Friday nights are usually a busy time for restaurants, but, because it's also Valentine's Day, the bookings at Bella Napoli in Schaumburg started at 3 p.m. Dorothy and Mike Dote have been married 45 ...

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When you think about creating the right ambiance in a restaurant, it’s not just the food and service; it’s the details. A beautifully crafted menu holder wood not only protects menus but also ...

With 2025 fresh underway, several Chicago chefs and restaurants have received a prestigious honor, being named among the semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Award, lauding the finest ...

Each restaurant is decorated in team colors and logos and includes a mini team helmet in each Big Box Meal. The two Steelers locations are decked out in black and gold. Kansas City needs one of ...

Around 12:05 a.m., a man entered the restaurant in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue with his hand inside a bag implying he had a weapon, Chicago police said. A 34-year-old man who was inside ...

Cariño, which earned Chicago's only new Michelin star last year, is up for the best new restaurant honor. Leigh Omilinsky of Daisies is being considered in the outstanding pastry chef or baker ...

Chicago Restaurant Week. This year’s 17-day event will see more than 470 restaurants from around town participating, from award-winning institutions to newly opened spots to local favorites.

Emily Venezky is an Editorial Associate at Eater and a proud Washington, D.C. resident. She fell in love with food while growing up in Los Angeles, eating plenty of street tacos and Sichuan dishes.

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Undocumented workers make up a significant portion of the restaurant labor force. Over the weekend, Chicago restaurant managers began developing protocols for handling ICE visits (such as having I ...

Chef and owner Rich Wang opened his debut restaurant in Andersonville last May. Born in Taipei and raised in a juancun, or military dependents’ village, Wang immigrated to Chicago at age 16 with ...