Geoff Brown

"In terms of quality, variety and affordability, Chicago's dining scene takes a back seat to no other city in the country," Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel replied earlier today when...

Readers got a surprise today when they checked out Luis Arroyave's "About Last Night..." column: He has a new last name. And it's almost everyone's fault. The full explanation is...

Because it's Thanksgiving Day, we asked various Tribune and Metromix food writers and enthusiasts to name restaurants or specific dishes for which they are particularly thankful. Part reminiscence, part insider's...

One of the perks of working in the Tribune's features department is easy access to technology writer Eric Gwinn, which usually scores big points with my kids. So when my...

"I just want you to know where your money's going," said Smurf, the new guy taking my dollar for a 35-cent newspaper many mornings as I commute to work. Smurf...

Julia Wilcox Rathkey couldn't fall apart on Sept. 11, 2001, after planes struck the World Trade Center, killing her husband of 15 years. She had to begin managing her kids'...

Call it "Fear Factor: Valentine's Day." Taking a cue from reality TV, we at Q simulated the typical Valentine's Day panic attack: The scenario: It's 4 or 5 o'clock and...

A sleepy and admittedly inarticulate drive-thru customer rolled up to the pick-up window at a Burger King in Berwyn. After placing an order, the customer poked his head back out....

Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar has canceled his Sunday concert at Orchestra Hall because of exhaustion. Hospitalized Friday in North Carolina, he was advised by physicians to rest until mid-April. Tickets...

Talk show host Ricki Lake gave birth Saturday to 8-pound, 4-ounce Milo Sebastian Sussman at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. The dad is Lake's husband, Rob Sussman. Lake plans to...