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Signage all along an iron fence in support of Gaza outside an encampment at Northwestern University's Deering Meadow is seen on April 26, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Academics in Chicago sound the alarm on ‘viewpoint discrimination’ as government targets student protesters

March 21, 2025 at 12:06 p.m.

Educators and students on edge as Trump administration threatens to deport international students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

Co-owner Audrey Borden delivers a coffee flight for customers at Coffee Shop of the Year October Cafe in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Readers’ Choice Food Awards winners: 10 restaurants, bars, bakeries and more that impressed Chicago in 2024

March 5, 2025 at 11:03 a.m.

After thousands of votes, here are the 10 winning restaurants, bars and more in the 13th edition of the Tribune Readers' Choice Food Awards.

Rib tips at Lem's Bar-B-Q, 311 E. 75th St., in 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

South Side icon Lem’s Bar-B-Q wins a James Beard America’s Classics award

February 28, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

Among the six honorees from across the country is the oldest Black-owned barbecue restaurant in Chicago, Lem’s Bar-B-Q.

Los trabajadores de restaurantes de Chicago se preparan mientras los arrestos de ICE generan temor e incertidumbre en la industria

February 11, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

Según la Asociación Nacional de Restaurantes, el 21% de los trabajadores de restaurantes y servicios de comidas de Estados Unidos nacieron fuera del país.

“Just the thought that there could be a raid is upsetting," said Cesar Gonzalez, who owns L'Patron in Bucktown and Logan Square. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Chicago restaurant workers prepare as ICE arrests cast fear, uncertainty over industry

February 10, 2025 at 1:58 p.m.

The restaurant industry relies heavily on the labor of immigrants, and workers and employers have been educating themselves and each other on their rights and preparing for what to do...

A person walks past the Milwaukee Avenue location for Pilot Project Brewing on Sept. 11, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Pilot Project Brewing opening second Chicago location in Wrigleyville

February 10, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

The company’s third brewery facility will sit two blocks from Wrigley Field with a large 3,500 square-foot patio facing Clark Street.

Chef of the Year winner Otto Phan of Kyoten on Aug. 24, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Here are the winners of the Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence

January 28, 2025 at 11:44 a.m.

The Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence were announced Sunday, crowning Chicago’s top restaurants and chefs in coveted categories.

Students pass the University of Illinois Alma Mater statue in Urbana-Champaign on April 11, 2023. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

ACLU warns University of Illinois to respect free speech after clamping down on climate change and Palestinian groups

January 25, 2025 at 10:21 a.m.

The group warned administrators that changes to speech and protest policies and "overzealous discipline" of protesters are having a chilling effect.

Clockwise from top left: quesabirrias, al pastor and steak tacos, birria pizza, birria fries, carne asada nachos and carne asada fries from Tacotlan. (Tacotlan)

6 Chicago Restaurant Week 2025 menus we can’t wait to try

January 22, 2025 at 11:03 a.m.

This year's 17-day event will see more than 470 restaurants from around town participating, from award-winning institutions to newly opened spots to local favorites.

Hanan Shaheen, mother of slain 6-year-old Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi — who was fatally stabbed in an October 2023 attack that drew hate-crime charges — talks to President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House on Jan. 14, 2025. (Adam Schultz/White House)

Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’

January 17, 2025 at 7:14 p.m.

“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.

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