Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Irene's Finer Diner, Gingie, and Prime & Provisions all reopened this year after fires, while Dear Margaret is still working towards a return after a fire last year. 

Susan Ryeland is back in London with a job offer to edit a new Atticus Pünd novel by a younger writer. Should she take it? 

When Marlow's beloved mayor is poisoned, suspicion points to a town council member who is a gardener. 

Watch a trailer for the upcoming season of All Creatures Great and Small, which is coming to WTTW and PBS in January, 2027. 

With a food program headed by a South Side native, a fruit and vegetable garden that hosts teaching opportunities, and more, the program at the Obama Center aims to show "how food can transmit values."

"Chicago deserved a place where Thai cuisine could be celebrated in a different way, where it wasn't just limited to cheap take-out or cheap eats," says Chanita Chayaluk of her locally sourced wine bar TAAN.

Take a look at some photos from the upcoming seventh season of All Creatures Great and Small, which will premiere in January. 

Hunter came to Chicago to open Atelier and garnered it a Michelin star. Now he's opening a more casual restaurant that aims to bridge high and low. 

The bakery scene in Chicago is arguably the best it has ever been. But the bakery boom doesn’t only include the viral places that attract lines and social media attention.

Dana Cree has created over 300 flavors of ice cream bar for her Pretty Cool Ice Cream, ranging from the nostalgic Dreamsicle to the wacky green bean casserole. She harnesses chemistry and creativity to thrive within her medium's constraints.

The Yuzviks have opened two Soloway Coffee locations and Abrah Bakery in Chicago, but still roast their coffee in Ukraine, where they have some 60 employees. 

Sheil Shukla channels his creativity outside his day job and family life into cooking and photographing his South Asian vegan recipes, which get more global influence and practical adaptation in his newest cookbook, Kari.

“I had to make sure that I was able to continue my grandmother’s legacy,” says Lydia London of her West African restaurant Nimba. It honors her grandmother Comfort Wingba, who fled war in Liberia to come to Chicago.

The barbecue spot will have an expanded dinner menu and drinks in a space filled with pieces by local artists and a sense of history of the surrounding Fifth Ward. 

After being laid off from Eater, several well-known journalists including Chicago's Ashok Selvam started Ravenous to provide the kinds of food stories they thought were missing as AI and social media influencers change the scene.