food & dining

Crepe-like jianbing at Monkey King Jianbing in Chicago's Chinatown alternates deliciously between crunchy and soft, sweet and spicy, hot and cold.

Paper Thin Pizza, based in the West Loop neighborhood, is staking its claim on being the thinnest-crusted pizza in deep dish-heavy Chicago.

The iconic Jucy Lucy (or Juicy Lucy) cheeseburger hails from Minneapolis, but diners can also find it in the Chicago area.

After Ballast Point acquisition, the Chicago-based Kings & Convicts has abandoned its plans in Wisconsin to move to San Diego, in the former Saint Archer Brewing space.

Tribune food critics pen mini reviews of four Chicago restaurants that opened in 2021: Jaleo, Nobu, Kitchen & Kocktails and Provaré.

Lost Lake, an acclaimed cocktail bar from co-owners Paul McGee and Shelby Allison, will close permanently in January due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In suburban Downers Grove, Eiffel Waffle has been delighting customers with its combination of bubble waffles and ice cream.

Chicago-area restaurants and bars must require proof of vaccination with a mandate in effect Monday. Here's what that will look like for customers.

From reviewing Chicago restaurants like Kasama to stories of the city's famous Home Depot dogs, here are our favorite food stories from 2021.

Tribune food critic Nick Kindelsperger lays out his 12 best dishes of 2021, from deep-dish pizza at Uncle Jerry's to lobster pie from Claudia.

Along with being a daytime cafe, Kasama's stunning dinner tasting menu makes it one of the best restaurants not just in Chicago, but the world.

Robin McFolling is the sausage queen at the Chicago company that specializes in head cheese, souse and sausages with Southern flavor.

Chicago bars and restaurants such as Baker Miller and Hopleaf applaud vaccination requirements for customers as the omicron variant of the coronavirus surges.

Chicago-area restaurants are offering takeout for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day — and there's still time to order.

David and Leslie Tarman, are co-owner/operators of The Silo Restaurant in Lake Bluff, a pub-style pizza place in operation since 1968, are the prospective new owners of La Grange's Palmer Place restaurant.

R&A Bread Bakers is making deep-dish pizza bagels, while other new Chicago restaurants include two José Andrés concepts and Moonflower Bar.

A wave of Chicago restaurant and bar closures took place over the past week as owners grapple with a surge of COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant.

Claudia’s permanent location in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood captures all of chef Trevor Teich’s passion, even if you have to go twice to experience it all.

North Central College in Naperville is roasting whiskey-infused coffee this week that has been soaked in wooden whiskey barrels. It's the latest coffee experiment at the college's coffee lab.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay of "Hell's Kitchen" opens his first Chicago restaurant, a burger spot, in the River North neighborhood.

The state law on healthy kids' meal drinks takes effect Jan. 1 is nearly identical.

Taco Sublime built its Pilsen-based food truck around the mission to help Chicago's homeless population, but the truck was destroyed in a fire last week.

The Wieners Circle reopens in Chicago with a new bar and cocktails, plus an excellent char dog and the notorious side of verbal abuse.

The Great Chicago Cookie Box, with cookies from nine neighborhood bakeries, features Lucila’s Alfajores, Lady Di's, and a tribute to Swedish Bakery.

Hailstorm Brewing in Chicago suburb Tinley Park fired its head brewer and removed him from its ownership group after he said allegations of him groping a woman were "accurate."

Brian Mita, executive chef and co-owner of Chicago restaurant Izakaya Mita died Saturday after fighting cancer for over two years. He was 43.

Ed Debevic’s is a quintessential Chicago childhood memory for so many. After the original location closed six years ago, the retro diner is back.