To The Market . . .

Tix are still available for the Green City Market Chef's BBQ, in its 10th year and going down 6-8pm July 15.

Eighty local chefs will be participating and creating delicious, signature bites from produce sold at the market. What's particularly cool this year is that in addition to the many dishes guests will get to sample, some of the city's most accomplished mixologists will be on hand to handcraft market-fresh cocktails.

Menu Revealed at Girl & The Goat!

Stephanie Izard is the executive chef and co-owner of Girl & The Goat, set to open this summer. (Photo: Stephanie Izard)


Here's your very first sneak peek at what's going on the menu at the year's most highly anticipated restaurant.

Over the holiday, Stephanie Izard's Girl & The Goat web site launched, offering us a taste of what to expect.

Manor, RiNO Team To Open BBQ Joint

Annnnd, they're on to the next thing.

The guys behind Manor, RiNO, Stay and Cedar Hotel are making moves to open a BBQ joint in River North.

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Set It Off in High Style This Weekend

There’s nothing more American than helping our fellow man. And as we celebrate Independence Day this weekend, let’s not forget our family in the Gulf Coast.

The Fifty/50 caps off its second-annual National 40oz Week with a benefit for those suffering from that obnoxious oil spill.

Who Runs This Town?! Billy vs. Bowles . . .

Billy Dec (left) and Graham Elliot Bowles


Marketing Geniuses? Chicago Ambassadors? Or Media Whores?!

Graham Elliot Bowles and Billy Dec are certainly two of Chicago's larger-than-life personalities we just cannot seem to get enough of.

One's a star chef and the other's an old-school clubhead turned successful restaurateur. And what they have in common is that they've both mastered the art of keeping themselves newsworthy through various ventures as well as outrageous stunts . . .

Why Zagat Loves Chicago!

Tim Zagat, founder of the Zagat mobile guidebooks. (Photo: Getty Images)


I know how we feel about Chicago, but it's nice to be validated every now and then by an outsider that we're a world-class city when it comes to dining.

New York native Tim Zagat, who founded his eponymous mobile guidebooks in 1979 with his wife, Nina, has been coming to Chicago for more than 40 years. For him, it never gets old because there's always something new to discover on each trip.

Worth Honking About . . .

(Photo: Goose Island)


The field for local microbreweries is jam packed, so it made sense for the pioneering Goose Island Brewery to take its craft to the next level.

They're doing mega collaborations with some very high-profile chefs in town by offering custom-designed beer on tap at each restaurant.

C-House, on the first level of the Affinia Hotel, is the latest to jump on board with its own brew, and they're celebrating its debut with a launch event on July 8.

Randolph Wine Cellars Shutters; Makes Way For New Concept

Just got word Randolph Wine Cellars is shutting down July 31 to make way for a new concept this fall.

No clues on what that concept will be yet, but owner Brenda Fotopoulos calls it "a concept the likes of which Chicago has never seen before."