A Guide to Dining in Style Across the Bay Area
Here are a few Bay Area restaurants that are redefining what it means to be “fancy.”
These Chicago Bakeries and Restaurants Will Take Care of Your Thanksgiving Side Dishes and Desserts for You
The plans are made, the table’s set, and you’ve agreed under duress to make a turkey for the extended family. But you’ve neither the time nor inclination to fuss with all the side dishes and desserts, and you want to step it up a bit from the Jewel pumpkin pie and a can of cranberry […]
The Skinny on Slimming Your Holiday Drinks at Starbucks
The time has come. Starbucks is decking the halls for the 2019 holiday season! This means a fresh set of the coffee giant’s signature holiday cups, a festive winter menu, and a reusable red cup giveaway. Beginning today, Nov. 7, US locations will carry four new cup designs and a seasonal menu. After months of waiting, […]
Chicago's Pasta Renaissance: 4 Restaurants Serving Perfect Fresh Pasta
Everyone loves pasta, right? That’s one reason why Chicago is now seeing a renewed interest in house-made, hand-crafted pasta. At Spiaggia (980 N. Michigan Ave.), James Beard award-winning chef Tony Mantuano has been making pasta since day one. Sitting down before service one night in late October, Mantuano told us that in 1982, when he […]
New in Town: Chicago Favorites Re-Imagined, Plus the Tailgating Party of Your Dreams
Calling all hungry Chicagoans! Chicago’s bustling restaurant scene welcomes a few newcomers, while long-time local favorites bring their classics to new locations. Plus, gorgeous new home-goods stores, a state-of-the-art hydrotherapy spa, and all of your tailgating dreams come true. Eat/Drink Hubbard Inn (re-opening) 110 W. Hubbard St., Chicago Hubbard Inn is getting a major facelift. […]
10 Classic Chicago Restaurants That Never Go Out of Style
The food media tends to celebrate the hottest new restaurant, whipping up a frenzy of excitement, then quickly moving on to the next shiny opening. It’s not necessarily the fault of food journalists per se (we love spotlighting the latest and greatest new spots just as much as you love reading about them), but rather […]
13 Perfect Chicago Pizzas We Are Crazy About Right Now
Pizza is my ride or die. I’ve been obsessed with it pretty much since birth. It is, after all, the perfect marriage of bread and cheese, with the freewheeling ability to morph styles and flavor profiles, happily incorporating nearly any ingredient in its path (I am not now, nor will I ever be, down with […]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 10 of Our Favorite Products That Give Back
This October, let’s not only “think pink,” but buy pink as well. Our favorite pink products give back by donating proceeds from their sales to fund breast cancer education and research. According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. But there’s some good news — in part […]
Where to Find the Best Chocolate Desserts in Chicago
National Chocolate Day (Oct. 28) is right around the corner. If you’re really serious about chocolate, book your flight to Seattle for the Northwest Chocolate Festival in November — it’s the best chocolate festival in the country. If that’s not in the cards, don’t worry. These pastry chefs in Chicago have you covered for all […]
Chicago's Best New Restaurants: Fall 2019 Edition
Goodbye, summer. You were a bit rainy this year, though still glorious. Now it’s time to head back to reality: classes, shorter days, puffer coats. But fall also means butternut squash soup, apple crisps, your favorite scarf, and the occasional PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latté, natch) — not to mention a slew of great new restaurants […]
