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I-Rock 93.5

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Joliet Rock Club The Forge Ends Nine-year Run As Chicago Venues Shift And Expand

The Forge in Joliet is closing its doors after nine years as a go-to spot for heavy music fans, while Chicago's Salt Shed is planning a massive expansion across the street with a new 15,000-seat outdoor stage.

Chicago, IL · 5d

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7 Dishes Lithuanian-American Grandmothers Cooked for Sunday

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. Lithuanian families in the Pennsylvania coal towns and the factory neighborhoods of Chicago and Cicero kept long Sundays. Dinner started in the morning, when whoever was cooking began grating potatoes for kugelis or shaping cepelinai by hand, and the kitchen held that combination of bacon fat and onions for most of the day. These were not quick meals. They were the meals that marked the week.

Chicago, IL · 9d

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These 10 Illinois Drive-Ins Still Serve Families The Way They Did Decades Ago

Some of the best meals I have ever eaten in Illinois came from places I almost drove right past. A small sign, a gravel lot, a tray clipped to a car window, and suddenly a quick stop turns into a memory you keep talking about for years. Drive-ins like these...

Illinois · 9d

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Fans Make The Drive For Homemade Donuts Fried Fresh In The Window At This Illinois Shop

An apple fritter about as wide as your face, weighing close to a pound, is the reason people cross an entire metro area before breakfast. It comes stuffed with warm apple chunks and cinnamon. Then it gets a heavy coat of glaze made from scratch. The show starts in the...

Chicago, IL · 9d

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What Makes This Southern Restaurant So SPECIAL in Chicago, Illinois

Open Tue–Thu & Sun, 4 PM–9 PM | Fri–Sat, 4 PM–10 PM | Closed Mon. Chicago has plenty of places to eat, but Virtue gives dinner a story worth lingering over. Opened in November 2018, chef Erick Williams’s Hyde Park restaurant brings Southern American cooking together with a commitment to hospitality and kindness.

Chicago, IL · 9d

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This Humble Illinois Deli Serves The Best Italian Beef Sandwich You’ll Ever Taste

There’s a sandwich sitting in downtown Chicago that has absolutely no business being this good. Luke’s Italian Beef, tucked right into the heart of the city, is the kind of place that reminds you why Chicago food culture is genuinely unlike anything else on the planet. Let’s talk...

Chicago, IL · 8d

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This Unassuming Polish Bakery In Chicago, Illinois Still Bakes Its Poppy Seed Rolls The Old-World Way

A single slice of this poppy seed roll shows a spiral so dark and thick it looks almost like a chocolate swirl. It isn’t chocolate, though. It’s a generous ribbon of sweet, earthy poppy seed filling, rolled the way Polish grandmothers have done it for generations. The shop...

Chicago, IL · 9d

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Grove Coffee brews up a year of smiles

When Daniel Stidham asked customers what they liked most about Grove Coffee, the answers were pretty much what he expected. Some mentioned the coffee, others the atmosphere or the location. But one customer gave an answer that stuck with him. She said the staff are always smiling. That simple observation...

Oak Lawn, IL · 8d

KFIL Radio

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Joliet Rock Club The Forge Ends Nine-year Run As Chicago Venues Shift And Expand

Chicago, IL · 6d

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This Is TASTE 861: Brenda Storch Argues Chicago Might Be America’s Mexican Food Capital

Brenda Storch has spent nearly two decades writing about Mexican food as something bigger than what’s on the plate. The Chicago-based writer behind La Vitamina T is an Eater Chicago contributor and a voice in Netflix’s Taco Chronicles. She joins Matt to talk about her amazing city, the relationship you build with your taquero, and what is exciting her outside of Mexican cuisine. We get into chiles en nogada as five centuries of history on one plate and why Chicago—not LA, not Texas—might be America’s most underrated Mexican food city.

Chicago, IL · 7d

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This Unassuming Suburban Illinois Deli Builds Sandwiches Locals Drive Across Counties For

Some of the best meals in Illinois hide behind plain storefronts you would drive past without a second look. I almost did, until the smell of fresh rye and warm pastrami pulled me through the door. What waited inside was a sandwich so tall I had to plan my first...

Skokie, IL · 9d

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This Riverside Illinois Restaurant Serves Seafood With A View Of The Water From Every Table

Some meals sneak up on you, and this one starts with a simple walk along the water in Illinois. You follow the smell of something buttery and grilled, spot a row of umbrellas by the river, and suddenly lunch plans change. What looks like just another city restaurant turns into...

Chicago, IL · 10d

Chowhound

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The Discontinued Frozen Pizza Brand That Traces Back To A '30s Chicago Family Restaurant

This frozen pizza brand was discontinued earlier this year, but before that, the family behind the brand operated a Chicago restaurant. Here's a brief history.

Chicago, IL · 10d

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Marina's Bistro Owner Plots Puerto Rican Supper Club on Uptown's Broadway

A liquor-license application for 4804 N Broadway is a new public sign of chef and owner Eric Roldan’s plans for Marina’s Supper Club, a Puerto Rican restaurant concept intended to bring food and live music to Uptown’s Broadway strip. The application is for the address near W...

Chicago, IL · 8d

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A Beloved Jamaican Restaurant in Hyde Park Bids Farewell After 19 Years

A popular Jamaican restaurant in Chicago, Ja’ Grill, announced the permanent closure of its Hyde Park location. The restaurant will serve its last meal next week and will mark the end of its 19 years of service. Ja’ Grill Set to Close Its Hyde Park Restaurant. Located in...

Chicago, IL · 9d

Secret Chicago

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Whole Foods opening new storefront in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood

Northwest Side residents in Chicago have something to be excited about— Logan Square is finally getting a Whole Foods market. The popular organic grocery chain confirmed to WGN Chicago that it has signed a lease at 2280 North Milwaukee Avenue, formerly the site of a Family Dollar store. Unlike other Chicago locations, the new Whole Foods will follow the chain’s “Daily Shop” format, which features a smaller layout. The chain first introduced its Daily Shop concepts in New York City in 2024. Shoppers can expect fresh produce, grab-and-go items, and other daily essentials. The new market will fill an existing gap in Logan Square, a community with historically limited grocery store options compared to North East Side neighborhoods like Lakeview and Lincoln Park. Additional Whole Foods locations are also in the works elsewhere in Chicago, with a new outpost planned for Lakeview East. Whole Foods has not released an official opening date for the Logan Square store. Stay tuned for future updates! See also: The Chicago REAL ID Supercenter is closing at the end of the year—here’s how to get yours before the deadline

Chicago, IL · 9d

We Are Illinois

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Chicago's Real Food Story Starts With Italian Beef, Not Tourist Pizza

Walk into any neighborhood spot in Chicago and you'll find Italian beef sandwiches flying off the counter. It's the sandwich locals crave year-round, unlike deep-dish pizza which most residents enjoy just a couple times annually.

Chicago, IL · 10d

Mass Market Retailers

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Liquid Death Frosted Squeezed to Death Orange Pop-Tarts

The limited-time toaster pastry serves up bright citrus filling, a golden-orange crust and orange sprinkles, with full permission to have a baaaaad morning; available at participating retailers in November 2026.

Chicago, IL · 8d

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Craveworthy Brands Taps Restaurant Finance Veteran as CFO

Chicago — Craveworthy Brands, the multi-brand restaurant platform founded by former Jimmy John’s CEO Gregg Majewski, has appointed Keith Kravcik as chief financial officer. In this role, Kravcik will oversee the company’s financial operations and help guide Craveworthy’s continued expansion across its portfolio of 20+ brands and 300+ locations.

Chicago, IL · 8d

Chicago Public Radio

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We scoured Chicago’s booming bakery scene for a perfect croissant. We found a dozen.

Scroll down to see WBEZ/Sun-Times food contributor Maggie Hennessy’s list of 12 outstanding croissants — from unfettered to flavormaxxed. A rustling crunch cascades as my teeth shatter the outer layer of a chubby pastry football shellacked in egg wash. Butter coats my tongue, and while I’ve barely reached the croissant’s tender, lacy middle, the evidence is already damning. Golden shards litter the plate and table, burrow in my clothes and between my laptop keys. What uncomplicated, chaotic bliss to demolish a plain croissant at Floriole Cafe & Bakery.

Chicago, IL · 13d

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