John Kessler

Obélix takes its name from a character in a much-loved French comic book series about pratfall-prone Gauls, the not-quite-civilized forebears of the French. When the restaurant opened in 2022, this...

The food by chef Thai Dang (pictured below) is built for sharing, ideally by large groups whose members like a messy free-for-all, passing large platters of Vietnamese grilled meats or...

Brothers Daniel (pictured below, on the left) and Eric Wat (on the right) started out six years ago with their grandmother’s recipe for jiaozi dumplings, which featured a handful of...

It feels like sacrilege to say the best barbecue in Chicago does not come out of a homegrown aquarium smoker built to perform indoors during our harsh winters. But if...

Siblings Maria and Reynel Mendoza come from Santa María Quiegolani, a speck of a town that stands more than a mile above sea level in the Sierra Madre del Sur...

When two people of different cultures meet, they’ll always find a way to create food that satisfies them both, though it can be a tricky path. Indian and Mexican cooking...

Chef Stephen Gillanders, pastry chef Tatum Sinclair, and beverage director Jelena Prodan deliver their signature hospitality across many projects, including a bistro (Apolonia), a wine bar (Le Mistral), and a...

A nearly 40-year-old ocean liner can be a tough ship to steer, but Rick Bayless has entrusted this one to Javauneeka Jacobs (pictured above), a young chef who worked her...

This one-room restaurant on a side street has neither the footprint nor the name to suggest it serves the best Cantonese seafood in town. If you can secure one of...

Lettuce Entertain You’s sky-high steakhouse, created in concert with Los Angeles pasta maestro Evan Funke, is a big production number and oftentimes an excellent restaurant. The elevator ride up is...