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Long-anticipated Ever restaurant sets opening date; reservations through September are selling quickly

June 11, 2020 at 10:51 a.m.

The much-anticipated Ever, the restaurant by Curtis Duffy and Michael Muser (last seen presiding over three-Michelin-star Grace), has announced an opening date. In hopes that Illinois, and Chicago specifically, will...

Michael Muser, 45, director of operations at Ever poses for a portrait inside the restaurant during construction Tuesday May 12, 2020 in Chicago.

Chicago’s most anticipated restaurants of 2020 face a coronavirus-battered industry and an uncertain future. Here’s how their opening plans have changed.

May 14, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

May and June are typically boom months for new Chicago restaurants. Concepts that are months, even years in the making aim for spring openings, with restaurateurs eager to take advantage...

Ulysses Campos puts together orders at Fry the Coop restaurant's West Town location in Chicago on Friday, April 10, 2020. The restaurant stopped using the delivery service Grubhub because it had too many issues with the delivery drivers

Chicago imposes new rules for 3rd-party food delivery companies, requiring transparency on receipts

May 12, 2020 at 5:09 p.m.

New rules announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday ensure diners who order delivery in Chicago will know exactly how much of their bill is going to the restaurant and...

Ccustomers visit Time Out Market in the West Loop on March 15, 2020.

Pritzker’s 5-phase plan a ‘gut punch’ to restaurants desperate to open

May 9, 2020 at 7:14 p.m.

When Illinois restaurants were ordered shuttered by Gov. Pritzker in mid-March, restaurant owners, chefs and workers braced for several weeks of zero income. When the order was extended through April,...

James Beard hits and misses as Chicago chefs and restaurants nab eight nominations

May 5, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

Random thoughts on the James Beard Foundation Award nominations, which were announced Monday in Philadelphia: Chicago did reasonably well, nabbing eight nominations in Restaurant and Chef categories; by comparison, Chicago...

Chef Jason Hammel of Lula Cafe, was named among the nominees for Best Chef: Great Lakes. He is pictured at Marisol, where he is also chef.

Chicago lands 8 nominations in James Beard Awards

May 6, 2020 at 10:51 a.m.

Today was supposed to be the day of the James Beard Foundation Awards, when the winners in the Restaurant and Chef Awards category were to be announced at a black-tie...

Chef/owner Bruce Sherman poses for a photograph at North Pond, 2610 N. Cannon Dr., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai) B583330560Z.1 ....OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT, NO DIGITAL MANIPULATION...

Chicago chef Bruce Sherman helps launch CSA featuring small-scale women farmers

May 4, 2020 at 3:46 p.m.

The last time we heard from Bruce Sherman, the James Beard-winning chef was stepping down from North Pond restaurant (he remains a partner), contemplating the next chapter of his career....

Alinea is celebrating its 15th anniversary in a most puzzling manner

May 4, 2020 at 2:07 p.m.

Today marks Alinea's 15th anniversary. Let the games begin. A few months ago, Alinea co-owner Nick Kokonas mentioned his plans to have a special 15th anniversary dinner. We all know...

Chef and owner Stephanie Hart at her Brown Sugar Bakery, on East 75th Street on Chicago's South Side, on April 29, 2020. Hart says that her burgeoning wholesale and retail business dropped dramatically during the shutdown. She plans to reopen in time for Mother's Day for pickup and delivery of cakes, such as her vanilla, cream cheese and caramel cake, foreground, and a spring themed cake.

How restaurants may look when they reopen

May 7, 2020 at 2:42 p.m.

What was initially announced as a two-week restaurant shutdown, in response to the coronavirus, has now lasted seven weeks in Illinois. By the time May 30, the last day of...

The burrata diavolo pizza at Pizzeria Portofino on North Clark Street at the Chicago River in Chicago is seen on Monday, July 8, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Pizzeria Portofino celebrates Readers’ Choice win with weekend popup

April 30, 2020 at 12:11 p.m.

Pizzeria Portofino (317 N. Clark St.) has been closed by the coronavirus shutdown since mid-March, but after winning the baiduhai Readers' Choice Dining Award for Best New Restaurant (announced...

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