Category: Restaurants
U.S. Equities signs French market for West Loop development
And they said the Fulton River District would never be a neighborhood. The growing residential area between the Chicago River and Halsted Street just [...]
Dr Death will administer to homebuyers in Lake View
Here at Yo we have a particular interest in the 3100 block of Sheffield Avenue, for two reasons. It's where our offices are located, and the street is [...]
Pizza-lovers take note: Frasca opens in Lake View
A foodie friend once said, "You couldn't pay me enough to live in Lake View. There just aren't enough good restaurants." Despite his predilection for [...]
Mommy and Daddy are at work in Skokie
While seeking out interesting photo opportunities recently for New Homes' Skokie profile, I walked into Chuck E. Cheese's at Village Crossing, and ask [...]
Dinner with Frida in Wicker Park
Adobo Grill in Wicker Park (2005 W. Division St., 773-252-9990) is hosting dinner and a showing of the movie Frida manana at 5 p.m. That's tomorrow fo [...]
Charlie Trotter in the kitchen at Gold Coast high-rise
Ok, last word on 50 E Chestnut - the one and only Charlie Trotter also was at last night's promotional event, supplying delectable appetizers and sign [...]
Wine dinner at Evanston's Stained Glass
The Stained Glass restaurant in Evanston (1735 Benson Ave., 847-864-8600) is hosting a unique wine dinner on Tuesday, May 16, featuring the wines of C [...]
Work in Lake View or River North? Monday, don't pack a lunch.
In Lake View Pizza-Ria celebrates the opening of yet another location on Monday and Tuesday by throwing their sauce-smudged arms wide open with pizza [...]
Your mom at Le Lan
The elegant River North restaurant Le Lan (749 N. Clark St., 312-280-9100) is offering a three-course Mother's Day lunch menu featuring items such as [...]
The popularity of Potbelly
If you thought Potbelly sandwich shops would fly only in Lincoln Park and the suburbs, think again; the new store in Hyde Park (5428 S. Lake Park Ave. [...]
Happy birthday, Alinea restaurant
The Chicago home of the international molecular gastronomy movement, Alinea restaurant (1723 N. Halsted St., 312-867-0110) in Lincoln Park, celebrates [...]
Grilling 101 in the West Loop
We don't want to count our chickens before we grill them, but the sun is starting to show its face regularly, and if your sniffer is sharp you know th [...]
Everything is $5 at Southport restaurant
The strip of Southport between Addison and Irving went upscale long ago and is now lined with fancy restaurants. So it's nice in a way to see that in [...]
Renting above a Chicago restaurant: deliciously good or unsavory?
Yo recently noticed a few "For Rent" signs for apartments located above restaurants on Clark Street, like P.S. Bangkok, above.
Living in an apartme [...]
Lots o' matzo in River East
The new Max and Benny's deli is offering in-house and to-go Passover Seder menus on Wednesday and Thursday night, April 12 and 13, for $18.95 per pers [...]
Tax Day dinner deals in the suburbs
It's a little out of the way for city folks, but on April 17 and 18, Tin Fish restaurant is offering "Tax Day" dining deals, consisting of the "1099" [...]
Sweet Occasions opens in Andersonville, land of cafes
Sweet Occasions, a cafe serving gourmet coffee, sandwiches, ice cream and sundry treats, has opened a location in Andersonville, at 5306 N Clark St, [...]
Cooking with Tony on the Mag Mile
No foolin', on Saturday, April 1, chef Tony Mantuano, he of the James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Midwest last year, presents the first in a seri [...]
Irish ways
Over the weekend at R.J. Grunts (2056 N. Lincoln Park West, 773-929-5363), the Lincoln Park restaurant that started it all for the Lettuce Entertain Y [...]
Victor Hotel is a lounge
Restaurateur Jerry Kleiner's newest venture is a lounge called Victor Hotel, a place so named because of a sign Kleiner had, a sign he loves, that r [...]