Adam Lukach

Chef/owner Stephanie Hart is seen in her shop, Brown Sugar Bakery, on East 75th Street on Chicago's South Side on April 29, 2020. She plans to invest the unexpected grant into her shipping operations.

Chicago’s Brown Sugar Bakery receives surprise $10,000 small-business grant during Good Morning America appearance

February 5, 2021 at 3:47 p.m.

When Brown Sugar Bakery founder and owner Stephanie Hart appeared on Good Morning America Friday morning, she didn't think she'd be getting $10,000. She was wrong. Much to her surprise,...

Spencer Ng, owner of Triple Crown restaurant on Wentworth Avenue in Chicago, stands near carry-out orders waiting to be picked up on Christmas, Dec. 25, 2020. His restaurant is now facing eviction over past-due rent.

Triple Crown, a Chinatown mainstay for 25 years, facing eviction after losses attributed to pandemic economic downturn

February 4, 2021 at 2:55 p.m.

Triple Crown Restaurant, a Chinatown mainstay since 1996, is facing eviction from its storefront located just inside the neighborhood's iconic main gate on Wentworth Avenue. With more than $184,000 in...

Eat. Watch. Do. — Super Bowl snack prep and takeout | A toasty soup-and-sandwich combo

February 10, 2021 at 2:45 p.m.

We've been having some weather, eh, Chicago? Between the major snowfall and majorly falling temperatures, it's been a week of warm foods and cozy drinks. And now, we're prepping for...

Patrons enjoy drinks and lunch inside and in the semi-open area of Pilsen Yards restaurant in Pilsen, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker allow restaurants to open for indoor dining, Saturday Jan. 23, 2021. Abel Uribe/baiduhai

Eat. Watch. Do. Indoor dining is back again in Chicago, plus pizza news: 8 new spots around town

January 27, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

Hope you got your dibs, Chicago. And that you're staying warm. After indoor dining officially reopened in Chicagoland last weekend, our reporters took the mood of restaurant owners and diners...

Craving: Chicago’s best hot chocolate for National Hot Chocolate Day — and all winter

January 29, 2021 at 4:33 p.m.

Hot chocolate is mandatory to make it through a Chicago winter. This year, you might be making your own cups of cocoa more often than in the past, but restaurants...

Sarah Stegner, owner of Prairie Grass Cafe, 601 Skokie Boulevard, carries free holiday meals out to furloughed and unemployed workers on Dec. 22, 2020, in Northbrook. Stegner said the meals will continue until funds run out.

Taco bar in Downers Grove, Claudia finds a home and Rooh adds street food: How Chicago restaurants are adapting to draw you back in

January 15, 2021 at 2:18 p.m.

Desperate times, creative measures. The pandemic has put the dining scene in and around Chicago in upheaval. Many restaurants are cautiously reopening, either outdoors, indoors or both. New places are...

From pizza to doughnuts, burritos to Spam musubi, here are our favorite takeout orders and restaurants in the Chicago area.

With no shows in nearly 10 months, performing musicians have been searching and waiting for income and answers — here’s how some are getting on

December 18, 2020 at 1:33 p.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit "pause" on the entire Chicago music scene, and performing musicians have spent the last 9 months wondering when they'll be able to starting playing again. Music...

All Stories