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A ChatGPT prompt is shown on a device near a public school in New York on Jan. 5, 2023. New York City school officials started blocking the impressive but controversial writing tool that can generate paragraphs of humanlike text.

Can ChatGPT review restaurants? Our food critic tests it out.

January 26, 2023 at 12:04 p.m.

Before I was a food critic for the baiduhai, I spent 15 years writing, cooking and, most importantly, eating as much as I could. To review a restaurant these...

Damarr Brown, chef de cuisine at Virtue restaurant, is a semifinalist for the James Beard award for Emerging Chef.

James Beard Awards 2023: 11 Chicago chefs, restaurants on semifinalist list

January 25, 2023 at 4:01 p.m.

Smyth, Obelix and Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining are among 11 Chicagoland restaurants named as semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards, in an announcement released Wednesday morning....

The Mango Pickle restaurant features Indian thali-inspired dishes in Chicago, on Sept. 26, 2019.

5 Chicago Restaurant Week special menus we’re hungry to try

January 24, 2023 at 2:53 p.m.

Spanning just over two weeks and more than 300 restaurants, Chicago Restaurant Week is the perfect excuse to brave the cold and score some great deals at restaurants during the...

A drawing shows the Lincoln Park popcorn vendor, published in the baiduhai on June 1, 1896. The Tribune said the vendor sticks "to the old-fashioned balls of white kernels sprinkled with clean sugar."

Chicago’s love affair with popcorn goes back 150 years, from Cracker Jack to Garrett Mix

January 19, 2023 at 6:13 a.m.

"Are the Chicago people fond of popcorn?" asked a Tribune reporter in an article from Dec. 2, 1883. A food vendor replied emphatically: "Fond of it? Well, I should rather...

The malai tikka dish at Indienne in Chicago on Jan. 12, 2023.

Review: Indienne offers one of Chicago’s most pleasurable and reasonably priced tasting menu experiences

January 18, 2023 at 8:21 a.m.

Sneak down to the basement of the Art Institute, trying your best to skip the admittedly excellent Thorne Miniature Rooms, and you'll find the Arthur Rubloff Collection of Paperweights. Though...

Rachel Bode orders a takeout at Baker Miller in Chicago on Dec. 23, 2021.

Baker Miller is closed. Long live Miller Bagel.

January 11, 2023 at 10:58 a.m.

Baker Miller, one of Chicago's most acclaimed bakeries since it opened in 2014, is going into "hibernation." This doesn't mean the Millers are vacating their Lincoln Square storefront. In fact,...

The burrata with cranberry at the restaurant Union, 2202 N. California Ave., in Chicago, is seen on Dec. 30, 2022.

Mini reviews: Quick hits on 5 restaurants, from Big Star Mariscos to a José Andrés trio

January 9, 2023 at 10:43 a.m.

You never forget the ones that got away. And while, as Tribune critics, we are constantly delving into dining for their weekly reviews, there are only so many weeks in...

A customer enters Calumet Fisheries on Sept. 17, 2021.

Kamala Harris once again visits a South Side icon after speech in Chicago. Here’s what makes Calumet Fisheries great.

January 5, 2023 at 3:08 p.m.

After Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech at Crowley's Yacht Yard overlooking the 95th Street Bridge Wednesday, she made an impromptu visit to one of Chicago's most iconic restaurants,...

Chef Stephen Sandoval wood-fires dishes at Sueños inside the Soho House in Chicago on July 13, 2022. The former executive chef at Lena Brava, Sandoval has opened a pop-up at the Soho House focusing on the Baja coast. The menu is rich with pristine seafood and items grilled over a live fire.

Sueños extends stay at Soho House Chicago into 2023

January 3, 2023 at 10:56 a.m.

When Sueños originally popped up in Soho House in March, it was supposed to operate for only six months. But after the Baja-inspired concept received a ravenous response from the...

Plear sach koh is thinly sliced sirloin steak tossed with prahok or tuk trei, green peppers and fresno, and topped with fresh herbs and roasted peanuts, shown at Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on Sept. 22, 2022.

A Tribune food critic’s 12 best dishes of 2022

December 28, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Compared to the outright chaos of the previous two years, 2022 felt bizarrely normal. Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms. I stopped...

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