The Chicago River is a block away, but you’d never know it’s there. To be fair, you can’t see anything of the outside world inside Caché 310, an intimate, new cocktail lounge in the West Loop — and ...

Zarella, part of Chicago’s new wave of tavern-style pizzerias, might have you fighting for the last piece of the pie.

Lauren Brocato Lauren Brocato is a Chicago native who’s spent the past six years covering the city’s dynamic dining scene. She was previously the Food and Drink Editor at Time Out Chicago and a Senior ...

“In 2022 and half of 2023, we would do like $40,000 to $60,000 [in sales] a month out of one little stall,” says Jamra, whose restaurant, Evette’s, was named one of the New York Times’ 50 Best ...

The Shutter, a regular roundup of Chicago’s restaurant closures, is your resource to find out what’s on its way out. The list is by no means comprehensive. Have information on another closing? Send ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

On a balmy Saturday afternoon in March, a crowd gathers in the parking lot as Dirk Fucik, owner of Dirk’s Fish & Gourmet Shop, presides over his customary seafood sampling event. Amidst the alluring ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Chicago will once again be a hotspot for restaurant and bar folks from across the country as they gather here for the annual James Beard Awards, the American hospitality industry’s glitziest awards ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...

While most don’t spend high school meticulously planning the future, that’s exactly what Justin Lerias did and he has the handwritten journal entries to show for it. Almost a year to the day after ...