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Mr. Maki opens Thursday bringing teishoku to Streeterville; online reservations available

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Mr. Maki (676 N. St. Clair St.), the casual Japanese restaurant by Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, will open 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Online reservations are now available. As we reported earlier,...

Band of Bohemia requires the menu to match the restaurant's house-made beers, "a reverse-engineering for pairings," says co-founder Michael Carroll.

Band of Bohemia finally fills exec chef job, plus new chefs at Walton Street and Peninsula

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

A few chef moves of note: Soo Ahn, whose career includes lengthy stints at Grace and EL Ideas, has been named executive chef at Band of Bohemia (4710 N. Ravenswood...

Review: Revisiting Les Nomades, where chef Roland Liccioni’s signature style still commands 4 stars

September 4, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.

Les Nomades makes me happy. I love everything about this place. The luxury. The quiet. The dining room's beautiful art and beautiful flowers; the vintage lighting and cheerful fireplace. And...

Diners flocked to the Chicago Firehouse restaurant on S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago in 2017 when it re-opened two years after a fire.

Where to eat for ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’? Phil Vettel’s Top-5

April 18, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

My top-five recommendations of where to get a pre- or post-visit bite on an outing to "Hamilton: The Exhibition" on Northerly Island. Del Campo's Taco's on 12th Street Beach: The...

Chef Michael Lachowicz, from left, Daniel Gutierrez, Alfredo Gonzalez and Sergio Angel at George Trois, 64 Green Bay Road, in Winnetka, on May 10, 2017.

George Trois reopens, along with new Aboyer and Silencieux; reservations now available

May 31, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

After shutting down George Trois and Restaurant Michael on March 4 for major remodeling, chef/owner Michael Lachowicz has been making good use of his downtime, staging at such esteemed Chicago...

Chef Brian Huston, center, prepares for the evening dinner service at Boltwood in Evanston, which quietly closed at the end of 2018.

Brian Huston, DMK Restaurants opening new concept in the Loop

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Last we saw chef Brian Huston, he was cooking great food at Boltwood, his Evanston restaurant, which closed at the end of 2018 after a 41/2-year run. Prior to that,...

Belgian street food pop-up is headed to Revival Food Hall

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Petit Bouchon, a concept dishing out Belgian street food, will have a three-month-long run as a pop-up restaurant inside Revival Food Hall (125 S. Clark St.), beginning May 6. The...

Remembering Bob Bansberg, a giant among Chicago sommeliers

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

Bob Bansberg, a sommelier and wine educator whose brilliance, easy affablilty and quick wit inspired a generation of Chicago wine professionals, passed away April 13. He was 65. Bansberg, as...

Tian of Maine lobster with citrus relish, Thai vinaigrette and lobster cavier was an appetizer at Le Titi de Paris in Arlington Heights on April 10, 2002.

Forgotten French? Mais non! Not that it ever went away, but French dining in Chicago is surging anew

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Back in the '80s, anyone perusing lists of Chicago's most highly regarded restaurants (the diner-opinion-driven Zagat Survey, for instance) would have found that French cuisine dominated the public's fancy. Leading...

Chef Yanitzin Sanchez (aka Yanni) returns with Mercado Cocina, opening in Glenview

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

Chef Yanitzin Sanchez (chef Yanni to her fans) made a name for herself with such restaurants as Mas in the West Loop, Sabor Saveur in Wicker Park and Cine in...

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