South Loop Restaurants Rally to Rehire Staff as AO Hawaiian Hideout Closes After 13 Years, Chicago

Microsoft outage disrupts businesses in Chicago area, prompts calls for backup communication plans

As many employees wrapped up the work week catching up on emails, businesses continued dealing with the effects of a global ...

This Historic Illinois Restaurant Will Whisk You Back To The Good Old Days

If you’ve been eating at chain restaurants and wondering why food stopped feeling special, the Ariston Cafe in Litchfield, ...

Ja’ Grill closes Harper Court restaurant after 11 years in Hyde Park

Ja’ Grill, the Jamaican restaurant and bar that has anchored Harper Court since 2014, closed last week after 19 years in ...

Popular Chicago-area restaurant chain to close multiple stores, many by end of 2026

The closures were revealed during the company's third quarter earnings call last week. It is unclear exactly when the ...

Burglars break into 2 North Side pizza restaurants, Chicago police say

Thieves hit two Chicago pizza restaurants Friday morning. The first took place at about 3:30 a.m. at Pete's Pizza and Bakehouse in the 1100-block of West Granville Avenue. Police said the burglars ...

Highly-acclaimed Chicago restaurant opens in Highwood on North Shore

The opening marks the group's second expansion into the suburbs, following a 2023 opening of Publican Quality Bread in Oak Park.

Winter weather advisory issued for parts of Chicago area, with wet, slushy snow ahead

One of Chicago’s most beloved Mediterranean restaurants is now open on the North Shore. Avec, from the award-winning One Off ...

We Ranked The 10 Best Breakfast Restaurants In The Chicago Area And Here Is Who Made The Cut

Free donut holes. Tiny boxes of Milk Duds. One Chicago diner has handed both to breakfast guests since 1958, and I honestly ...

‘Off-putting’ or ‘a fine tool’? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant and repugnant

Walk down a commercial street in almost any Chicago neighborhood or a busy corridor in the suburbs and it’s hard to escape some form of suspect food imagery.