Of all the times to launch a restaurant, one of the very worst must be during a pandemic, when people are sheltering at home, avoiding others, and postponing dinner plans until sometime in 2021. Many Chicago-area restaurants have closed permanently, but some were already gearing up to open when the pandemic hit, redesigning their strategies for […]
We are so sad to hear that our friends at Nick’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill in Wilmette, a repeat Best of Winner, are closing their doors. In an Instagram post, Nick’s broke the news: “It is with heavy, but grateful hearts that we share the news that Nick’s has officially closed. Words cannot express how […]
The pandemic has forced businesses across the city to reimagine their operations in accordance with CDC guidelines. And over the last few months, restaurants have shown just how inventive they can be. Chicago has transformed busy streets into outdoor-dining meccas, revamped patios and made take-out cool again. But, many of these changes were contingent on […]
All of our questions are answered in the movies. Unforgettable visuals, soaring scores, characters worth knowing, language that becomes part of our lexicon. But film also has given us delicate pastel macaroons in Sofia Coppola’s 2006 Marie Antoinette, a gourmet prison feast of razor thin garlic, iced lobsters and seared steak in 1990’s Goodfellas, the Naranjo […]
There are many ways we can measure seasons: temperature changes, equinoxes, grasses growing, leaves falling. Though perhaps more than anything — sorry, nature — the thing that informs us the most about what time of year it is, is advertising. Whether it’s the Honda Summer Spectacular Event, or the Toyota NowVember Sales Event, or the […]
For the very first time, the Chicago restaurant group responsible for many of Chicagoland’s most beloved dining spots, Lettuce Entertain You, is hosting a special restaurant week. From Monday, September 28 through Sunday, October 4, you can order from three-course lunch, brunch and dinner menus for dine-in and carryout at more than 30 participating restaurants […]
2020 is the first year without an Oktoberfest in Munich since World War II, and similar celebrations have been postponed or cancelled across the U.S. This means that if you want the experience of sitting in a tent and ingesting litre after litre of German-style lager, you’re on your own. (And good luck finding a […]
Ever since Chef Curtis Duffy’s famed three-Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant Grace shuttered in 2017, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the opening of his next endeavor, Ever. Duffy has similarly lofty goals for his new restaurant, which opened in Chicago’s Fulton Market in July and is another collaboration with friend and business partner, Michael Muser. Our friends at NBC Chicago’s “Chicago Today” got […]
Fall in Chicago is the time to soak up the last remaining days of warm sunshine and steel yourself for the cold months ahead. Now’s your chance to enjoy outdoor seating at one of Chicago’s newest restaurants or to start boosting your immunity at one of several new local wellness spots. From women and minority-owned […]
After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Marcus Baskerville, founder and head brewer of Weathered Souls Brewing Company in Austin, TX, wondered what he could do to help. Enter the “Black is Beautiful” beer collaboration. What started as a single beer recipe has become a collaboration of more than 1,000 breweries across the country […]
