Emily Nunn

Here is a prescription for the brief but effective relief of anxiety and/or depression: Leave work early and meet a friend at the movie "Old School," a ridiculous comedy starring...

La Tache, a pretty French restaurant that opened last month on the edge of Andersonville, sure looks enough like a French bistro. On a recent night, the little zinc bar...

America's recent epidemic of France-bashing may have reached its most absurd point last weekend, when someone in New Orleans' French Quarter began circulating a petition to re-christen the place the...

"If you had said, `Meet me at the restaurant under the `L,'" said Charlie, as he sat down at Satay, a new Pan-Asian spot in Lake View, "I don't think...

The year-old Logan Square joint Fat Willy's Rib Shack (which is not a shack, really, but not exactly a palace either) is the kind of place where people order food...

In another day and age, Lula Cafe (2537 N. Kedzie Ave.; 773-489-9554) might have been your favorite college coffee house: local art on the walls, tofu on the menu and...

The first thing you need to know about the four-month-old Silver Palm (768 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 312-666-9322) is that it is installed in an old train car, on exactly the...

Good luck getting a table at Lovitt, the languid, charmingly scruffy cafe that opened last fall in Wicker Park (1466 N. Ashland Ave.; 773-252-1466). The place is open again after...

Fancy or down-to-earth, traditional or downright racy, Valentine's Day packages come in all shapes, sizes and prices. Following are some of the most intriguing options available next week (for more...

Just so you know: If you have dinner at the two-month-old eatery Coobah (3423 N. Southport Ave.; 773-871-2030), the drummer for the alternative-rock band Veruca Salt will be preparing your...