92-year-old Mary Kafka on Queen Mary, her new namesake bar
Mary Kafka, 92, has many memories of running a bar at 2125 W. Division St. with her husband in the '70s, including doing up her hair and pouring "expensive whiskey"...
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Milk Room opens with bottles from the ’40s and ’50s
Finally: Paul McGee opens Milk Room, the eight-seat bar in the Chicago Athletic Association hotel, at 5 p.m. Monday. (The other bars and restaurants on the property opened in July.)...
How Belinda Chang took the Chicago steakhouse from sleepy to sexy
Belinda Chang sits in the back room of a members-only wine cellar in Lincoln Park, cuing up a Lil Wayne song on her laptop. "We poppin' Champagne / like we...
Champagne prevents dementia? Questionable, but here’s why we’re drinking it anyway
If your Facebook feed is anything like mine, you've probably seen a lot of buzz (pun intended) in the last 24 hours that drinking Champagne may prevent Alzheimer's disease. Pass...
Bottled Blonde now dishing out pizza, beer in River North
It's been more than a year since SushiSamba Rio served its last tropical-tini; finally, a new restaurant is up and running in the 10,000-square-foot Wells Street space. Meet Bottled Blonde,...
Look inside Latinicity, get ready for chorizo burgers and breakfast burritos
The problem: Lunch fatigue, characterized by extreme apathy for every salad and sandwich place within walking distance of your office in the Loop. The solution: Latinicity, a 22,000-square-foot food hall...
7 ways to insult deep-dish pizza, from Food Network’s Michael Symon
Calling all deep-dish spots: Michael Symon, longtime Food Network chef and co-host of "The Chew" on ABC, is available to rewrite your menu — or so we gather from this...
Pastoral’s Appellation opens today in Andersonville
The scientists who are debunking last week's headlines about cheese being as addictive as cocaine have obviously never been to Pastoral. The cheese shop, long a favorite in the Loop,...
Entries open for the 2016 James Beard Awards
The James Beard Foundation is accepting entries for its 2016 awards, commonly called the Oscars of the food world. For the second year in a row, the awards ceremony will...
First look: Swift & Sons to open Oct. 18 with throwback beef cuts
2015 is the year of the new Chicago steakhouse, a fact that will be cemented this weekend when Chris Pandel, the chef behind The Bristol and Balena, officially enters the...