Week in Reviews

Another Chicago Tortilla Maker Is Accused of Ignoring Poor Working Conditions

By Ashok Selvam April 25, 2022

Illinois to Roll Back Mask Mandate in Late February as COVID-19 Case Rates Decline

By Naomi Waxman and aimee.levitt February 9, 2022

Black Beer Makers Get a Boost With New Scholarship From Local Brewery School

By Naomi Waxman and aimee.levitt January 31, 2022

Chicago Restaurant Vaccine Mandate Could Be Lifted By Spring — Whatever That Means

By aimee.levitt and Naomi Waxman January 24, 2022

Cream Cheese Shortage Hits Eli’s Cheesecake But Can’t Stop Production

By aimee.levitt and Naomi Waxman December 20, 2021

Courts Deal Blow to Restaurants Seeking Pandemic Insurance Relief

By Ashok Selvam and Naomi Waxman December 13, 2021

As Omicron Arrives, Chicago Ponders Requiring Vaccination Proof at Restaurants and Public Places

By aimee.levitt and Naomi Waxman December 8, 2021

Oprah Names a Chicago Meal Kit and Food Tech Company to her 2021 Favorite Things List

By Naomi Waxman and aimee.levitt November 1, 2021

Christkindlmarket Christmas Bazaar Reveals 25th Anniversary Mug

By aimee.levitt and Naomi Waxman October 25, 2021

Rick Bayless’s Immersive Play Casts Audiences as Influencers in Kitchen Nightmare Theater

By Samantha Nelson October 15, 2021

Chicago Could Ban Valet Parking at Bars

By Naomi Waxman October 15, 2021

Portillo’s, a Chicago Street Food Icon, Plots Major Expansion

By Naomi Waxman and aimee.levitt September 29, 2021

30 Chicago Businesses Receive Citations for Indoor Mask Mandate Violations

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam September 8, 2021

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

By Naomi Waxman August 30, 2021

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

By Naomi Waxman August 16, 2021

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

By aimee.levitt and Ashok Selvam August 11, 2021

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

By Naomi Waxman July 26, 2021

After 11 Years, Chicago Magazine’s Chief Dining Critic Departs

By Ashok Selvam April 19, 2021

ABC 7 Chicago’s ‘Hungry Hound’ Steve Dolinsky Says Farewell After 17 Years

By Ashok Selvam February 22, 2021

Tribune Dining Critic Phil Vettel Says Goodbye, Closing Out 41 Years at the Paper

By Jeffy Mai January 15, 2021

Chicago Loses Its Last Full-Time Dining Critic

By Ashok Selvam January 12, 2021

Chicago Tribune Posts Its First Restaurant Review Since the Pandemic Began

By Ashok Selvam September 10, 2020

A Critic Tackles Two Omakase Sushi Restaurants

By Jeffy Mai March 13, 2020

River North’s Greek Fine Dining Destination Pleases Vettel

By Jeffy Mai March 6, 2020

Bucktown’s Chinese-American Hotspot Disappoints a Critic

By Jeffy Mai February 28, 2020

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Meaty Serbian Specialties Lure Critic to Lincoln Square

By Jeffy Mai February 21, 2020

A Critic Raves That Rebooted Purple Pig Remains Elite

By Jeffy Mai February 14, 2020

It’s Not Naha 2.0, but a Critic Feels Reverberations at the Chef’s New Restaurant

By Jeffy Mai February 7, 2020

A Critic Feels Moody Tongue Could Become America’s Second Michelin-Starred Brewpub

By Jeffy Mai January 31, 2020

A Critic Thinks the Food at Chicago’s First Okonomiyaki Restaurant Is ‘Almost Perfect’

By Jeffy Mai January 24, 2020

A Critic Gives Chicago’s First Okonomiyaki Restaurant High Marks

By Jeffy Mai January 17, 2020

Time Out’s Massive Fulton Market Food Hall Impresses a Critic

By Jeffy Mai January 10, 2020