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Chicago Restricts the Use of Disposable Plasticware at Restaurants

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam September 15

Chicago Brewery Swept Up in Northwest Side Alderman’s Text Message Scandal

By Naomi Waxman September 13

Chicago Aldermen Want Proof of Vaccination for Bar and Restaurant Customers

By Naomi Waxman September 10

30 Chicago Businesses Receive Citations for Indoor Mask Mandate Violations

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam September 8

Toast, the Restaurant Ordering Platform With Chicago Ties, Files Initial Public Offering

By Naomi Waxman August 30

Chicago Bartenders Quit Summer Smash Festival After Fans Storm Bar Tent

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam August 27

Some Restaurant Workers Are a Step Closer to Mandatory Vaccines

By Ashok Selvam August 23

Chicago’s Mask Mandate Returns Today, Here’s What to Know

By Naomi Waxman and Aimee Levitt August 20

Colectivo Coffee Inches Closer to Seeing Union Election Results to the Chagrin of Management

By Naomi Waxman August 16

Illinois Could See New Festivals Thanks to a New $10 Million Grant Program

By Aimee Levitt and Ashok Selvam August 11

Jimmy Buffet-Inspired Cheeseburger in Paradise Arrives in a River North Ghost Kitchen

By Aimee Levitt, Ashok Selvam, and 1 more August 9

Northalsted Market Days Will Set Up a Vaccination Booth This Weekend

By Naomi Waxman August 6

Boka’s Lauded Pastry Chef Meg Galus Has Departed After Six Years

By Aimee Levitt August 4

NBC 5 Rewards Former Hungry Hound With New TV Gig

By Naomi Waxman August 2

Chicago Restaurants Brace For Next Week

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam July 30

Illinois Restaurants May See COVID-19 Restrictions Return Next Week

By Ashok Selvam and Naomi Waxman July 28

Trib: ‘Top Chef’ Alum’s Fulton Market Restaurant Does More With Croatia Than Italy

By Naomi Waxman July 26

A Chicago Olympic Bar Pop-Up Isn’t Worried About Infringement

By Naomi Waxman July 23

Owner of Popular Pilsen Mexican Restaurant Accused of Attacking an Employee for the Third Time in Three Years

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam July 21

‘Chicago’s Best’ Canceled After a Decade on WGN

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam July 19

Another Top Chicago Baking Company Sunsets Its Fresh Bread Business

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam July 14

Chicago Bears Kicks Off ‘Gameday Eats’ to Support Restaurants

By Naomi Waxman July 12

Taste of Chicago To-Go Returns Today With In-Person Festivities

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam July 7

Vanquished by COVID-19, R.J. Grunts Modernizes Its Famous Salad Bar

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam June 30

Harold’s Chicken and Walnut Room’s Pot Pies Headline Sundays on State’s Food

By Ashok Selvam June 25

Through Ownership, Chicago Street Vendors Find a Lifeline Via Commercial Kitchens

By Naomi Waxman June 23

Soul Vegetarian, the 40-Year-Old South Side Vegan Icon, Leaps Into the Future

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam June 21

Paulina Market and Bourbon County Beers Among New Brews Teased in Label Reveal

By Naomi Waxman June 16

Chicago Restaurants Recover After Reopening Weekend

By Naomi Waxman June 14

Superstar Chicago Chefs Rick Bayless and Stephanie Izard Jet to Opposite Coasts for Summer Openings

By Naomi Waxman June 9

Chicago’s Restaurants and Bars Fully Reopen Friday, But Are There Enough Workers?

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam June 7

Illinois Bars Expect Gov. J.B. Pritzker to Keep To-Go Cocktails Legal

By Naomi Waxman June 2