Frontera Grill's Rick Bayless. (Photo: Frontera Grill)
Nothing's hotter than July in Chicago.
Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill, etc.) is apparently zeroing in on the West Loop dining scene, according to Chicago Real Estate Daily:
"Celebrity chef Rick Bayless plans to open a restaurant in the West Loop, joining a frenzy of operators hoping to set up shop in and near the fast-gentrifying neighborhood.
"Mr. Bayless is negotiating to lease space at 900 W. Randolph St., sources said. It's likely Mr. Bayless would offer Mexican food, his culinary forte, at the establishment, his first major project here since 2009."
Right now, he's not going on the record about any of this, but we'll certainly be on the lookout to see what materializes.
