One of the things that can happen when you’re surrounded by an ocean of choices is that you can overlook the obvious. This can be particularly true of restaurants. They’re everywhere and cater to a wide range of tastes. But if the food and not the social experience is the main draw, which eatery is …
Being quarantined at home months on end can leave you craving the oddest things. Even things you’ve never experienced; like omakase. You might remember those dark days in deep shut down when you were tired of the sameness of your own food, no matter how good it was, and lusted for something “different” as well …
Sometimes what you’re missing most is sitting right under your nose. For far too long, sniffing out a reliable Chinese restaurant that consistently dishes out hearty delicious meals at a fair price on the NE side of Chicago has proven frustratingly elusive. Chicago’s Rogers Park is nowhere near Chinatown with its vast spectrum of dining …
What are you supposed to think about a place where the main entrée is overcooked, the dessert is undercooked and everything else on the fixed menu is hit or miss? When it comes to Anteprima’s annual “Summer in Puglia” $95-a-head party, you call it a thoroughly enjoyable experience; even though the food didn’t turn out …
Simplicity may not always be considered a selling point when it comes to restaurants. Which is why it’s good to remember that elegance and simplicity have long been very close cousins. Both can be found co-mingling nicely at Bistro Campagne, a small French restaurant that’s been keeping Lincoln Square happy and well fed since 2002. …
Something’s missing from the transformation of the Old Cook County Hospital to snazzy mid-tier business hotel and food hall. It could be the vitality you would expect to find in an imposing hotel and dining venue serving a sprawling medical complex. That spark might ignite as we continue to emerge from our pandemic deep freeze. …
In some neighborhoods, traditional outdoor dining is once again beginning to pop. With temperatures floating in the low 70’s a few days ago, tables along Sunnyside at Ravenswood were nearly full and surrounded by relaxed contented faces. Health officials continue to tell us we’re not exactly where we need to be with diminished infection rates …
There are all kinds of exaggerations and this is one of them, Clark St. between Grand and Hubbard looks like a land mass under siege. Closed off by wooden barriers, with a long line of cars hugging the left lane curb from Dearborn along Grand glowing in each others alert lights; it takes a minute …
Five months into a health crisis that’s reshaped the quality of life around the world and the dining scene still isn’t looking the best. Restaurants have reopened with limited inside seating and; especially in the posher parts of town, doing as much al fresco as they can muster. Not as profitable as seated dining with …
Mi Tocaya Antojeria made such a splash when it opened three years ago, there was hardly a drop of water left in the pool. And rightly so. Here was a Mexican restaurant intent on being unapologetically authentic in addition to unabashedly wonderful. Even though Chicago boasts the second largest population of Mexican immigrants in the …