Gain Changers, a protein and juice bar, operates inside the LA Fitness at 3435 S. King Drive in the Douglas neighborhood. The counter serves protein smoothies, fresh juices and smoothie bowls, and a gym membership is not required to order. The menu includes protein smoothies such as the Chocolate Peanut …

Emerald Loop Bar & Grill operates at 216 N. Wabash Ave. in the Loop, inside the 35 E. Wacker Drive building near the Chicago Theatre and the Riverwalk. The Irish-American bar and grill is part of Chicago’s Vaughan Hospitality Group, which also runs Vaughan’s Pub. The menu lists Irish-leaning mains …

Edelweiss Tavern, a neighborhood bar at 3808 W Belmont Ave, has been pouring drinks in Avondale since 2009. The small storefront sits between Hamlin and Avers Avenues, on the edge of Logan Square, and keeps things simple: pool, darts, a jukebox and cheap drinks. The bar runs in-house pool leagues …

Dell’ Rooster, a Latin American restaurant and bar on Chicago Avenue in West Town, serves pan-Latin breakfast, brunch and dinner from co-owner and chef Miguel Tenesaca. The menu includes a Valencia-style seafood paella with shrimp, mussels, clams, saffron and Bomba rice, and Cuban-style braised oxtail with sweet plantains, queso fresco …

Chef Art Smith’s Reunion serves Southern comfort food at Navy Pier’s west entrance, 600 E Grand Ave in Streeterville. The restaurant is led by chef Art Smith, a James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year honoree who spent a decade as Oprah Winfrey’s personal chef. Reunion’s menu covers brunch, lunch, …

Big Shoulders Coffee, the Chicago-based roaster, runs a cafe on Taylor Street in Little Italy, one of eight Big Shoulders locations around the city. The Taylor Street shop pours the roaster’s 1848 house espresso alongside a rotating single-origin espresso, and brews single-origin coffees by hand to order. The drink menu …

Yu-Yubu has opened on the fourth level of The Shops at North Bridge, 520 N. Michigan Ave., in the Streeterville section of the Magnificent Mile. The counter specializes in yubu, inari-style sushi made with tofu pockets, alongside donburi rice bowls, poke bowls and matcha drinks. The yubu come filled with …

Tilly Bagel Shop has opened a third Chicago location in Lakeview, at 3162 N Broadway. It’s the sourdough bagel shop’s first location north of the river, joining its existing South Loop and Fulton Market shops. The shop makes small-batch sourdough bagels in classic flavors like plain, everything and sesame, along …

Pressbox has opened at 47 W Polk St in Printer’s Row, taking over the space in the historic Dearborn Station building formerly occupied by Bar Louie. The sports bar is a project of local owners LaKeisha Stephens and Erika Menefee. The menu is built around game-day food and drink: PBX …

Logan Parlor, a gender-free hair salon and barbershop at 3251 W Fullerton Ave in Logan Square, prices every cut and color by time, length and stylist level rather than by gender — the foundation of what the shop calls its “Hair Has No Gender” approach. The salon has operated in …