Snack Attack
Izakaya Shinya is open only from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. — and everything on the menu is under $20 and shareable.
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Mexican Bar Crawl
Three new spots embrace our southern neighbor’s drinking culture.
Ice Cream Dreams
From spicy sundaes to classic dips, soft serve seems to be everywhere this summer. Here are our four favorites.
Utility tries to bring a new spin on hospitality industry shows, with a focus on independent restaurants
This year, there’s a new restaurant show in town, The Utility Show, a “2-day celebration of everything hospitality."
Hiking for hops: Chicago couple’s new book uses nature and beer to explore the city
The ultimate takeaway, for the authors, was that just like a park or nature preserve, a brewery or pub can be the center of a community as well.
Leave Chicago’s winter blues behind and think cherry blossom pink with Japanese snacks and drinks
Chicago offers numerous ways to celebrate Japanese food and drink culture, so we rounded up a few suggestions for fun things to do and see during cherry blossom season.
Explore agave spirits through interactive, educational experiences across Mexico
In resort towns across Mexico, the hospitality industry is celebrating all things agave, the sacred native succulent that provides the nectar for tequila, mezcal and other spirits. Agave spirits were...
The secrets to some of Chicago’s finest Italian food are tucked into chef Sarah Grueneberg’s new cookbook
When chef Sarah Grueneberg sat down to write her cookbook, she knew vegetables had to be the star. Growing up in Houston and cooking with her grandparents on their ranch,...
Chicago award-winning baker Greg Wade’s ‘Bread Head’ guides readers on a journey from farm to loaf
In his new book "Bread Head," 34-year-old baker Greg Wade generously offers pages of professional tips and trade secrets he has accumulated over the years working at top Chicago restaurants...
New book from The Violet Hour’s Toby Maloney shows you how to make bar’s most legendary cocktails
In the recipe headnote for the drink Eeyore's Requiem — a complex, nuanced Negroni riff — Toby Maloney, head mixologist and driving force behind Chicago cocktail bar The Violet Hour,...