On a recent weeknight, I saw a hungry couple, 60-ish and gray, wander into Italian Village, perhaps lured by the massive neon sign on West Monroe Street that ...
Phil Vettel on the Chicago Tribune Critic's Choice Dining Awards.
Taureaux Tavern finds Mike Sheerin of Trenchermen and the early days of Blackbird in the kitchen.
Truluck's formal-*service*, white-tablecloth experience is expense-account-worthy, special-occasion dining, and it could be just the ticket if you have a client to ...
The restaurant recently left its West Loop home of 26 years and relocated eastward, to Jefferson Street, just south of the el tracks.
A new executive chef, Mark Mendez (Vera, Carnivale), has been tweaking the menu a little at a time, to good effect.
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The new spot in Hotel Julian describes itself as a play on a steakhouse, where they would "make steaks less serious." Our reviewer urges them to take a step ...
The year 2018 gave us all plenty to complain about, and it was no different for restaurant criticism. Of course, there were those restaurants that were predictably ...
You could bring a client here. Maybe for a high-importance, low-distraction conversation, though; not to celebrate a deal.
Pub-like decor, unobtrusive oldies soundtrack, capacious booths, efficient staffers and a competent kitchen that's not dreaming of Michelin stars equals a ...
Takeout/delivery thin-crust-pizza chain Armand's has opened several full- *service* restaurants recently with the help of Joe Farina, the former head chef of the ...
The restaurant works better for a chummy colleague lunch than for treating a client, where too many weaknesses risk distracting from the business talk.