Restaurants

A loaded potato waffle is in your future. Yes, your future looks good.

Turns out, curating a restaurant book library is a lot of work. A lot.

Okay, the food is really good too.

This restaurant has a built-in flower shop, and we're about ready to move in.

Could the reign of the white-walled, light-wood café finally be over?

Murals so nice, you might forget to go inside.

If you're coming to Chicago restaurants for deep dish, well, you need to try harder. The latest wave of talent is hawking mole verde at a neighborhood antojería, tteokbokki in a strip mall, and modernist halva tarts that cap off a mind-blowing tasting menu.

A professional ice cream scooper shares her secrets.

No American city celebrates seafood more than Charleston, from its iconic shrimp and grits to its raw-bar platters piled high. Here’s where to catch it all, plus a much-deserved cocktail

There's no one in the business like Sarah Rosenberg, the totally unrehearsed publicist behind the scenes at Eleven Madison Park.

One burger with a side of TaTas, please.

(But actually, it doesn't count as stealing!)

If you had to pick the things Chicagoans are most passionate about, encased meats and Italian beefs would probably rank somewhere near the top, alongside sports and politics.

Where the locals go to lighten up

If there’s one ingredient that defines restaurant cooking right now, it’s the logs that fuel all those burnished, smoke, live-fire flavors.

When the lunch rush hits, this line is moving faster than all the rest. How??

And we're not complaining.

It’s open From Dusk Till Dawn.

Here's how to get the plant-based look into your own home.

Don't reach for the Jager Bomb. Try using Jager like an amaro instead.

Including what's in that magical secret sauce.

The British actor—who stars in The Trip series and The Dinner—will make you hungry (and jealous).

Extra cheese, arcade games, and fake wood panelling are all cool again.

If you're going to detox, might as well do it like a chef.