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Customers wait in line Friday morning, Aug. 14, 2020, outside the new restaurant Tamale Guy Chicago in the Ukrainian Village.

Tamale Guy restaurant opens in Chicago, but his tamales may be more elusive than ever

August 17, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

Tamale Guy Chicago, the new restaurant by Claudio Velez, best known as the namesake "Tamale Guy" whose red cooler offered corn husk-wrapped salvation to food-forsaken drinkers at neighborhood bars late...

Percy Billings, owner, at Harold's Chicken #55 in the West Chatham neighborhood of Chicago on Aug. 22, 2019.

Harold’s Chicken Shack on 87th at Dan Ryan closed permanently after rent raised over 40%

August 13, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

Harold's Chicken Shack #55 on 87th Street at the Dan Ryan Expressway, widely considered the best fried chicken franchise of the chain based in Chicago, and the location made famous...

Rose Barraco George checks on the pizzas. At the beginning of the pandemic shutdown, she mostly stayed home. Her sons and grandchildren would go to her house to learn about the sauce and other details refined over decades. Slowly she went back to work.

Vito & Nick’s celebrates 100 years in Chicago with the best tavern-style pizza in the city

August 12, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

Vito & Nick's, the iconic tavern-style pizzeria on the Southwest Side of Chicago, celebrates its 100th anniversary Thursday — finally. The pandemic postponed the party about six weeks. That's just...

Signature artwork adorned a wall at Bottled Blonde in River North

Bottled Blonde, controversial River North bar, closed permanently by coronavirus, but not violations

July 28, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

Bottled Blonde, the bar and restaurant in the River North neighborhood of Chicago better known for its legal drama than its pizza, closed permanently on Monday due to the coronavirus,...

Wentworth Ave. outside Triple Crown Restaurant in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood on Thursday, July 16, 2020. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chinatown, the first Chicago neighborhood closed by coronavirus fears, struggles to reopen. Here’s why, and where you can eat outdoors.

July 24, 2020 at 10:46 a.m.

Chinatown in Chicago was hit first and hard by the coronavirus. Not so much by the virus itself, but fear of the unknown. Masks had sold out and Lunar New...

Carlos Rosas, store manager and "ambassador" at Calumet Fisheries on Chicago's Far South Side, has died. Here he is seen with smoked salmon at the business in 2012.

Calumet Fisheries ‘ambassador’ Carlos Rosas dies at 41 of COVID-19

July 23, 2020 at 9:02 a.m.

If fish shacks had maitre d's, then that was Carlos Rosas at Calumet Fisheries, the James Beard award-winning smoke stand on the Far South Side of Chicago. Rosas was more...

Hand sanitizer dispensers are available near Cloud Gate on June 15, 2020, as Millennium Park reopens.

Should you dine out in Chicago? Health experts weigh in on risks, and how to reduce them.

July 17, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.

Nevada closed bars in Las Vegas and Reno again July 10 due to an increase in local COVID-19 cases. On July 13, Louisiana ceased indoor bar service statewide, while California...

People explore the Nature Boardwalk in Lincoln Park on May 13, 2018.

Take a dog-friendly staycation in Chicago — with good-boy outings and room service included

July 15, 2020 at 4:00 a.m.

You and your work-from-home canine companion have earned a vacation. So take a dog-friendly staycation in Chicago. Even if you don't have a pup, you can still play tourist in...

The outdoor patio at Wise Owl Drinkery & Cookhouse on Monday, July 13, 2020 in the West Loop.

City closes West Loop bar for violating Chicago’s coronavirus crowding rules

July 13, 2020 at 6:57 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration closed a West Loop bar and cited a handful of other venues over the weekend for flouting COVID-19 capacity or social distancing rules, part of her...

Nick Kane, from left, Joe Rosario and Jack King hang out at Happy Camper on Clark Street in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood on July 2, 2020.

It’s a make or break holiday weekend for Chicago bars. Can they control the crowds and follow COVID-19 restrictions?

July 3, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

Ahead of a summer holiday weekend that, in normal times, would mean packed patios and crowded bars, restaurant and bar owners are facing fines of up to $10,000 if COVID-19...

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