Josh Noel

Put that Malort face away! Malort Spritz is an accessible entry to Chicago’s most notorious spirit.

October 2, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

This year has seen the release of Jeppson's Malort hand sanitizer. And Jeppson's Malort made from India pale ale. And Jeppson's Malort aged in bourbon and rum barrels. Malort Spritz...

Andrew Marinelli cleans the bar as the staff prepares for dinner service in the rooftop canopy area of Roots Handmade Pizza in the South Loop on Sept. 28, 2020.

Citing a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s easing restrictions on indoor bars, restaurants, fitness class sizes: ‘People have risen to the occasion’

September 28, 2020 at 8:49 p.m.

All summer long, Chicagoans were told to stay outside, socially distance themselves and wear masks to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, with Mayor Lori Lightfoot playing the stern...

5 Rabbit Cerveceria closing suburban brewery, eyeing ‘new business model’ in a new location

September 21, 2020 at 1:06 p.m.

5 Rabbit Cervecería is selling its equipment and shuttering its suburban brewery, but plans to launch "a new business model" to keep the brand afloat, brewery founder Andrés Araya said....

Acadia chef Ryan McCaskey, shown at the James Beard Awards on May 1, 2017, at the Lyric Opera in Chicago, has been named in a court order that alleges he harassed and cyberstalked a former employee.

A former employee of Michelin-starred Acadia granted no stalking order against chef Ryan McCaskey, alleges online harassment

September 16, 2020 at 5:44 p.m.

The chef and owner of Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant Acadia was ordered this week not to contact a former employee who alleges that the chef created a website, multiple email addresses...

For Black Horizon Brewing co-owner Charles St. Clair, pictured at the Willowbrook facility Sept. 9, 2020, joining the Black is Beautiful campaign was a no-brainer. "I said, 'Sure, we've got to be a part of this, especially as the only Black-operated brewery in Illinois,'" he said.

Illinois breweries rally for Black is Beautiful social justice effort — including the state’s only Black brewery owner

September 10, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

Every once in awhile, while working at his suburban brewery, Charles St. Clair gets an unlikely chuckle. "I get these older white guys coming in and saying 'black is beautiful,'...

The Delta winterized its patio with a canopy and heat lamps before reopening in August for the first time since March.

Winter patios? Dining igloos? As pandemic persists, bars and restaurants are prepping for one of the strangest winters Chicago has ever seen

September 3, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

As bad as things have been for Chicago bars and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, they're about to get worse. Winter is coming. The late-summer transition from sun-dappled patios to...

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Put that Malort face away! Malort Spritz is an accessible entry to Chicago’s most notorious spirit.

Citing a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s easing restrictions on indoor bars, restaurants, fitness class sizes: ‘People have risen to the occasion’

5 Rabbit Cerveceria closing suburban brewery, eyeing ‘new business model’ in a new location

A former employee of Michelin-starred Acadia granted no stalking order against chef Ryan McCaskey, alleges online harassment

Illinois breweries rally for Black is Beautiful social justice effort — including the state’s only Black brewery owner

Winter patios? Dining igloos? As pandemic persists, bars and restaurants are prepping for one of the strangest winters Chicago has ever seen

Revolution Brewing expands Deep Wood barrel-aged series yet again — and it’s moving sales online

Coronavirus likely has changed forever the way restaurants are designed — for better and for worse

Chicago brewery recalls three beers that may rupture — here’s how to get a refund

Goose Island’s 2020 Bourbon County lineup announced — but amid coronavirus, crowds for release may be less than stout