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Two Chicago restaurants have been deemed among the "Best New Restaurants in America" for 2025 by popular magazine Esquire.

In the Condé Nast Traveler’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards, the magazine praises Chicago fine-dining giants Alinea and Oriole, and its Michelin-starred Filipino cuisine. The cities finishing ahead of ...

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Festivals are one of the best parts of summer in Chicago, ranging from blowout concerts to small neighborhood parties. Food and drinks are key to any celebration, but sometimes they’re the real ...

The kitchen where deep dish pizza was invented can unsurprisingly be found in a Chicago kitchen, but where? There’s a lot of passion for Chicago-style pizza, but it turns out the chefs actually ...

Boosted by FX’s hit television show “The Bear,” Chicago’s food fare is having a moment — and companies are capitalizing on it. Portillo's has expanded and made inroads in places untapped by many ...

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This season’s class of local cookbooks—and one memoir—is particularly robust, and not just because most of them are sophomore efforts. This cheesemonger’s credibility has taken a leap forward with her ...