It’s been 75 years since Lawry’s The Prime Rib opened its first location in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Chicago branch in Streeterville, the second location, didn’t open till 1974, but they are also celebrating throughout June with a special $75 dinner for two. Each meal features an 8-ounce cut of prime rib, the original spinning [...]
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More than 40 of Chicago’s great chefs will be cooking up their specialties in the 21st annual Great Chefs Tasting Party, one of the premiere grazing galas of the season. The benefit for United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago takes place beginning at 5 p.m. Monday, June 10, in the Ballroom of the Davanti Enoteca does the Harlem Shake. After Chef Anthony Martin and Streeterville’s Tru crew released their “Harlem Shake” video, we challenged other Chicago restaurants to do the Shake, too. Here’s Davanti Enoteca’s Little Italy version, an effort of the restaurant’s entire staff. Is that Chef/Owner Scott Harris in the blond wig dancing with the jeroboam [...] I get a lot of notices about various specials that different restaurants are running. I don’t use many of them — most restaurants have specials all the time, and they’re often not very, well, special. For example, half the restaurants in town will have fish and chips on the menu tomorrow. These, however, sounded especially [...] Chef Anthony Martin and the Tru crew get the shakes in the kitchen at the Michelin-starred restaurant in Streeterville. Martin says he learned his moves from 67-year-old Joel Robuchon, whom Gault-Millau named Chef of the Century in 1989. We’re challenging other Chicago kitchens to continue the meme. Chefs: Post links to your videos here! Uh oh, you forgot to make Valentine’s Day reservations! We’ve got you covered. As of today, these restaurants were reporting they still had openings. You can make reservations right from within Dining Chicago, too. But hurry, we don’t guarantee they’ll still have openings. Aquitaine, French bistro, Lincoln Park. Bin 36 global, River North. Branch 27, [...] Pies and lobster dishes were among our most popular recipes of last year, showing that despite straitened times, cooks are still looking for a little indulgence. On the other hand, two pasta dishes also made the list, so they’re economizing, too. Here are Dining Chicago’s 10 most clicked-on local chefs’ recipes of 2012. Which were [...] Stoke up after tonight’s excesses with a hearty brunch and a little hair of the dog that bit you. (Where does that phrase come from, anyway? Woof.) Zest Bistro at Lemon Tree Grocer in Downers Grove will be open to serve Chef Tim Canning’s brunch dishes including breakfast sandwich with scrambled eggs, Niman Ranch bacon, [...] Here’s a part of the turkey you probably won’t find on the Thanksgiving table — the testes! Never fear, though, you can man up for the holiday at Timothy O’Toole’s in Streeterville, which will hold its third annual Turkey Testicle Festival on Black Wednesday, Nov. 21. Buckets of balls (deep fried turkey testicles with your [...] More than 20 of Chicago’s top chefs will be cooking at the Food & Wine Chef Showcase at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Streeterville. Participating chefs include: Acadia, South Loop: Ryan McCaskey bellyQ, West Town: Bill Kim Bistronomic, Gold Coast: Martial Noguier Blackbird, West Loop: Paul Kahan and David [...] |
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