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Restaurant news: Hooligan, by Michelin award winning chef Christian Hunter, opens in Chicago

Chef Christian Hunter describes the cuisine at Hooligan as “third coast contemporary,” featuring Great Lakes ingredients and classic French technique.

Michelin award-winning chef Christian Hunter at Hooligan on Oct. 8 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Voting has begun in the 40th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest

Sam Kass, assistant White House chef, shows students from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington how to plant seedlings at the White House Kitchen Garden on April 9, 2009. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

Sam Kass, former Obama family personal chef and policy adviser, wins the Julia Child Award

The ranch bombs on display at the Taste of Wrigley Field food preview at the American Airlines Conference Center Home Plate Room, adjacent to Wrigley Field. The bombs come with a spicy honey drizzle. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Wrigley Field debuts menu with jibaritos, baseball doughnuts and fried ranch bombs

By Ahmed Ali Akbar

April 3, 2025 at 12:02 p.m.

This year, baseball fans at Wrigley Field can enjoy new items such as doughnuts in...

Clark the Cub, the Chicago Cubs mascot and Mary-Ann Culleton, an executive chef for Levy Restaurants at Wrigley Field, hold the Baseball Donut during the Taste of Wrigley Field food preview at the American Airlines Conference Center Home Plate Room on April 2, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Photos: What to eat at Chicago Cubs games at Wrigley Field this season

By Audrey Richardson

April 3, 2025 at 9:39 a.m.

A look at the food and beverage options for Chicago Cubs games at Wrigley Field...

Kumiko partner/creative director/mixologist Julia Momose is a James Beard Foundation nominee in the Outstanding Bar category. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Here are Chicago’s 5 James Beard nominees

By Zareen Syed

April 3, 2025 at 6:19 a.m.

The James Beard Foundation announced Wednesday the finalists vying for its coveted awards, and among...

Brian Neale (left) and Ann Neale of Smoke Freaks are seasoned barbeque competitors. (Jeff Hirsch Photography/Photo courtesy of Brian and Ann Neale)

Cedar Lake man wins World Champion of ribs title

By Anna Ortiz

April 2, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

As 50 mph winds whipped through the Texas Motor Speedway, Brian and Ann Neale kept...

Customers line up during the lunch rush as others dine in at Kanin, a new Filipino Hawaiian bodega in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, on March 21, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Restaurant news: Kanin, a Filipino Hawaiian bodega in Ravenswood, opens with lines two blocks long in Chicago

By Louisa Kung Liu Chu

April 3, 2025 at 12:15 p.m.

Plus more openings, closings and pizza news, including tavern and Detroit style, in the city...

FILE- July 27, 2017, shows a Hooters sign at a restaurant in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Restaurant chain Hooters goes bust and files for bankruptcy protection

By Elaine Kurtenbach

April 1, 2025 at 5:14 p.m.

Hooters, known for chicken wings and its skimpy “Hooters Girls” wait-staff outfits, has filed for...

Kristina Joseph, of La Grange Park, points to the marquee of the La Grange Theatre's message of congratulations to the La Grange Social & Around Town group, five years after it was founded amid the pandemic as the La Grange Area Restaurant Take-out & Delivery Group. (Kristina Joseph)

La Grange group continues to promote positivity long past its pandemic origin

By Chuck Fieldman

April 1, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

A Facebook group started to support La Grange area restaurants during COVID has grown to...

Students grab slices of pizza during lunchtime at Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn on March 28, 2025. The school currently does not have halal food options but will start offering halal-friendly options sometime in April. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois is first to mandate halal, kosher meals be available in public institutions such as schools, but concerns remain

By Zareen Syed

April 1, 2025 at 12:18 p.m.

With the Faith By Plate Act mandating halal and kosher meals be offered at places...

Plates are lined up in the kitchen in 2018 at Country House in Clarendon Hills, which is among 11 restaurants participating in the upcoming Restaurant Week promotion. (Chuck Fieldman/Pioneer Press)

Clarendon Hills plans village’s first ever Restaurant Week

By Chuck Fieldman

March 31, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

The Chamber of Commerce promotion will feature 11 are restaurants in an effort to "drive...

Kevin Silverman sharpens knives at Northside Cutlery, Dec. 14, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Are your kitchen knives dull? Northside Cutlery, run by a former chef, can fix that

By Ahmed Ali Akbar

March 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Northside Cutlery has quietly become a hospitality industry hotspot, becoming the go-to place for chefs...

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