100 Chicago restaurants open Christmas Day 2011

You don’t have to cook Christmas dinner.

Happy 40th anniversary, Lettuce Entertain You

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 [...]

Go green: Get ‘Wicked’ for the holidays

Every time I see “Wicked,” I like it better. And the high-energy touring version that’s back in Chicago Cadillac Palace Theatre has plenty worth liking about it. With a powerhouse singer in Jackie Burns as Elphaba, the green-tinged Wicked Witch of the West; an effervescent actress in Chandra Lee Schwartz as Glinda; and a perfect [...]

The best Chicago restaurants ever? Really?

What would you add to the list? What would you leave off?

Earn triple points at Lettuce Entertain You today

Today is Triple Points Day at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises! Members the restaurant group’s Frequent Diners program will threefold points toward future meals if they dine at participating restaurants today. Lettuce Entertain You was the first Chicago chain to offer a Frequent Diners program, one of many innovations the company, perhaps the single most influential [...]

Marlene Dietrich live in Skokie

Marlene Dietrich never visited Skokie in person, but you can see her there soon. Don’t miss award-winning Chicago performer Suzanne Petri’s re-creation of the film legend at 7 p.m. June 28: “Marlene Muzik: A Tribute to Marlene Dietrich the Actress, the Music, the Desire.” The venue is perfect — one that surely saw much of [...]

Tonight and tomorrow: If music be the food of food…

“We all celebrate milestones and holidays at the dinner table, and some of our closest connections happen over good food and wine,” says singer Ann McGregor, who’s put together a collection of food-oriented music that she’ll be performing tonight and tomorrow at Davenport’s in Wicker Park, with Bob Moreen on piano. “My show is about [...]