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New Restaurants Coming to the Chicago Area in Summer 2026
The days have once again begun their inexorable shortening, but it's a long time before those summer evenings perfect for a patio, cocktail, or sweet treat disappear.
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Explore the food stalls surrounding the Swap-O-Rama Flea Market in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, where there are a variety of diverse and sometimes rare Latino foods and flavors.
Over the decades, Mario’s has become a community gathering place, serving as a celebratory stop after graduations and sports wins, or just as an annual family tradition.
“You can understand another person’s perspective when you see their neighborhood and what it’s like to live there,” says Tonika Lewis Johnson, the founder of the Folded Map Project, who is organizing tours in partnership with the city and popular historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas.
Sophia's wealthy, widowed aunt Lady Bellaston has plans for both Sophia and Tom, and they don't involve letting the two young lovers reunite even though they are both in London.
A Masala Chai Recipe from ‘Great American Baking Show’ Contestant and UIC Med Student Nirali Chauhan
For Nirali Chauhan, a UIC medical school student and a contestant on the new season of The Great American Baking Show, baking is both an art and a science. Chauhan shares her journey to the famous baking tent and a recipe for her family's chai.
Sam Rattanopas and Mina Sudsaard met while children in Thailand, and now co-own NaKorn in Evanston, where they serve upscale Thai food.
Nick Sheedy spends hundreds of hours digging through records and paper trails to discover the ancestors of guests on Finding Your Roots. “You want to have a feeling that you belong and that there’s a community out there that belongs to you," he said of the interest in genealogy.
A reality cooking competition show might seem like an odd subject for an opera, but it allows for some hijinks and character studies as the contestants express their stories through food while vying to make the best mac 'n' cheese.
One hundred and fifty years ago today, the future mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak was born in an area of Austria-Hungary that is now part of the Czech Republic.
As Louis supports the American Revolution and prepares to go to war with Great Britain, Antoinette finds herself enamored by a dashing noble and is abetted in her tryst by Yolande.
Sophia flees her impending marriage to Blifil, following in the footsteps of Tom, who gets kicked out by Squire Allworthy. More colorful characters are met along the way, and Tom of course gets himself into trouble.
Almost everything that can go wrong before Matthew and Trixie's wedding does, but they luckily have a caring group of midwives and a supportive community to usher everything through to the end.
The coronation of King Charles III in the United Kingdom is soon, with all the accompanying pomp. Here are some shows both historical and fictionalized to sate your curiousity about royalty in the meantime.
Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart, president and co-founder of Koval Distillery, talks about what makes her distillery's bourbon uniquely Midwestern: it's all about the grains.
At his Chicago restaurant Hermosa, Ethan Lim offers Cambodian-inspired sandwiches during the day and a "Family Meal" multi-course private dining menu at night. He's the subject of a new American Masters profile.
