Mike Sula tells a tale of two restaurants, similar of cuisine—Italian—but not much else. The other half of Andersonville farm-to-table concept Acre has been taken over by Bar Ombra, where Sula enjoyed Venetian-style bar snacks similar in spirit to Span... »
Eater reports that Michael Altenberg, chef-owner of Bistro Campagne, died Friday night after experiencing breathing problems. Altenberg, a Kendall grad and Lettuce Entertain You vet, worked at a number of iconic restaurants in both Chicago (Le Francais... »
Kristine Subido is leaving Wave (in the W Chicago Lakeshore hotel) to open a Filipino-style chicken shack in Uptown, Eater reports. New Wrigleyville tavern Wheel House opened last night with Kuma's vet Jack Stankovic on the grill, says Grub Street Chic... »
Ravenswood's Koval Distillery just announced one of its periodic bottling days, next Sunday, February 26. Volunteer to spend three hours bottling, capping, sealing, labeling, and boxing some 180 cases of the distiller's Dark Oat Rye, Dark Rye and 47th ... »
On Tuesday Chris Nugent, executive chef at Les Nomades from 2005 until the fall of this year, opened Goosefoot in Lincoln Square, where he’ll be offering seasonally-based, market-driven, eight-course tasting menus ($90), with 12-course menus to debut n... »
Burger King on Wednesday became the first major U.S. fast-food chain to pledge that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and eggs by 2017. The move by the world’s second-biggest burger chain helps it satisfy growing demand among c... »
