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Garrett Popcorn’s Chicago Pizza collaboration with Home Run Inn Pizza, Aug. 22, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

In latest mashup of Chicago flavors, Garrett launches new pizza-flavored popcorn in collab with Home Run Inn

August 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Following a flurry of Chicago-flavored collaborations, a new twist on Garrett Popcorn combines the crunchy kernels with pizza in a partnership with Home Run Inn Pizza.

Surf and turf flautas at Bar Tabu, which is participating in the 2025 Chicago Latin Restaurant Weeks. (Bar Tabu)

Chicago Latin Restaurant Weeks returns with fewer participating restaurants due to immigration uncertainty

August 13, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Latin Restaurant Weeks is back for its fifth year in Chicago with chefs, restaurants, eateries and pop-ups hoping to highlight the diverse flavors of the Hispanic culinary scene across the...

Photos by Ismail Abu Hatab are on a mock-up of a refugee camp tent in the exhibit “Between Sky and Sea” on display at the arts space Walls Turned Sideways in Chicago, Aug. 1, 2025. Ismail Abu Hatab was a Palestinian photojournalist and filmmaker who was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City on June 30, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘Between Sky and Sea’ photo exhibit showcases the life of displaced Gazans: ‘Not just war and rubble’

August 8, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

Gaza in the photos of Palestinian photojournalist and filmmaker Ismail Abu Hatab is more than destruction and despair.

Musically Fed volunteers Kat Nutter, from left, Lauren Nutter, Hunter Adams and John Hozack bring uneaten food, originally provided to workers and musicians at Lollapalooza, to Deborah's Place, a supportive housing facility near Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on July 31, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Got 30 pounds of unused fresh spinach? Musically Fed nonprofit works with Lollapalooza to reduce food waste

August 4, 2025 at 7:57 a.m.

During Lollapalooza, Musically Fed was onsite to collect, organize and distribute unused food to organizations supporting unhoused individuals, veterans, women in crisis and low-income families.

Pedestrians pass Artis Restaurant and Lounge, in the morning hours, July 3, 2025, after a drive-by mass shooting that killed four people and wounded 14 in Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Weeks after mass shooting, Artis Restaurant and Lounge permanently closes

July 23, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

Artis, which opened on April 10, was designed to fuse Creole, soul and American food with a mission to create an inclusive space for Chicago’s LGBTQ community.

The Dark Chocolate Citrus Sundae at Monteverde Restaurant and Pastificio on July 8, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

The history (and mystery) of ice cream sundaes, and 6 standout Chicago-area offerings

July 21, 2025 at 10:09 a.m.

Whatever the true story behind the ice cream sundae, it has evolved far beyond old-fashioned chocolate and cherry to more modern creations by some of the best chefs around Chicago.

Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizzas are served during an event by Lou Malnati’s and Portillo’s to celebrate National Hot Dog Day, July 16, 2025, at the Lou Malnati’s in the Gold Coast neighborhood. The pizza features mozzarella cheese, canned plum tomatoes, fresh diced tomatoes, mustard, relish, Portillo’s hot dogs, sport peppers, white onions and celery salt. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza: Lou Malnati’s, Portillo’s collab puts poppy seeds in the crust, mustard on top

July 16, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

The pizza will be available for 30 days (or while supplies last) at Lou Malnati’s full-service restaurants in the Chicagoland area, Milwaukee and Arizona.

Asher Asif, center, gathers with friends over tea at Matari Coffee on April 18, 2025, in Lombard. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Lombard’s booming Yemeni coffee shops underscore demand for ‘third places’ and culturally appropriate nightlife

July 10, 2025 at 11:54 a.m.

These “third places” have become popular hangouts for immigrant and Muslim populations, but they also attract a diverse group of customers looking for alcohol-free spaces that are open past 10...

Students reach out for slices of pizza during lunch time at Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn on March 28, 2025. Glen Ellyn School District 41 rolled out what it referred to as “halal-friendly” options in April. School officials said they are working to implement halal-certified meals. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Advocates look at next steps after Illinois law requiring halal, kosher options at state-run facilities left out of budget

July 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Part of the intention of the mandate is to make kosher guidelines possible for school cafeterias and make halal meat options available to students who request them.

Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina in Season 2 of “The Bear.” (FX)

‘The Bear’ Q&A: Liza Colón-Zayas on playing Tina, a chef rooted in reality

June 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Liza Colón-Zayas spoke about learning how to play a chef on "The Bear," and how she's "glad Tina wasn't sanitized and sugar-coated."

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