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Susanne Poilevey, seen here at a memorial for her late husband in 2016, has died. The two made Le Bouchon one of Chicago's most popular and enduring bistros.

Susanne Poilevey, co-creator of Le Bouchon and La Sardine restaurants, dies after a long battle with cancer

September 20, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

Susanne Poilevey, who worked alongside her late husband, Jean-Claude, in creating Le Bouchon and La Sardine restaurants, has died after a five-year battle with cancer. She was 60. With chef...

Chef Carlos Gaytan at Tzuco restaurant in Chicago on Sept. 13, 2019.

Tzuco brings Carlos Gaytan’s award-winning Mexican-French food back to Chicago

September 19, 2019 at 3:21 p.m.

When Carlos Gaytan closed his Mexican-French fusion restaurant Mexique — after a 10-year run that included earning a Michelin star in two consecutive years — he returned to Mexico but...

Tomato and Iberian ham, served up at Next restaurant, 953 W. Fulton Market in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Restaurant review. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Review: Latest Next menu is a heartfelt salute to chef José Andrés

September 19, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

José Andrés is an award-winning chef and restaurateur whose disaster-relief efforts have earned him the James Beard Foundation's Humanitarian of the Year award and a nomination for this year's Nobel...

Erick Williams, chef and owner of Virtue, won a Bib Gourmand recognition for the Hyde Park restaurant, and also for County Barbeque, where he is a partner.

Michelin bestows Bib Gourmand recognition to 54 Chicago restaurants, including 14 newcomers

September 20, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Michelin Thursday morning announced its Bib Gourmand recipients for 2020: 54 restaurants, including 14 newcomers, got the happy news. The Bib Gourmand designates a restaurant that "serves quality food at...

Co-chairs Diana Davila (Mi Tocaya Antojeria), from left,, Joe Flamm (Spiaggia) and Elissa Narow (Frontera Grill) will lead a team of more than 30 chefs and mixologists at Taste of the Nation.

Diana Davila, Joe Flamm and Elissa Narow lead chef lineup for Taste of the Nation fundraiser

September 18, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.

Taste of the Nation, a fundraiser for No Kid Hungry, returns to Chicago for the 30th year on Nov. 8 at Revel Fulton Market (1215 W. Fulton Market). Co-chairs Diana...

James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi heading one-night-only dinner at Galit

September 16, 2019 at 2:00 a.m.

Kwame Onwuachi, the winner of the James Beard Foundation's Rising Star chef award earlier this year and the author of an acclaimed memoir, will join Zach Engel for a collaborative...

Watermelon margarita at Mercado Cocina in Glenview on Sept. 10, 2019.

Review: Mercado Cocina brings serious Mexican food to an unlikely location

September 18, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

Wherever I have found chef Yanitzin Sanchez — at such no-longer-extant restaurants as Sabor Saveur in Wicker Park, Mas in the West Loop and Cine in Hinsdale — I've found...

Chef and restaurateur José Andrés will bring his Spanish tapas restaurant Jaleo to Chicago, opening in the former Naha space in 2020.

José Andrés bringing famed Spanish restaurant Jaleo to Chicago’s River North

September 10, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

Acclaimed chef José Andrés will open Jaleo, a copy of his famed Spanish restaurant, next year in Chicago. As first reported by Eater, Andrés will open Jaleo — his sixth,...

Former GreenRiver’s highrise space finally getting new restaurant tenant

September 9, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

An 18th-floor Streeterville space that has been vacant since GreenRiver closed in January 2018 is about to get a new tenant. WoodWind, a small-plates, regionally focused restaurant, is aiming for...

Mixologist Liz Pearce, who has created beverage programs all over town, has created cocktails with a beachy feel, including the Basic Beach, from left, a yuzu daiquiri, and a pineapple Old-Fashioned.

Review: Label-defying, continent-hopping Flora Fauna still feeling its way

September 5, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

I'm not entirely sure what 4-month-old Flora Fauna is, nor what it is going to be. But it'll never be boring. Taking over from the former Bohemian House space in...

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