Upgrade Your Lunch Hour (or Two) at These Four Spots
Check out these midday multicourse specials and a la carte offerings at fancy spots across town that won’t break the bank.
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A Happy Week
Top restaurants all over the city are offering happy hour discounts on food and drink. We’ve put together a full week’s worth of deals.
Earth Day is only once a year, these Chicago chefs upcycle ingredients every day
These days, with their bottom lines more razor-thin than ever, chefs are MacGyvering plenty of solutions to do more with less.
Blood Appétit: To spotlight its new exhibition, Field Museum partners with Chicago chefs to create dishes with blood
Blood Appétit gives diners the opportunity to try dishes that incorporate blood as an ingredient, from pizza and tacos to chocolate cake.
Rodolfo Cuadros Builds a Latin Restaurant Empire
With his fresh take on plant-based dining, Cuadros has built a string of Latin American restaurants.
Italian for Beginners
At the cooking school Tutore, seasoned chefs Dean Zanella and James De Marte teach students how to make Nonna’s favorites and more.
Best Roller-Skating Guru
Myesha McCaskill Sure, Myesha McCaskill is an amazing roller skater (her nickname isn’t SmoothGoddess for nothing) and an expert instructor, whether teaching freestyle or JB, the Chicago variety named for...
Small World
Lincoln Square’s Casa Brava packs a global journey into 370 square feet.
Nigeriana se muda a la ciudad y encuentra una familia en la comida: ‘Estoy orgullosa de mi vida en Chicago’
En algún momento, durante una cena en el nuevo restaurante de alta cocina Esmé en Lincoln Park, la atención del comensal se desplazará de la comida a los recipientes en...
A Nigerian immigrant moves to the city and finds a family in food: ‘I’m proud of my life in Chicago’
At some point, during a dinner at newish fine dining restaurant Esmé in Lincoln Park, a diner's attention is bound to drift from the food to the vessels in which...