Green City Market moves to a new location beginning tomorrow. The new site, at the south end of Lincoln Park, near the intersection of Clark Street and Lincoln Avenue, features wider, permanent walkways with improved drainage. The site also provides easier access to parking. The outdoor farmers’ market features sustainable produce from nearby growers and [...]
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Lake Bluff-based North Shore Distillery opens its new tasting room beginning Friday, June 10. Chicago chef Hugh Amano, the blogger behind “Food on the Dole,” has launched a series of culinary salons. “Basically, I want people to have a combination of lesson/underground dinner/community building social engagement, all based around well-crafted food,” he says. Held in a private home in Lincoln Square, the events are open to six people per [...] Which are Chicago’s most authentic Italian restaurants? Italy’s Istituto Nazionale Ricerche Turistiche (National Institute of Tourist Research) has named them, awarding eight Chicago restaurants its coveted “Ospitalita Italiana Seal – Italian Retaurants in the World” for culinary contributions to Italian culture. Join donors from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Korea, Turkey. and dozens of other countries, as well as every U.S. state, and send a pizza to protesters in Madison, Wis. Former Chicago chef Rick Tramonto, late of Trio in Evanston, Tru in Streeterville and Tramonto’s Steak & Seafood in Wheeling, tells the story of his life in a new book due out next month, “Scars of a Chef: The Searing Story of a Top Chef Marked Forever by the Grit and Grace of Life in [...] Teaming with Michael Kornick’s mk Restaurant, Kendall College’s School for the Culinary Arts and various chefs and mentors, “A Plate Apart,” a proposed reality-TV program, proposes to offer an exciting opportunity to some at-risk inner-city Chicago youths as well as area culinary students. In the show, six hand-picked culinary students from Kendall must work together [...] Green City Market, now housed in its Lincoln Park indoor winter quarters for twice monthly Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., through April 23, offers local, sustainably grown produce and cooking demos from Chicago chefs: Upcoming participants include: Jan. 16: 9 a.m. Larry Donohue, Mity Nice Grill, Magnificent Mile 11 a.m. Ben Sheagren, Hopleaf, [...] It’s a rare thing for a restaurant to survive over six decades with the same owner. We’re sad to hear of the death of Phil Georgouses, 87, the genial founder and host of Charcoal Oven in Skokie, one of the oldest, extant restaurants in the north suburbs. Visitors to this fine-dining spot with its distinctive [...] Are you a chowder champion? Do you make a mean minestrone? Brew bodacious broths? Here’s your chance to show Chicago your souperior skills. “Soup & Bread” is gearing up for its third season. The weekly soup fest begins Jan. 5 and runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday through April 13 at the Hideout [...] |
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