Chicago restaurants

  Grab your calendar, there are a lot of fantastic food festivals heading to Chicago this summer/early fall. It can all get a little overwhelming, so I have created a …

City dwellers have their favorite go to delivery places for those cold Friday nights when preparing dinner and leaving the house aren’t appealing. For years, Panang on Chicago Avenue was our …

Did you know that Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants? Valentine’s Day is number two. This means that you need to decide where to celebrate …

I am one of those people who never knows that to order at brunch, which is why I especially appreciated the opportunity to attend a brunch menu tasting at Frontier. …

On the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, Charles and I escaped the madness and had a quiet leisurely brunch at The Commons Club at the Virgin Hotel. The Saturday before …

I’ll let you in on a secret. Paris Club Bistro & Bar quietly renovated and rolled out a new menu, and it’s an overlooked gem. I remembered the space as …

Every once in a while I have a meal so outstanding that writing a review proves to be a difficult task. My recent meal at Yum Cha is one of …

  I am slightly embarrassed that it took me to long to make it to the freshly opened Shake Shack in Chicago’s River North. While the doors opened at the …

  The Allis is hands down one of the coolest spaces in Chicago. The rustic mets refined decor includes massive chandeliers, plush velvet chairs, wooden tables, a long marble bar, …

Nomi is an elegant restaurant with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the water tower and Michigan Avenue in the Park Hyatt. Whenever I hear about hotel restaurants, I get a …

Two people. Five Chicago restaurants. One snowy night. Inspired by our Portland food crawl, Charles and I spent a recent Saturday night exploring Wicker Park. We visited a mix of …