Three up-and-coming chefs take over the kitchen at Ravenswood Event Center for one night each, with a Mi Tocaya Antojería cook up first.

Hell's BBQ wants village cash to help turn the old Danelli's building into its new downtown Oswego home.

The 30-seat speakeasy below LIA Tavern serves a Warhol Martini dispensed through a hanging metal tube.

No alcohol, no problem: Evanston's Palmhouse hosts a German-style festival built entirely around zero-proof beer and zero-pressure mingling.

The Edgebrook Shopping Center staple shuts its doors this weekend, even as a rival Mexican eatery nearby also folds the same day.

Owner Song Park says new building owners pushed up the closing by weeks to start renovations on Sherman Avenue.

Katz's pickles, rye croutons and beetroot powder meet vanilla soft serve at Kith's Walton Street flagship.

Carlos Arechiga's new seafood-and-cocktail concept is filling the long-vacant Reza's space at Sherman and Orrington.

Itz-Chel's last dinner service is Sunday — tables were more than half full the night owner Johnathan Macedo announced the news.

The Libertyville-born açaí chain is eyeing a new downtown Evanston address after an earlier proposal for a different downtown location.

The $650 million New York chain is moving into a long-vacant former Starbucks Reserve at Six Corners, fueling fresh debate over corporate retail.

The West Town spot pairs pistachio avo-agua with a guava-habanero cocktail, plus toasted bolillo sandwiches on the menu.

Little Betty Smokehouse landed inside UChicago's Hutchinson Commons, with barbecue tacos already a student favorite.