Tatyana Turner

Nicole Nassif, the owner of Imee's Mediterranean Kitchen, is seen at the downtown Chicago restaurant on Feb. 2, 2023.

Lunch in the Loop: How restaurants are finding their footing downtown as office occupancy still lags

February 21, 2023 at 3:39 p.m.

Nicole Nassif didn't care her restaurant would have only six seats. She didn't mind that offices in the Loop remain, like the rest of the country, far below pre-pandemic occupancy....

Owner and chef Joel Reno holds one of his creations at Pistores Pizza & Pastry in Chicago's River North neighborhood on Feb. 3, 2023.

Just opened: Pistores Pizza & Pastry in River North and 7 more new restaurants around Chicago

February 7, 2023 at 7:05 p.m.

A new Mediterranean-inspired restaurant opened in River North in late December. Pistores Pizza & Pastry has what co-owner Joel Reno describes as an "eclectic menu meant to be fun and...

The Mango Pickle restaurant features Indian thali-inspired dishes in Chicago, on Sept. 26, 2019.

5 Chicago Restaurant Week special menus we’re hungry to try

January 24, 2023 at 8:53 p.m.

Spanning just over two weeks and more than 300 restaurants, Chicago Restaurant Week is the perfect excuse to brave the cold and score some great deals at restaurants during the...

Owner John Roeser IV talks to employees in the kitchen on Jan. 19, 2023, at Roeser's Bakery in Humboldt Park.

Why are eggs so expensive? From bakeries to brunch, Chicago is feeling the pinch.

January 22, 2023 at 2:29 p.m.

Inflation has hit grocery shoppers hard, but one price hike in particular has consumers roiling: the cost of a carton of eggs. Just a year ago, a dozen large eggs...

Garrett Popcorn is a Chicago snacking staple.

Amid House speaker vote, Chicago Democrats brought giant tubs of Garrett Popcorn, ‘the best of all the popcorn there is’

January 5, 2023 at 8:48 p.m.

A taste of Chicago came to the U.S. House floor amid the historically contentious speaker election that dragged into its third day Thursday. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Robin Kelly, D-Ill.,...

Husband-and-wife owners of Modest Coffee, Jenni Trilik and Marcus Contaldo, stand with pallets of coffee at their West Chicago warehouse on Dec. 30, 2022.

After Walmart deal gone wrong, fans help suburban roaster Modest Coffee sell $200K worth in 1 day

January 4, 2023 at 6:58 p.m.

In a whirlwind 24 hours last week, Jenni Trilik and Marcus Contaldo went from being $216,000 in debt and the owners of nearly 30,000 bags of unsold coffee to utterly...

Police tape remains outside a house in the 9400 block of South Wallace Street on Jan. 2, 2023, where a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed the night before in the Washington Heights neighborhood.

9-year-old shot and killed inside home in Washington Heights

January 2, 2023 at 8:14 p.m.

A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday night while inside a home in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. The shooting took place in...

Chicago police investigate a Kia vehicle at the scene after four people were shot on Jan. 1, 2023 in the 5600 block of South Prairie Avenue in Washington Park.

4 teens shot, one dead in Washington Park neighborhood, police say

January 1, 2023 at 11:04 p.m.

Four boys between the ages of 14 and 17 were shot in the Washington Park neighborhood on Sunday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened a little bit before 1:19 p.m....

Boy, 2, and woman, 25, killed in Christmas Day crash on I-94 on-ramp in Chicago

December 26, 2022 at 3:12 p.m.

A single-vehicle crash claimed the lives of a driver and a child passenger in the early hours of Christmas morning, police say. At about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, District Chicago Troopers...

Zaccary Haney, center, works behind the counter at a Taste of Heaven on Dec. 19, 2022, in Chicago.

Fruitcake that’s … good? Andersonville bakery is Chicago’s destination for ‘actually edible’ Christmas dessert

December 22, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

Although not as bad as getting a lump of coal in your stocking, fruitcake may be considered one of the more undesirable items people receive during the holiday season. The...

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