Parson’s Chicken & Fish opens Tuesday night in Lincoln Park
Last year, we reported that Parson’s Chicken & Fish (2952 W. Armitage Ave.) was looking to expand into Lincoln Park. Seventeen months and a zoning change later, the new Parson’s...
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Andrew Brochu leaves Roister; Nick Dostal joins Alinea Group
Chef shufflings within the Alinea Group: Andrew Brochu, executive chef at Roister (951 W. Fulton Market) since its opening in March 2016, is leaving that post to open his own...
Stephanie Izard opening rooftop Peruvian restaurant in spring
In a press release issued Wednesday morning, chef Stephanie Izard (Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner, Duck Duck Goat) announced her latest project: Cabra, a Peruvian-influenced, rooftop restaurant in...
Review: Twain celebrates old women’s-club cookbooks, but menu full of modern twists
Chef Tim Graham was raised in Missouri, a background referenced in numerous and beautiful ways at Twain, the Logan Square restaurant he opened in August with his wife, sommelier Rebekah...
Furious Spoon converting to full service, expanding menu
Furious Spoon, a mini-chain of ramen shops by chef Shin Thompson, is abandoning its fast-casual format in favor of full service. The first location to upgrade will be Furious Spoon’s...
Review: Two Lights brings a bit of New England to Old Town
Keene and Megan Addington don’t rush into things. After creating Flat Top Grill and operating it for 15 years, they sold the 14-unit chain in 2009 and waited another three...
Mari Katsumura and the Yugen team aims for the big time
“Despite the snow and the holidays,” said Mari Katsumura, “business was pretty steady.” Thus went the first two weeks of Yugen, which was crazy/brilliant enough to debut just before Thanksgiving,...
Stephanie Izard launches Tiny Goat monthly tasting menu pop-up
Apparently running three restaurants and preparing to open a fourth (in Los Angeles) leaves Stephanie Izard with time on her hands, because the chef is launching a pop-up restaurant this...
Review: Melman plays it small with intimate Bar Ramone, but goes big on breadth, quality of wine
The 400 block of North Clark Street is becoming quite the little drinking destination. At 435 North, there’s Three Dots and a Dash, the subterranean Tiki hideaway; at 445 North,...
Trump hotel chef Nick Dostal resigns from Terrace 16 restaurant in Chicago
Sad, but not particularly surprising, news came late Wednesday from Terrace 16, the restaurant in Trump International Hotel & Tower (401 N. Wabash Ave.). Nick Dostal, the restaurant’s executive chef,...