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Food & Wine | Tracie McMillan | March 18, 2019 Meet the chefs and restaurateurs who are making restaurant jobs better. When it comes to working in the average restaurant in America today, there is good news, and there is bad news. The bad news probably won’t surprise you. As an industry, food preparation and

Crain’s Chicago Business | Ari Bendersky | March 15, 2019 Big-name chefs, independent restaurateurs and outside players are debuting spots in town over the next few months. This is shaping up to be a stellar year for Chicago restaurants. Big-name chefs, independent restaurateurs, Japanese restaurants and more are coming for the food-obsessed to look forward to.

Eater Chicago | Daniel Gerzina & Ashok Selvam | March 4, 2019 An ongoing log of Chicago restaurant and bar shutters March 4 HYDE PARK— Miriam’s Cafe, the food option at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, announced it will shutter at the end of the current quarter on March 15. The museum

CoStar | Lou Hirsh | February 27, 2019 Eateries Turn to More Space for Cars, Less for Diners The restaurant chain dining room is dying so fast it’s already becoming a ghost. Quick-service restaurants such as Chipotle Mexican Grill are adding more drive-up lanes and online ordering options, transforming restaurant real estate to tap technology

Robb Report | Jeremy Repanich | February 27, 2019 The first James Beard Award nominees since the foundation overhauled its voting body. There are a lot of food awards begging for your attention and desiring to be the “Oscars of food”–like last week’s first ever World Restaurant Awards–but in America, that distinction largely falls on

Tom Murray | Business Insider | February 4, 2019 INHOUSE is not a concierge service, says the company’s founder Benjy Leibowitz: “That’s a word we’ve banned from our vocabulary.” While bookings are admittedly a big part of what they do, INHOUSE is a members’ club that attempts to bridge the invisible gap between industry insiders and diners who are

Ari Bendersky | Crain’s Chicago Business | February 4, 2019 Paul Virant, who earned a Michelin star for his upscale Western Springs restaurant Vie and who later owned Perennial Virant, is opening a restaurant in the West Loop dedicated to a unique type of Japanese pancake called okonomiyaki. Virant, who was named Food & Wine

Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | January 31, 2019 SVN Restaurant Resource Group’s Marcus Sullivan, Tim Rasmussen, and Shane Sackett represented the landlord in the transaction. The group behind Giant, one of Chicago’s essential restaurants, is planning to open a bar that will serve Chinese-American food in Bucktown. The project’s called Chef’s Special Cocktail Bar and its inspiration comes from the

Dana Vollmer | NPR Illinois | January 23, 2019 The Illinois Supreme Court is considering whether Chicago’s regulations on food trucks unfairly stifle competition. A city ordinance bans food trucks from parking within 200 feet of the entrance to a brick-and-mortar restaurant. The city claims it protects property taxpayers who invest in their storefronts. Attorney Robert Frommer, who represents

Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | January 14, 2019 SVN Restaurant Resource Group’s Marcus Sullivan and Tim Rasmussen represented the landlord in the transaction. Holidays will get special attention when Vajra, a new South Asian restaurant serving Indian and Nepalese food, opens in West Town. Imagine special tasting menus for Christmas, Mother’s Day, and holidays observed in South Asia