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The Extrovert hit Art Smith's World Fest (read about it here) and mingled with all the Food Network ...
March 13, 2007 5:04 PM
Heads up, Roscoe Villagers: La Mora, everyone's favorite neighborhood date place, has gotten a...
March 16, 2007 5:15 PM
Trendy's not been so good for restaurants lately. Two weeks ago, tricked-out tapas spot Del Toro in ...
March 28, 2007 6:50 PM
We just updated our New on the Scene column with spots that are scheduled to open in April. That lis...
March 29, 2007 11:27 AM
So The Police added a second show at Wrigley? Snore. There's only one 80s act we want to see reform-...
March 29, 2007 2:13 PM
Now that murder, arson, sexual assault, corruption, and poverty have been eliminated, the city can ...
March 30, 2007 1:09 PM
Just in time for spring fashion shopping, we've found the perfect accessory for the Lincoln Park Tr...
April 03, 2007 2:34 PM
The folks behind one of our all-time favorite sushi spots, Rise, debuts a new contemporary Asian and...
April 03, 2007 5:27 PM
It's official: As we mentioned here last week: Boystown's small plate spot X/O Chicago is closing Ap...
April 09, 2007 2:41 PM
You can't stop progress. That's what Papa Milano's owner Rosemarie Sciaccotta is finding out. The Go...
April 09, 2007 3:50 PM
This just in: Set your TiVos to record "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Tuesday. Moto's gastro-w...
April 09, 2007 6:15 PM
The cicadas are coming! The cicadas are coming! After a 17 year hiatus, those buzzing, swarming, do...
April 10, 2007 10:51 AM
We just posted a story in the dining section about barbecue in Chicago. It's called "Give us th...
April 10, 2007 6:12 PM
OK, this just strikes us as funny: Playboy's April issue lists the top 10 steakhouses in America. Wh...
April 11, 2007 6:56 PM
Looking for a great place for a kangaroo burger? We just posted our First Look review of Hop Haus, t...
April 12, 2007 9:54 AM
Our suburban special contributor Lisa Arnett has just posted an interview with Vie's Paul Virant. Af...
April 13, 2007 3:26 PM
Is it just us, or is that a 60-foot inflatable black phallus sitting in front of the Equitable Build...
April 17, 2007 11:34 AM
Mojito Contest Video UPDATE: Last month, Nacional 27 sent out a press release trumpeting the sale o...
April 17, 2007 3:44 PM
We just posted our First Look at The Gage, the new gastropub in the Loop, directly across from Mille...
April 21, 2007 6:49 PM
Lunch at SmoqueYou can bone us anytime, Smoque BBQ. But it was your vinegary sauce we couldn't get e...
April 23, 2007 2:18 PM
So, how was your Monday? We don't know about you, but we could use a big laugh right about now. Good...
April 23, 2007 5:27 PM
Restaurant magazine unveiled its Top 50 restaurants in the world yesterday and the big news: Chicago...
April 24, 2007 9:59 AM
No, no, not secretary--we mean administrative assistant. If you're looking for a place to treat some...
April 24, 2007 3:26 PM
Is a battle of the brunch behemoths brewing in Roscoe Village? If you've seen New on the Scene this ...
April 25, 2007 2:06 PM
Name this Lakeview restaurant: Stark-white interior. Pan-Asian menu. Located on Broadway.If you sai...
April 27, 2007 5:42 PM
On Thursday, we checked out Artropolis the mega art fest (comprised of five art events at the Mercha...
April 27, 2007 8:17 PM
We were delighted to find this in our morning news surf:But what do you think-are you in favor or ag...
May 02, 2007 11:31 AM
Well, hooray. Frango mints are coming back to Chicago.But, c'mon, do you care? I don't. Is the candy...
May 03, 2007 1:12 PM
The Chicago Tribune has a good story today about Arshad Javid, the force behind scrappy coffeehouse...
May 07, 2007 1:14 PM
It looks like the knives are already sharpening for the new season of "Top Chef." As we re...
May 09, 2007 5:50 PM
How brilliant is the name of this new restaurant/lounge going in on the lower level of 160 E. Grand ...
May 10, 2007 4:08 PM
OK, so everyone's -- excuse us -- buzzing about Shiner Bock, the cultish Texas-based brew that debut...
May 11, 2007 2:31 PM
Today's RedEye had a great story by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz about the hardships of servers in Chicago:...
May 15, 2007 1:48 PM
See half of the original Smiths tonight in Chicago!Yes, both Morrissey and Andy Rourke are in town....
May 15, 2007 3:58 PM
Dressed in an all-white suit, Francis Ford Coppola, the famous California winemaker who we've heard ...
May 22, 2007 11:12 AM
While you're waiting for cicada season to begin so you can finally crunch some of those crazy critt...
May 22, 2007 3:15 PM
<<--The spot: It's easy to zip right by little Bonsoiree Cafe & Delicacies, a charming-yet...
May 23, 2007 5:54 PM
<<-After reading the article on cicada cuisine in today's Tribune, we're dying to try a choco...
May 29, 2007 4:44 PM
A phone message at the fabled Le Francais in Wheeling, at one point considered by some to be the bes...
June 01, 2007 11:34 AM
Thanks to Extrovert reader Brian Houdek eating on a cicada. OK, maybe not eating so much as chomping...
June 04, 2007 11:21 AM
In our dining feature today, "Flight Cool," we listed six sensational places to get flight...
June 04, 2007 5:22 PM
Finally! We've found a beer garden for people who wouldn't be caught dead in a beer garden and a lib...
June 18, 2007 5:22 PM
Turns out that "Top Chef" and the "The Next Food Network Star" aren't the only p...
June 19, 2007 3:43 PM
He died about, oh, 107 years ago, but Chicago's on the cusp of an Oscar Wilde throwdown, with duelin...
June 19, 2007 4:57 PM
With Gay Pride weekend here, it brings to mind one of the first articles I wrote for Metromix, "...
June 22, 2007 3:51 PM
There's a mini restaurant/bar boom on North Broadway. We already told you about El Mariachi, which o...
June 29, 2007 6:04 PM
At this weekend's inaugural Pizza Fest in Lincoln Park, visitors and -- in two categories -- a panel...
July 02, 2007 5:42 PM
Despite closing its Evanston location last month and its Wacker Drive location 10 days ago (and its ...
July 03, 2007 3:57 PM
This is what is currently left of Papa Milano, which stood for eons on the corner of State and Walto...
July 05, 2007 4:54 PM
Today, the Chicago Riverwalk has officially reopened. It spans from about Columbus Drive to Wells St...
July 06, 2007 4:20 PM
Some sad news to report: Alinea's superstar chef Grant Achatz sent this message to the media today:&...
July 23, 2007 2:45 PM
It's been a bad month for Virgins in Chicago. First, Virgin Megastore closes and then Randolph Stree...
July 30, 2007 4:43 PM
My name is Chris, and I am a takeout addict. OK, that's not entirely true. I also have a co-dependen...
August 13, 2007 5:25 PM
Last night's episode proved the second time is not necessarily a charm -- at least it wasn't for ...
August 23, 2007 2:12 PM
The Chicago City Council considers a bill allowing restaurants to allow owners to bring their dog...
September 05, 2007 3:18 PM
Update on Doug Sohn: The owner and head sausage dude at Chicago's famous encased meat emporium, Hot ...
September 06, 2007 3:32 PM
File under: I think we could have guessed.
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September 25, 2007 12:56 PM
The culinary gadabouts are absolutely abuzz with the news that three-star Schwa hs closed. We thin...
October 08, 2007 3:13 PM
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You may want to think twice about ...
October 11, 2007 12:19 PM
After a two year run, Saltaus is closed. Now stop asking Michael Taus about it.
He says ...
October 18, 2007 3:10 PM
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What's the best thing about attending...
October 22, 2007 9:11 AM
If you're thinking about making reservations for Table Fifty-Two, Art Smith's new restaurant, you be...
October 23, 2007 12:17 PM
Platiyo, which we chose as one of our favorite margarita places in 2006, looks to be shuttered. We...
October 26, 2007 9:55 AM
You may have read our story today about great places to host this year's office bash. Well, we've go...
November 01, 2007 11:12 AM
We talked to Debbie Sharpe today, who confirmed that her grab 'n' go breakfast joint, Half &a...
November 13, 2007 12:57 PM
Beware you drunk texters: Papa John's has just announced that is now letting customers text message ...
November 15, 2007 9:10 AM
It may be known for hot dogs, but U Lucky Dawg (formely Fluky's) is doing turkey for Thanksgiving....
November 21, 2007 2:23 PM
Looks like, according to this national AP story, that uber-chef Grant Achatz is still rockin'...
November 27, 2007 12:39 PM
We just got off the phone with Spacca Napoli owner Jonathan Goldsmith, who is nothing if not obses...
December 05, 2007 3:14 PM
Has "Top Chef" runner-up Dale Levitski -- who told us this ...
December 06, 2007 10:21 AM
Nothing's going to stop Leona's customers from going face down in their pasta. A car crashed ...
December 07, 2007 1:55 PM
Sleet.
Freezing rain.
Slush.
Nice weather we're having, huh? We don't mean to bum you out...
December 11, 2007 11:05 AM
Buona Beef -- that longtime advocate of eating healthy -- announced via press release to...
December 14, 2007 1:37 PM
Grant Achatz, the renowned chef from Alinea who made headlines earlier this year after he...
December 18, 2007 1:57 PM
The Associated Press gets our award for the Lede of the Year, with this one about Britney and Jami...
December 19, 2007 1:00 PM
It took us six weeks, but we finally got our Sunday night dinner at Table 52.
Sunday is the onl...
January 07, 2008 2:33 PM
We're glad to see Minibar is hosting a viewing party on Thursday for Bravo's new reality sho...
January 08, 2008 9:22 AM
January 11, 2008 1:57 PM
Today's hip wine pros (sommeliers, neighborhood wine shop owners, etc.) tell us that the pric...
January 15, 2008 10:17 AM
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February 05, 2008 2:37 PM
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February 07, 2008 1:14 PM
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February 11, 2008 3:19 PM
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February 12, 2008 3:33 PM
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February 13, 2008 11:54 AM
Streeterville's glitzy ceviche specialist DeLaCosta (click for address) apparently really, really ...
March 04, 2008 9:21 AM
A Metromix reader wrote to us this week with what we thought was a pretty good question: When you ...
March 05, 2008 4:05 PM
During our recent visit to Sixteen, the new restaurant in the Trump International Hotel and T...
March 06, 2008 9:27 AM
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March 18, 2008 2:54 PM
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March 21, 2008 8:38 AM
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March 24, 2008 10:31 AM
When The Berghoff announced it was closing in 2006 after a mere 107 years, lines of folks hungry f...
March 25, 2008 11:23 AM
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March 27, 2008 10:06 AM
So you're not a vegetarian. Neither are we. So if today's article, "Say it isn't soy" abou...
April 01, 2008 11:38 AM
Looks like Greek Islands will be taking a little spring cleaning vacation:
http://www.chicagotr...
April 03, 2008 9:57 AM
We told you about Chicago's Rosscoe's last week, the new Bronzeville chicken and waffles joint. Th...
April 09, 2008 7:54 AM
Every week, you watch "Top Chef: Chicago" religiously. And every week you say the same t...
April 21, 2008 10:00 AM
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Look at the picture above. Yeah, it's ...
April 29, 2008 5:48 AM
As a kid growing up in Glenwood, the South Suburban village that nine out of 10 people living in Chi...
May 05, 2008 9:18 AM
Well, it's a publicity stunt, sure. But it's a publicity stunt we can get behind. Or, well, one that...
May 12, 2008 1:13 PM
Hold on to your gullets! According to a report published on Chicago Tribune's Stew blog, the City ...
May 12, 2008 4:26 PM
Aldermen better watch their livers. The Chicago City Council has lifted the foie gras ban, accordi...
May 14, 2008 12:36 PM