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TAAN, a Thai restaurant and wine bar, is open at 2759 W. Augusta Blvd. in Humboldt Park. The restaurant serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday, 5 to 10 p.m., and is closed Sunday and Monday. The kitchen is led by chef Chanita Chayaluk, a native Chicagoan trained at Le Cordon Bleu …

Prasino, a Mediterranean-inspired café, has opened at 33 S. Wabash Ave. in the Loop, its first downtown Chicago location. The roughly 3,300-square-foot café serves breakfast, lunch, coffee and grab-and-go options to office workers, students, commuters and residents in the area, with dine-in seating alongside takeout and online ordering. The menu …

Piccadilly Market has opened a second Chicago location at 444 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park, expanding from its original store in Lincoln Square. The business describes itself as “the corner store, reimagined,” combining a sandwich counter, wine shop, coffee bar and pantry goods in one space. The Lincoln Park …

Crepe Nation Express is now serving at 409 W. North Ave. in Old Town, at the corner of Sedgwick and North Avenue. The fast-casual spot offers a build-your-own crepe menu along with preset options such as the Citizen and an apple caramel crepe, plus waffles and pancakes. The current lineup …

TimeLine Theatre Company has moved into its first permanent home at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, a 33,000-square-foot building near Broadway and Argyle that includes a 250-seat black box theater, exhibit galleries, a rehearsal hall and a street-level bar and café. The company, founded in 1997 to present …

Kermess, a new live entertainment venue built around a century-old Belgian Spiegeltent, opens October 15 on the 14th floor of 32 W Randolph St in the Loop Theatre District. The 300-seat room sits above the Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop, next door to the James M. Nederlander Theatre; guests enter through …

The Silversmith Hotel occupies the historic Silversmith Building at 10 S. Wabash Ave. in the Loop, in the heart of the city’s former Jewelers Row district. Designed in 1896 by Peter J. Weber of D.H. Burnham and Company and built in 1897, the building is listed on the National Register …

Mate & Company, an Argentine café at 2779 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Logan Square, is built around mate, the shared tea-like drink of yerba mate served in a gourd. The café describes the ritual as one of passing the gourd from hand to hand, and serves its Mate Experience in …

Hooligan has opened at 2528 N. California Ave. in Logan Square. The restaurant describes itself as a neo-Midwestern bistro rooted in Great Lakes ingredients and guided by classical French technique, an approach it calls “Third Coast Contemporary.” The dining room is à la carte and relaxed. The opening menu runs …

Black Briar, a new American tavern, is now open at 201 N. Morgan St. in Fulton Market. The restaurant serves dinner daily starting at 4 p.m., with a kitchen built around coal-fired cooking and a twenty-seat wraparound bar at the center of the room. The current dinner menu runs from …

Breakfast House, the Chicago breakfast-and-lunch restaurant that started in West Town in 2012, is now serving at 501 W Diversey Pkwy, at the corner of Pine Grove Avenue. The restaurant lists the spot as its Lincoln Park location, one of its ten locations. The menu mixes diner classics with dishes …

Osteria Gilberto is now open at 1224 W Webster Ave in Lincoln Park, describing itself as a modern Italian osteria rooted in tradition and inspired by Tuscany. Pasta is made in house. The menu includes tagliatelle al ragù, spaghetti al pomodoro and the Lasagna di Gilberto, along with larger plates …

Green Street Smoked Meats has been smoking Central Texas-inspired barbecue at 112 N Green St in the West Loop since 2014. The warehouse-style restaurant sits down a brick-paved alley, and orders are placed at the counter. Seating is first come, first served, with no reservations, for parties of one to …

Carlyle Club is now open on the ground floor of the Reid Murdoch Building at 316 N. Clark Street, the 1914 landmark on the north bank of the Chicago River. The dining room looks out at the water, and the patio sits on the Riverwalk. The restaurant pairs a steakhouse …

Top Dog Daycare & Hotel is now operating at 625 N. Kingsbury St. in River North, offering supervised dog daycare, overnight boarding and enrichment sessions, with grooming coming in late November. Daycare dogs are sorted into playgroups by personality, size, energy level and play style, and split their day between …