Food
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.
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.
Han Cha and Yunomi are much more than museum cafes, even though they are surrounded by art in the Stony Island Arts Bank.
When a student is found dead while preparing for a high-stakes quiz, the detectives take part in their own trivia game to try to trick a confession out of someone.
Two seemingly natural deaths in the same hall while someone played organ suggest the music might have something to do with the deaths.
Chicago native Sieger Bayer of seasonal pop-up bar Berria is the latest Chicagoan to compete on Top Chef. He shares some of his favorite places in the city.
As the Blackhawks and the Bulls embark on a large-scale development project to transform the area around United Center, a first step has enlisted One Off Hospitality to provide food at some ice rinks used by the team and open to the public.
Roasters and cafes are exploring different varieties and species of coffee from lesser-known regions in Asia, offering both new flavor profiles and sources that are potentially more climate-resilient.
Filming has begun on the seventh season of the Victorian detective series Miss Scarlet, which Masterpiece has announced will be its last.
“I use a lot of modern techniques without making it too intimidating," says Bar Bambi's Katie Renshaw, who has worked at many of Chicago's top bars.
Daniel Parker and Liz Bendure met at the beloved Lula Cafe and have been hosting supper clubs and events as Txa Txa Club the past few years. Now they have a singular brick-and-mortar space.
March is Women’s History Month, and WTTW is marking the occasion with programming that spotlights women’s contributions to politics, civil rights, the arts, literature, science, and beyond.
February may be the shortest month, but Chicago’s news cycle didn’t slow down. How much did you catch? Test yourself with our February news quiz.
Two new literary dramas join a Ken Burns-produced look at Henry David Thoreau and Women's History Month programming in March.
Cooking with Legends brings together the longtime PBS hosts and chefs Bayless and Tsai in Bayless' Chicago home. We spoke to Bayless about his early days in TV, his background in barbecue, and more.
In the new PBS special Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai & Rick Bayless, Bayless shares a recipe for simple steak tacos similar to some he has been serving at Frontera Grill since it opened in 1987.
Siegfried is once again called to treat Miss Stokes' goat Hilda as Christmas approaches, bringing a surprise guest.
Try Irish soda bread for St. Patrick's Day in a recipe from Paul Hollywood of The Great British Baking Show.
“I don’t think America is really up to speed on that yet,” says Mychael Bonner of Caribbean and African food, which he prepares with his decades of restaurant experience at his new Spice by CMB.