Tajah Ware is a Chicago-based writer and storyteller covering culture, community, and the city’s ever-evolving dining scene. In our Dining Reports, we share a firsthand perspective of a recent ...

Chicago’s sushi scene may not garner the same breathless coverage as that of its coastal counterparts, but don’t be fooled: The city is home to a crew of formidable chefs and experts who know ...

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 ...

Zendejas is making his dream a reality with the opening of Logan Square’s Siete Azul at the end of October in the closed Chicago Diner space. Siete Azul is a coastal Mexican restaurant that reflects ...

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 ...

NORWOOD PARK — Illuminated Brew Works will close after five years in business (founders Brian Buckman and Matt Shirley began brewing in 2013 and opened their first taproom in 2021). It is the latest ...

When it opens later this month at 111 N. Carpenter Street, All Well — one of Chicago’s most hotly anticipated openings of 2026 — will feature two concepts: a 46-seat main dining room that will offer a ...

Lettuce Entertain You will hold onto the space and reconcept it into a more affordable restaurant with chef Matthew Kirkley still at the helm involved. What exactly that will be is currently ...

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 ...

They may not be as talked about as much as a restaurant’s dishes, a bar’s cocktails, or the caliber of service at either, but make no mistake about it: Bathrooms in the places we dine and the bars we ...

Bars and restaurants throughout Chicago offer a last chance to spend time outside before the temperatures really plunge, warding off the evening chill with fire pits. There are trendy rooftop bars for ...

Hotel restaurants are often a trap, mediocre establishments serving overpriced food to business travelers with expense accounts and tourists who don’t know any better. However, while many survive by ...