The Hottest Restaurant Openings of Spring and Summer
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...
Six Chicago-Area Restaurant Closures to Know
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...
‘Ghost’ Restaurants That Rely on Mobile-App Deliveries, Pickups Are Changing Real Estate
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...
Here are the Semifinalists for America’s Oscars of the Food World
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...
A $1,550-A-Year Private Members’ Club For Restaurant Regulars Just Raised $2 Million To Expand Around The Globe
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...
Paul Virant Opening Japanese Restaurant In West Loop
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...
The Acclaimed Team Behind Giant To Open A Bucktown Bar With Chinese-American Food
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...
Chicago Food Trucks Take Beef With City To State’s High Court
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...
Lobster-Stuffed Nepalese Dumplings and Goat Steak Will Soon Arrive in West Town
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...
Get a Year’s Worth of Sugar at JoJo’s Milk Bar
Anthony Todd | Chicago Magazine | January 11, 2019 River North dining can get, well, a little repetitive. As Robbie Schloss, owner of the forthcoming JoJo’s Milk Bar (23 W. Hubbard St.): “You get a lot of the same stale concepts that are copies of each other, plus...
Chicago’s Restaurant Boom Has Caused A Kitchen Labor Crunch, And Small Operators Feel Especially Squeezed
Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz | Chicago Tribune | December 15, 2018 New Years Eve last year found Mary Mastricola in a bind. She had booked 80 people for a four-course prix fixe dinner at La Petite Folie, her French restaurant in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. But with two...
Emanuel On James Beard Awards, Food Industry And Tourism In Chicago
Meredith Melland | WGN Chicago | December 10, 2018 CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the James Beard Awards, the "Oscars of the food industry," will extend its run in Chicago through 2027. Emanuel joined WGN Morning News in studio Monday morning to talk...