Stephanie Izard's latest project in the West Loop is an actual diner, complete with breakfast all day and an enormous menu.
We recommend the salads (egg and tuna, both richer and more delicious than any version you’ve had), but only if you start with the incomparable brunch breads—a selection of coffee cake, croissants. Read more.
Longman recreates "Negroni di Aqulia" into something that’s suited for the early hours, subbing mellow Aperol for Campari, introducing effervescence with prosecco and shoving gin out of the picture. Read more.
By the time I made my way from the brioche’s crisp exterior to its custardy interior, an odd mass of whipped cream revealed its true identity—whipped maple syrup—as it reduced to its original form. Read more.
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Begin your Sunday with the housemade ricotta and the thick slabs of “Publican bacon” (not the strips that come with the omelette but the top-shelf stuff). Or try the fig-pistachio scones. Read more.
The Monday brunch revealed that every menu item contains sausage. Crispy chicken and waffles? It’s chicken sausage. A light, tender veggie frittata topped with fennel fronds? Vegetarian sausage. Read more.
Thought you'd want to know: Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar has been nominated for Best New Bar in Time Out Chicago’s 2011 Eat Out Awards. Vote now! Read more.
The General Jane's Fried Chicken ($16.50), which is twice fried and lacquered with a dark, sticky and entirely addictive honey-ginger-chili sauce, is a must-have. Read more.
Butcher & the Burger has a fully operational butcher shop on premise and is all about customization: choose your meat blend, choose your seasonings, choose your bun, choose your toppings.
Both the four-ounce griddled burgers and eight-ounce charbroiled ones are excellent. So are the fries dusted w/ truffle salt & Parmesan. Don't miss ultra-creamy "Five Dollar" milk shakes that cost $4. Read more.
