The West Loop’s restaurant shuffle is getting a high-profile new player. All Well, a new spot from Oriole owner-chef Noah Sandoval and chef Larry Feldmeier, is set to move into the former Lola’s Restaurant & Bar space at 111 N Carpenter St. The team plans a split personality for the room: a roughly 50-seat dining salon with a five-course prix-fixe menu, and a separate bar program built around a la carte snacks and late-night sandwiches. They are aiming for a spring opening, though no firm date is on the books yet.
The owners have started the city paperwork process and are keeping public details tight, according to What Now Chicago, which reported that the group submitted a liquor license application tied to the address. That report also notes that All Well will share space with Nancy’s Pizza and sit across the street from the McDonald’s corporate campus near Fulton Market. Sandoval and Feldmeier, the outlet adds, have not yet launched a website or social media accounts for the project.
Paperwork and timeline
City records show a concrete move toward opening. The Department of Business Affairs lists a "111 Carpenter St LLC" doing business as All Well and records payment for a consumption-on-premises liquor application on March 5, 2026. In Chicago’s restaurant playbook, that filing usually means owners are lining up permits, inspections, and a liquor license before they can welcome guests. The application is not an approval, but it does pull the project into public view as it moves through the city’s permitting pipeline.
Menu and layout
Industry roundups describe All Well as a lighter, sibling-style offshoot of Oriole, with two distinct tracks for diners. One side is a tasting room with a five-course menu, and the other is a casual bar program that may feature items such as agnolotti and a short rib sandwich. Eater Chicago has already slotted All Well onto its list of most-anticipated spring openings and notes that the space will use both a dining room and a bar top to deliver separate menus. The compact footprint and split format are designed to offer a more formal tasting experience alongside easier, nightly drop-in options.
Who's behind All Well
The project teams Sandoval, the chef-owner of Oriole, with Feldmeier, who has led several Chicago kitchens. The Michelin Guide lists Oriole as a two-star restaurant, and Oriole’s press materials note that Sandoval was named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2017. That kind of résumé helps explain why the West Loop offshoot is drawing attention before All Well has even released a full menu.
What it means for the West Loop
All Well is the latest sign of the West Loop’s constant churn of buzzy openings, as chefs and developers continue to refit compact storefronts into reservation-driven concepts. The address previously housed Lola’s Restaurant & Bar, a neighborhood spot listed at 111 N Carpenter, according to Choose Chicago. With La Colombe, Nando’s, and other destinations already clustered nearby, All Well will be stepping into a tightly packed, restaurant-heavy block.
The owners say more information will arrive in the coming weeks, and for now, the liquor application remains the clearest public sign that an opening is getting closer. Until then, Chicago diners can slot All Well onto the short list of West Loop projects to keep an eye on this spring.
