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Longtime customer Ron Jitzmiller, left, chats with owner Penny Gounaris at the Lucky Penny Diner in Naperville on Oct. 30, 2020. The Lucky Penny is among suburban restaurants defying Gov. J.B. Pritzker's order to shut down.

Some suburban restaurants defy indoor shutdown order, while others watch and await legal challenges: ‘It’s just us looking out for us.’

November 2, 2020 at 11:40 a.m.

Their employees need the work. They doubt the role their businesses play in the transmission of COVID-19. Some question whether Gov. J.B. Pritzker has the authority to close down their...

Bourbon County beers review: Goose Island delivers best lineup in recent years

October 25, 2020 at 9:26 p.m.

As the brewery that pioneered aging beer in whiskey barrels, Goose Island had fallen into a curious rut with its family of Bourbon County beers in recent years. Every year...

Michelin-starred Band of Bohemia restaurant and brewery, at 4710 N. Ravenswood Ave., filed for bankruptcy Oct. 16, 2020.

Band of Bohemia, the nation’s only Michelin-starred brewpub, files for bankruptcy

October 21, 2020 at 3:57 p.m.

Five-year-old Band of Bohemia, whose pioneering vision of brewing beer and serving creative, ambitious food was ultimately rewarded with a coveted Michelin star, is going out of business after filing...

Penrose Brewing strikes hazy IPA gold at the Great American Beer Festival as Chicago continues aptitude in category

October 17, 2020 at 11:42 a.m.

A year after a strong showing at the Great American Beer Festival, Chicago-area breweries won just a handful of GABF awards Friday in an event staged remotely for the first...

The Huettenbar's sign is gone, but its distinctive facade remains. The longtime German bar in Lincoln Square at 4721 N. Lincoln Ave. has closed.

The Huettenbar, one of the last vestiges of Lincoln Square’s German heritage, closes

October 16, 2020 at 12:46 p.m.

Legendary German tavern The Huettenbar, a cozy relic from another era of Chicago beer drinking, has closed, according to sources. Whether the closure is related to the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Bartender Justin Wilkinson pours a beer Tuesday, May 15, 2018 on the first day of operations at Ballast Point tap room in the West Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Ballast Point closes Chicago brewpub due to expected winter downturn during coronavirus, eyes reopening in 2021

October 14, 2020 at 5:47 p.m.

Ballast Point Brewing is shuttering its Chicago brewpub this month due to an expected downturn in winter business during the COVID-19 pandemic, but plans to reopen next year "when the...

No more waiting in the cold? Bundled up customers wait in a long line Nov. 25, 2016, to buy the newly released Bourbon County Stout beers at Binny's Beverage Depot, 1720 N. Marcey St., in Chicago. The annual release will happen online this year.

Bourbon County beer release migrates online due to COVID-19 — and could signal a long-term shift

October 14, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

Bad news, Chicago: You don't get to stand in line in the dark hours of a cold November morning to buy beer this year. The good news: You get to...

Three Floyds Brewing in Munster, Ind. will release its coveted Dark Lord imperial stout via touch-free pick up this fall instead of at its usual Dark Lord Day festival in the spring.

Three Floyds announces the contact-free return of Dark Lord imperial stout

October 5, 2020 at 6:15 p.m.

The Dark Lord is rising — albeit six months late due to COVID-19. Three Floyds Brewing, which canceled the annual spring release of its eagerly anticipated Dark Lord imperial stout...

Ryan McCaskey, pictured in 2016 at his restaurant Acadia in Chicago's South Loop, is prohibited from contacting former employee Cody Nason.

No contact order against Acadia chef Ryan McCaskey extended; lawyer says he wants to figure out who created site to harass former worker

October 5, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

A no contact order against acclaimed Chicago chef Ryan McCaskey will remain in effect at least two more weeks after his attorney said at a videoconferenced hearing Monday morning that...

Goose Island shifting first Bourbon County release to United Center drive-thru event due to COVID-19

October 5, 2020 at 10:10 a.m.

Da Bulls. Da Blackhawks. And ... Goose Island? Like Chicago's basketball and hockey teams, the city's oldest brewery will call the United Center home, albeit temporarily, as COVID-19 forces Goose...

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