Restaurants

"I will do everything the old-school way even if it takes longer if I think it’s the best way to do it,” says Ryan Brosseau, chef of Dear Margaret, which offers glimpses into the kitchen's process via social media videos.

Providing food for a professional sports team, as The Publican's One Off Hospitality does for the Chicago Fire, involves much more than just sustenance.

One Off Hospitality is opening a third location of its Mediterranean hotspot avec in the northern suburb of Highwood, while Rob Levitt takes over the kitchen and refreshes the menu at the West Loop's Publican. 

Namhee Kim not only provides Korean barbecue at locations of Daebak in Wicker Park and Chinatown; she also owns a K-pop gift shop. She shared Chicago recommendations with us.

Milli by Metric, located in a century-old warehouse with a large patio, just offers coffee and ambitious pastries for now. But it will eventually expand into dinner service and more. 

Phil Stefani of Stefani Restaurant Group and Art Smith, who came to fame as Oprah's personal chef, are opening a public restaurant in partnership with the Vatican on the grounds of a historic papal retreat.

Creepies incorporates Chicago into the French bistro with dishes like a tavern-style tarte flambé and giardiniera on top of mussels. 

“We’re hoping to be able to spark a renaissance, and we’re happy to start it,” says Kosti Demos. “I just want more Greek-owned businesses” in Greektown again, like his new Ithaki Estiatorio.

Alex Payne draws the elaborate cocktails of the Three Dots and a Dash menu, the comic-book style illustrations at Sushi-san, and much more, in a unique restaurant industry job. 

The tiny restaurant located next to an Asian supermarket in a mall not only has esteemed fans, but also hosts regular public demonstrations of tuna butchering. The team behind it has a new restaurant planned.

Located in Portage Park, in the opposite corner of the city from Calumet Fisheries, Hagen's and Calumet are the last two traditional smokehouses in Chicago. 

South Side native Lamar Moore leans into the food of the American South at his new restaurant, etc., the first place where he is an owner. He shares some favorite places in Chicago.

With sales down on weeknights and a sense of complacency in the kitchen, Giant decided to institute a test kitchen in which the staff would experiment with new dishes that would appear on the menu at a lower price.

The chef of two Michelin-starred Ever, which appears in The Bear, has written a memoir as a way to exorcise his traumatic past. 

After a decade in Lincoln Square, Luella's Southern Kitchen is moving to Albany Park to serve just breakfast and brunch. It opens August 6.