Take tea with Chicago’s historic hostess with the mostest! Bertha Honore Palmer, wife of millionaire real estate magnate Potter Palmer, presided over a glittering social scene at the end of the 19th century. Recreated by Leslie Goddard, she will preside over an elegant afternoon tea sponsored by the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance at 1 p.m. [...]
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One hundred years later, Roeser’s Bakery is still going strong. The Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park celebrates 35 years of serving “Good Wholesome Food for the Mind and Body!” on Thursday, Aug. 11. At 7 p.m. Monday, July 11, Blue 13 in River North fetes the all-American spirits with a Templeton Rye dinner. Chicago’s oldest steakhouse, Gene & Georgetti in River North, celebrates its 70th anniversary Thursday, July 14, through Saturday, July 16. Chocolate-covered peanuts, caramel and nougat … the Baby Ruth bar has been an American favorite since Chicago’s Curtiss Candy Co. introduced the confection in 1921. Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, perhaps the single most influential company in Chicago restaurant history, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday, June 10, at the place that started it all, R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park. Burgers will be $1.50 in tribute to the original 1971 price, and a DJ will spin ’70s tunes all day and [...] Cinco de Mayo celebrates the May 5, 1862, victory of the Mexican army over occupying French troops at the Battle of Puebla. Why have a fiesta here? The defeat kept the French from joining forces with the Confederates during the American Civil War. And why not? Here are a few places to celebrate around [...] What it is: A traditional Jewish dish, gefilte fish are balls or cakes of seasoned minced fish simmered in fish stock and served chilled. The fish could be any kind that’s available. Historically, inexpensive carp was often used; Schafer Fisheries in Thomson, Ill., exports millions of pounds of Asian carp from the Mississippi to Israel [...] The times, they are a’ changing. In this 1996 Dining Chicago video, Chef Michael Kornick (since gone on to his namesake mk and DMK Burger Bar) tells David Lissner about what was then the hottest new restaurant in the trendy Market District. Red Light closed in late March, reportedly due to liquor-license issues, and [...] |
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