Restaurants

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.

Chuck Pine serves not just Chicago-style and Texan barbecue but also Cajun and Mexican regional dishes with produce grown on a farm at one of his two locations in the southwest suburbs. 

“Having done this for a while and seeing what people respond to, I feel that we can give people what they want at a little bit more of a price point that makes sense,” says Andrew Choi, formerly of Jinsei Motto, of his new Omakase Box. 

Eleftheria Sioulas was born in Chicago, raised in Athens, and now shares the cuisine of Greece in Chicago at Avli. She recommends restaurants and more in Chicago.

Next puts a Midwestern twist on the legendary Italian restaurant Osteria Francescana, while Alinea celebrates 20 years and Grant Achatz tries out generative AI.

Two lifelong friends from Southeast Asia have opened Chicago's only sit-down Lao restaurant in Irving Park in order to share the food they grew up with and learned from their families. 

A wave of restaurants is helping showcase the diversity of Indian cuisine in Chicago, particularly spotlighting the coconut-based, seafood- and beef-heavy cuisine of the southern state of Kerala.

In a ceremony held in Chicago for the national food and hospitality awards, Chicago notched two wins, one more than last year.

Bailey Sullivan, executive chef at Monteverde, was one of three Chicago chefs on this season of Top Chef and fought her way all the way to the final. 

Jennivee's Bakery offers cakes and cupcakes in a rainbow of colors, including specials for Pride Month. Owner Jen Vailoces shares some of her favorite Chicago food places.

Gyros may have traveled from Istanbul to Athens, but its American soul belongs to Chicago. And it’s much more than just a sandwich.