The South Loop's bastion of delicatessen and diner dreams is about to expand to Lincoln Park when Eleven City Diner opens Eleven Lincoln Park on June 25. For owner Brad Rubin, the new location is an opportunity to enhance the casual family restaurant scene in Chicago, something he's been yearning for since childhood. Reared on old school diners and Jewish delis, the Eleven brand is a return to those comforts ... Read more
When I think of garage sales, I think of dilapidated dollhouses and malfunctioning toasters. What I should be thinking of is vintage wares passed down by chefs, as at the Les Dames Culinary Garage Sale and Cake Walk this weekend. Held at Kendall College, this is a far cry from the depressing, defeatist garage sales that haunt my youth. ... Read more
Founded in 1941 by Gene Michelotti and his partner Alfredo Federighi (who was nicknamed "Georgetti" after a famous Italian cyclist), Gene & Georgetti is one of Chicago's most famous Italian...
Location: 500 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60654
Amenities: Business Dining, Celebrity Hangout
Location: 10 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60654
Cuisines: Indian - Pakistani, Latin
Amenities: Business Dining, Communal Tables
The Green City Market Junior Board continues this season's Meet the Market series at Table, Donkey and Stick, featuring passed appetizers, cocktails, and the most delicious ingredient of all, Junior Board members. The Junior Board serves to engage young professionals through programs within the Green City Market community while helping raise funds for the market, and the Meet the Market events are a fun outlet for that ... Read more
Those lucky enough to observe summer hours deserve it. I know what it’s like. You work your butt off with extra hours during the week, so you can clock out by noon every Friday. While some use that opportunity to get out of town earlier so that they don’t get caught in rush hour traffic, ... Read more
To the maple mobile! That's what people will say once they've bid on a chance to tag along and play Robin to Tim Burton's Batman as he makes his maple syrup delivery rounds to some of Chicago's top restaurants in his 1949 farm truck, affectionately nicknamed ... 
Ever since, Chef Didier Durand, one of the activists against the 2006 ban, has celebrated gastronomic freedom of choice with an annual Foie Gras Festival in commemoration. Through June 29, Durand will ... 
You love Southport Grocery & Cafe for its brunch, and for its cupcakes, and for the best of both worlds, cupcake pancakes. Now there's a lot more to love about this darling ... 
If this is sexist, so be it…. Restaurateurs: Do not allow your ladies’ rooms to be designed by men!
I have visited way too many restaurants where the women’s restrooms ... 
With the crossover appeal of ABC’s hit series “Nashville,” popularity of Taylor Swift and even LL Cool J’s controversial duet with Southern star Brad Paisley ... 
Part doughnuts, part croissants, “Cronuts” are the latest culinary craze sweeping New York City. The baked goods debuted last month at Dominique Ansel’s, namesake SoHo bakery ... 
Most people have heard that Coca-Cola was invented by pharmacist John Pemberton in Georgia in 1886, but Chicago’s very important connection to Coke is more obscure. If it weren’t for a Chicago invention, Coke might never have achieved its ... 
Here's a surefire way to up the ante on farm-to-table dining: bring the farmer to the table! That's what Gather has in store this summer with its forthcoming farmer series, wherein chef Ken Carter will partner with a different local farmer each month to curate seasonal specials ...