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The charred pepperoni pizza at Pizzeria Portofino.

You voted for your favorite Chicago restaurants. Now meet the winners of our Readers’ Choice Dining Awards.

April 29, 2020 at 11:43 a.m.

We are thrilled today to announce the winners of the baiduhai's annual Readers' Choice Dining Awards. Wait. What? The Tribune is announcing Dining Awards winners when restaurants are closed?...

Chef Jean Joho, shown in his Everest dining room in 2018, says about the Brasserie Jo carryout pop-up, "French food at a reasonable price; that's what a brasserie is supposed to be."

Brasserie Jo returns after 10 years as a carryout-only popup serving set dinners

April 24, 2020 at 10:29 a.m.

Of all the restaurants I've seen come and go in my (mumble mumble) years on this job, Brasserie Jo is among those I miss most. It opened in September 1995...

Erick Williams, the chef and owner of Virtue Restaurant in Chicago on Thursday, June 6, 2019.(Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

South Side restaurant drops curbside service to feed front-line hospital workers instead

April 22, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.

Virtue restaurant in Hyde Park has discontinued its pickup and delivery service. This is not bad news, actually, unless of course you're one of that restaurant's legion of fans. Instead,...

A sign ending dine-in eating on a closed restaurant Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Lakeview during the coronavirus pandemic. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

With 11 million jobs on the line, restaurants renew plea for government help. 80% not certain they can survive, poll says

April 16, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

Armed with new data showing that restaurants and bars accounted for 60 percent of the U.S. jobs lost in March, representatives of the Independent Restaurant Coalition renewed their call to...

General manager Sandrea Smith at Seoul Taco prepares a steak burrito for hospital workers April 16, 2020, as part of the Off Their Plate initiative.

Charity employs Chicago restaurants to feed frontline health care workers, aiming for 10,000 meals per week

April 17, 2020 at 4:20 p.m.

A new partnership in Chicago is paying restaurants and its furloughed workers to prepare hundreds of meals to feed health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus battle....

Rosebud's eggplant stack, a combination eggplant Parmesan and caprese salad.

What to order in today: We check out delivery and pickup dishes at Chicago-area restaurants

April 15, 2020 at 12:28 p.m.

During the COVID-19 shutdown, it's still our mission to tell you what's good to eat in Chicago and the suburbs. We're just doing it from home. Here's our roundup of...

Maya-Camille Broussard at her Justice of the Pies stand July 5, 2018, in Daley Plaza.

Emergency restaurant grant winners in Chicago say the money couldn’t come at a better time

April 10, 2020 at 6:51 p.m.

It's not like winning the lottery, but various recipients of the Hospitality Emergency Grant Program are grateful for the assistance and say the money will help keep their operations afloat....

Pedestrians walk past a restaurant with dining chairs stacked near the window in the Lakeview neighborhood Saturday April 4, 2020, in Chicago.

‘We’re not looking for a bailout’ say top American chefs — but it might be what the restaurant industry needs to survive

April 7, 2020 at 10:22 a.m.

Speaking on behalf of independent restaurants across the country, the Independent Restaurant Coalition sent a letter to Congress Monday, detailing the new federal actions needed "to ensure we survive not...

North Pond restaurant looking to post-pandemic era, selling tickets to re-opening cocktail party

April 3, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

To raise money for its furloughed employees, North Pond is selling tickets to a reopening cocktail party. In a message directed to its supporters, the leadership team — owner Richard...

15 places where you can order in brunch this weekend in Chicago area

April 6, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

Looking for weekend brunch options for carryout or delivery? Check out these options, some of which offer cocktail kits (booze and mixers, packaged separately) to make brunch extra festive: Ann...

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