He has been thinking of his own restaurant for a long time.
Plus: Tamarkin checks out One. Six One, and Phil Vettel goes out to a gastro pub.
Plus: North Pond unveils their spring menu, and Adam Segar mixes things up with Vie.
Move over poutine and choucroute, cassoulet's making its move.
Plus: Quince produces at least one stellar dish, and Sun Wah is as good as ever.
One of our predictions for big trends to watch is corroborated by TOC.
It's meat, meat, and more meat at John Manion's inaugural brunch for Branch 27.
John Manion helms his last beer dinner at Goose Island Clybourn.
He'll stay on through Thanksgiving, and be replaced from within.