Crain's reports that venerable Andersonville Italian restaurant La Donna will be shuttering in a month or so ... only to reopen a handful of blocks north on the same street, near Rogers Park. Owner Antonella Barbanente attributes the move to...
An AP article that ran over the weekend highlighted the growing trend of farm-to-table restaurants, especially those outlets who take it one step further and ensure that their physical structures are LEED-certified. And tucked right in there at the end...
Is this burger enough to make you give up the localvore challenge? That'd be the Pantera Burger from Kuma's Corner: 1/2-pound of ground beef, topped wtih roasted poblanos, bacon, cheddar and monterey jack cheeses, ranchero sauce, and tortilla strips. It's...
If we are in need of some reliable workplace giggle-inducers, we point our browser to CakeWrecks, which chronicles the hilarious, the misguided, and the hilariously misguided decorated cakes that exist in this world. We chortle like a maniac every time...
We might have mentioned this place once or twice. A New Burger In Town [Gapers Block] Counter Countdown [previously] Counter To Infinity [previously] Counterstrike: A Rant [previously] The Counter [MenuPages]The Counter [Official Site]...
Oh boy! Today's UrbanDaddy reports on the coming-up-fast opening of The Counter, that build-your-own burger joint that we might have gone a little ballistic over. UD's got the line on a soft opening Friday night, and the friendly Counter employee...
We love to find in restaurants: baby artichokes, baby corn, baby lamb chops, baby carrots. But baby people? MenuPages reviewer "thewolley" had his otherwise excellent dining experience at Big Jones marred by the restaurant's other patrons rolling their eyes at...
It is local only in that it comes from a Thai restaurant a block away and sustainable only in that I'm pretty sure no tofu was harmed in the production of the meal. It's really good.—Fruit Slinger on the tofu...
It's Friday, and that can only mean one thing. Say it with us now: WHAT THE HELL, SUN-TIMES, FIX YOUR FREAKING WEBSITE. Of today's four links off of the main dining page, three open to lovely, content-filled pages without...
Hey, anyone noticed that the P.J. Clarke's on Armitage is closed right now? The story is a bit juicier than one might imagine — intrigue! sex! scandal! Or, okay, none of these, but there is French food and a conflict...
Per their official website, Italian restaurant Il Fiasco "is closed for renovations and will reopen as Tapas Las Ramblas within a month." We would just like to note the amount of restraint we are showing with regard to jokes about...
Ohgod we love this city. Finally the madness at The Weiner Circle (2622 N Clark St, 773 477 7444) gets the journalistic preservation it deserves. Via no less than yet another of our secret boyfriends, Ira Glass of This American...
Yes, it is prime dinner-eating time on a Friday night, and yes, we should be out gallivanting and living it up and generally inhabiting the world, but this is big: yesterday we asked WTF was up with that giant egg...
There is a giant egg -- like, really giant -- perched atop a metal pole in the parking lot of the McDonald's at Clark and Addison. The prevailing theory: it is to promote their breakfast sandwiches. Our theory: Brainbomb from...
Usually when reviewers declare a restaurant or a dish to be "the best" in Chicago or the world or in the history of space and time, they are talking out of their asses. Anyone with the breadth of experience...
As you know, our favorite reviews are not necessarily the utter raves (although that was our topic last week). It's just as good when things are middling! Here are two examples of subparity from the past week: On June...
What could be more auspicious than opening a fabulous new restaurant on the day that the foie gras ban got repealed? This is how L.2O was welcomed into the world, and based on the reactions of Mike Nagrant at...
Okay, the Review Matching Game was a bad idea. Nevertheless, for the record, here are the answers: 1) a; 2) g; 3) h; 4) f; 5) e; 6) d; 7) i; 8) b; 9) c; 10) j As a consolation...