Former Michelin-star Temporis chef Don Young opening new restaurant on Michigan Avenue
The property known as the Carbide & Carbon Building (230 N. Michigan Ave.) has been home to a number of concepts over the years. For a while it was home...
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Our favorite Chicago-area takeout dishes of 2020
Most of us would probably love nothing more than to cast 2020 into the ash heap of history and move on. As food writers tasked with covering Chicago's dining scene,...
Tribune critic Phil Vettel reflects on a terrible year for Chicago restaurants — and the inspired ways some adapted to survive
If one had deliberately set out to destroy the region's restaurant industry, one could hardly have done more damage than the events of 2020 managed to accomplish. An indoor-dining ban...
Lawry’s the Prime Rib’s final days: Take-home, tours, tchotchkes on sale
It wasn't supposed to end like this. When Lawry's the Prime Rib announced in late September that it was leaving its Magnificent Mile home, where it has served prime rib...
City joins with One Fair Wage to distribute $1 million in grants to Chicago restaurants
The city of Chicago has joined with One Fair Wage in a program that could provide Chicago restaurants with grants of up to $30,000. Announced at a virtual news conference...
Grubhub offers Chicago three months of free delivery — a contrast to DoorDash’s $1.50 city fee
The third-party delivery service Grubhub is offering Chicagoans a little gift, in the form of three months of free delivery. The deal is good at participating restaurants in Chicago and...
Duckworth offers hope to restaurant industry workers, says relief bill ‘very close’
In a video town-hall meeting sponsored by the Illinois Restaurant Association, Sen. Tammy Duckworth gave hope to the restaurant industry, saying that a relief bill that would provide immediate financial...
Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy of Ever adds to-go burger side gig — $19, comes with fries.
Curtis Duffy, burger flipper? In what seems less like a pivot and more like a whole new dance, Ever restaurant, led by Michelin three-star chef Curtis Duffy, has launched a...
DoorDash adds $1.50 ‘Chicago fee’ to orders placed for city restaurants — just 2 weeks after delivery cap passes
A little more than two weeks ago, the Chicago City Council took a bite at third-party delivery-service fees, imposing a 15% cap on fees that sometimes reached 30% previously. Tuesday,...
Bill Kim’s latest pivot: Pizza and more Italian goodies, launching in the Western suburbs Wednesday
If he keeps this up, chef Bill Kim is going to become the face of dining in Oak Brook. Already established at The Table at Crate, the Oakbrook Center restaurant...