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 …
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Chef Art Smith’s Reunion Serves Southern Comfort Food at Navy Pier
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, …
Read More »Big Shoulders Coffee Pours Espresso and Rice-Milk Horchata Lattes on Taylor Street
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 …
Read More »Yu-Yubu Brings Inari Sushi and Matcha to the Shops at North Bridge
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 …
Read More »Tilly Bagel Shop Opens Third Location in Lakeview
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 …
Read More »Pressbox Brings Sports-Bar Energy to Printer’s Row
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 …
Read More »Logan Parlor Pairs Haircuts with a Craft Cocktail Bar in Logan Square
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 …
Read More »Junior Chefs Kitchen Offers Kids’ Cooking Classes in the West Loop
Junior Chefs Kitchen, a hands-on cooking studio for children ages 2 to 18, operates a West Loop studio at 1061 W. Van Buren St., according to the business’s website. The company’s original studio is in Lincoln Park, at 2448 N. Lincoln Ave. At both locations, instructors lead chef-tested, hands-on cooking …
Read More »Izakaya Tokyo Brings Late-Night Japanese Small Plates to Boystown
Izakaya Tokyo serves modern Japanese izakaya-style small plates and drinks at 3335 N. Halsted St. in Boystown. The restaurant pairs a menu of shareable plates with a full bar of cocktails, sake and beer, in a space its owners describe as built “for the night people.” The menu centers on …
Read More »Gunny’s Pub Brings Midwestern Comfort Food to Lincoln Avenue
Gunny’s Pub has opened at 2642 N Lincoln Ave in Lincoln Park, taking over the space long occupied by Racine Plumbing Bar & Grill. The all-day neighborhood restaurant and cocktail bar serves lunch, dinner, coffee, beer, wine and cocktails, with a casual front room and a quieter back dining area …
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