Leah Pickett

Eggs get cheeky with chorizo-jalapeno hash and melted cheddar at Ravenswood's Over Easy Cafe.

Eat this: Eggs with chorizo, cheddar and ancho ketchup at Over Easy Cafe

June 16, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.

Open for breakfast, lunch and brunch Tuesday through Sunday, Over Easy Cafe is an endearing eatery in Ravenswood that's home to Chicago's crown jewel of egg dishes: the signature Sassy...

You Never Know at Watershed spikes apple whiskey with Averna Amaro, a pucker of lemon and a dash of Angostura and peach bitters.

Drink This: You Never Know cocktail at Watershed

June 16, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.

The basement bar below River North's Pops for Champagne is one of those rare hideaways where one can escape the street-level hubbub and then almost immediately feel at home. The...

The pie flight, consisting of, from left, vanilla cream with raspberry, chocolate chess with cream, and lemon chess with blueberry, at the Hoosier Mama + Dollop coffee shop in Evanston, Ill.

Eat This: Hoosier Mama pie flights

June 16, 2018 at 7:13 p.m.

Like peanut butter and jelly or milk and cookies, coffee and pie is a winning combination. So when local businesses Hoosier Mama Pie Co. and Dollop Coffee & Tea Co....

Drink This: Raspberry gin buck at Frontier

June 16, 2018 at 8:27 p.m.

At Frontier, the pioneer-inspired West Town hot spot where urbane eats and drinks are served in a rustic, communal-dining milieu, the craft cocktails are a triumph of understated chic. Some...

Don't even think about the phrase "too pretty to eat" — the shishito peppers at Vincent are too tasty not to eat.

Eat this: Tempura shishito peppers at Vincent are better than French fries

June 15, 2018 at 2:13 p.m.

Vincent, a splendid Andersonville bar and bistro, doesn't do anything small — and the starters are no exception. Stacked high in a sharing bowl with a large fork for spearing,...

The Zephy pizza, available in three sizes, is packed with mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and three cheeses over a spinach and ricotta sauce.

Eat This: The Zephy, a three-cheese, veggie-loaded pizza at Homeslice

May 2, 2019 at 5:28 p.m.

Homeslice Wheel House in Lincoln Park doesn't skimp when it comes to pizza. The restaurant and bar offers a bounty of thin-crust pies, plus calzones, salads and starters like oven-roasted...

Pisco perfect: The blackberry, from left, classic and ginger pisco sours are off-menu treats at Rogers Park Social.

Drink This: Rich and frothy, pisco sours are done right at Rogers Park Social

June 15, 2018 at 2:57 p.m.

For a well-crafted pisco sour — the classic South American cocktail spotlighting pisco, a brandy produced in Chile and Peru — look no farther than Rogers Park Social. The community...

Heirloom tomatoes, arugula and feta are piled on top of a slab of watermelon in Unite Urban Grill's beautiful summer salad.

Eat This: Watermelon, heirloom tomatoes, mint meet in stunning summer salad

May 2, 2019 at 5:27 p.m.

Crafting a salad that hasn't popped up on restaurant menus ad nauseam (hey there, Caesar and Waldorf) is a daunting task. But Unite Urban Grill in West Town has achieved...

The Overnight Sensation at Gather is bright, but not too sweet.

Drink This: A crisp cocktail inspired by ’70s power pop

June 15, 2018 at 3:41 p.m.

We reach for chilly, fizzy, fruit-infused cocktails in the summer; warmer, smokier, whiskey-based drinks as temperatures cool. But at Gather, a stylish but casual restaurant and bar in Lincoln Square,...

Eat This: Triple-dipped beignets at Azul 18

June 15, 2018 at 3:47 p.m.

Pilsen may not be the first Chicago neighborhood that comes to mind when you think of beignets, the deep-fried puff pastries that originated in France and have since become synonymous...

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