Resurrected Daily Grind helps customers eat well, cook well
"Michael, you want a sandwich?" Rick Harness, butcher and owner of the Daily Grind, greets longtime customer Michael Finger. Yes, Finger does, and a couple of steaks to go, as...
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Phoenicia Mediterranean broadens its horizons
Change is always good, says Fay Zand, owner of Phoenicia Mediterranean Restaurant in Highland Park. In one sense, the establishment needs no introduction; it has been in its First Street...
‘You’ve Got a Friend’show pays homage to music of Carole King and James Taylor
If you're down and troubled, "You've Got a Friend," a concert celebration of the music of Carole King and James Taylor to be performed March 25 at Schaumburg's Prairie Center...
Skokie Holocaust Museum features more than just history
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is the word count when confronted with an actual boxcar of the type used by the Nazis to transport Jews...
Evanston Symphony Orchestra performs hits of 1830
Lawrence Eckerling's 14th season as the music director and conductor of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra is a real blockbuster. The four-concert season kicked off with "Blockbusters from Vienna" and will...
Specials ahead for Lake County Restaurant Week
Lake County Restaurant Week, running March 3-12, may not elicit the visceral thrill of Shark Week, but it still has plenty of bite, or bites, and in some cases full...
Cubs, Chicago rolls add to Dao Sushi’s uniqueness
Dao Sushi, which opened in Deerfield five months ago, casts a wider net than more traditional sushi restaurants. It will appeal to the sushi snob with its offerings of Japanese-style...
‘Fist Fight’ director Richie Keen draws from his Highland Park roots
Unofficially, it was Highland Park night recently at the ShowPlace Icon Theatre in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. On one screen was "The Space Between Us," written by Allan Loeb, Highland...
Elmhurst College Jazz Festival looks to the future
"Jazz is about the future," the impassioned pianist portrayed by Ryan Gosling in the Oscar-nominated musical "La La Land," proclaims. That future is yours for the hearing at the Elmhurst...
Soup for you…to benefit immigrants and refugees
Soup is the universal symbol of comfort food, and on March 7, soup will help to bring comfort to Chicago's immigrant and refugee communities and three local non-profit organizations that...