Only restaurants funded by chains and private equity groups are growing in Chicago. For independents, it’s an existential crisis.

With “The Bear” back for a fourth season, the spotlight returns to Chicago’s culinary scene. Here’s a collection of the ...

The New York Times released an updated dining guide for Chicago this week, highlighting some of the city's most iconic ...

One of Chicago’s most anticipated restaurant openings of the year is getting a name change. The restaurant formerly known as ...

Some standouts include RL Restaurant, Rose Mary, and Girl & the Goat. CHICAGO - OpenTable has named 10 Chicago restaurants as top destinations for outdoor dining this summer. What we know: ...

The Niles restaurant, which opens this summer, is yet another stamp in the portfolio of James Beard Award-winning restaurateur Jimmy Bannos Jr., but this one is the most personal.

To be called The Vig Milwaukee, the restaurant will occupy 10,800 square feet of space with lakefront views, including an 8,500-square-foot interior space and a 2,000-square-foot patio.

There aren’t many Black-owned restaurants in Downtown Chicago, which makes Kitchen + Kocktails a unique success story. The restaurant’s formula takes an elevated approach to soul food, with ...

A new concept from Chicago-based restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You will be the dining anchor for The Seam, a "reimagining" of a seven-building property at 1444 Oak Lawn. The Seam will feature 160 ...

The Southern butter cake with butter pecan ice cream at the restaurant Nafsi, inside Chicago’s South Shore Cultural Center, May 22, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Show Caption ...