins and outs of restaurant acoustics
When Pacific Standard Time opened in April, it was one of the city’s buzziest openings, but to actually eat there was almost deafening. “I was able to step back and...
Taste of Havana brings Cuban food and drinks to Logan Square, plus other restaurant news
Orlando Miranda remembers El Rinconcito Cubano before it closed last October. He was devastated. It wasn’t just a restaurant, but a center of the tight-knit Cuban community in Chicago, which...
Peach Pit After Dark rekindles ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ nostalgia
Get ready to live your best ’90s life: “Beverly Hills 90210” is coming to Chicago. Jon Mossberger, owner of Ironside Bar & Galley, is decking out the lower level of...
Eat and drink your face off at these 5 weekend events
Temps are dropping, signaling the time to shelve your “summer bod” goals (what are those?) and begin looking toward building up your winter layers. These events — from deep-dish, an...
Enjoy summer’s last gasp before short days and crisp nights with these weekend activities
There’s a chill in the air, and you best believe I’m already gearing up for pumpkin spice lattes and cozy sweaters. But the change of weather means saying goodbye to...
Walton Street Kitchen + Bar brings American bistro fare to Gold Coast
Walton Street Kitchen + Bar is bringing American bistro fare to new luxury condo tower No. 9 Walton beginning this week. Owner and partner Ryan O’Donnell said Jim Letchinger, president...
Where have all the brain sandwiches gone? A look into a Midwestern dish on the brink of extinction
I didn’t know brain sandwiches were a Midwestern delicacy until I began researching regional specialties. Because I’m a fan of off-cuts of meat, brain sandwiches caught my eye almost immediately....
“Eat rice” and Northern Thai food in Pilsen, plus other restaurant news
“Have you guys been to Thailand?” Nova Sasi asked some customers who walked into his restaurant, Ghin Khao Eat Rice. They shook their heads and said no. “Then you haven’t...