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A New Restaurant, Current, Will Replace Wave at The W
The hotel restaurant will undergo a seasonal-Italian reboot next month.
Five Questions for Gale Gand About Her New Cookbook
Gale Gand's Lunch! hits bookstores today.
What to See (and Hear) at the Sound of Silent Film Festival
Here's the scoop on the annual fest—plus a sneak peek at 2 of the 9 short films the Music Box will show on April 29.
The Bagelers Coffeehouse Zeroes in on Lincoln Park
The couple behind the new bagel café developed their own recipe for a "Chicago-style" dough.
Five Things to Listen for in Charles Ives’s Second Symphony
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Beyond the Score delve into the referential composer this weekend.
Taste What a New Chef Is Cooking at The Lobby
Try this elaborate beet salad, and a couple of other new dishes, before Seth Moliterno overhauls the menu May 15.
Salero and Laughing Bird Bring Two Unusual Cuisines to Chicago
Salero will serve Basque in the West Loop, and Laughing Bird will do Filipino food in Lincoln Square. Both projects are by the same guy—Franco Gianni, former owner of Tank...
Packing House Is Next for Randolph Street
The reinvention of the sports bar Market, now helmed by a veteran of Moto and Purple Pig, recently soft-opened in the West Loop.
Hear a $16 Million Violin in Chicago This Weekend
The "Vieuxtemps" Guarneri del Gesù, arguably the world's most expensive musical instrument, will feature in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s next program.