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This Illinois Restaurant Transforms Into A Magical Christmas Wonderland For The Holiday Season

Ornaments cover one Illinois dining room so completely each December that it feels like eating inside a snow globe. Add wreaths, snowflakes, glowing lights, and a whole crowd of Christmas trees, and the place turns into pure holiday magic. The building has served as a public house since the 1890s....

Chicago, IL · 7d
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Fat Peach Bakery Opens 2nd Location In Hyde Park

HYDE PARK — A Bridgeport hotspot for unique, scratch-made bakery items will begin its expansion into Hyde Park this weekend as its owners prepare for a full launch next week. Fat Peach Bakeshop, 1613 E. 53rd St. in Hyde Park, held its soft opening Friday. The location marks the...

Chicago, IL · 6d
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Axios Chicago

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Chicago dining scene sees healing foods and new Chinese spots

The Chicago food scene is cooking up fresh developments in food as medicine, new Chinese eateries, a Fulton Market Gibson's and some changes at LeTour and Sifr. Let's dig in. Herbal medicine: Award-winning Edgewater Thai restaurant Herb is launching new dishes designed to heal and delight. Chef Patty Neumson tells Axios that recent health challenges inspired her to infuse fresh menu items with healing ingredients from traditional food cultures including ginger, turmeric and cassia leaves. Winter squash chicken curry at Herb in Edgewater. Photo: Monica Eng/Axios Eat up: I recently sampled a velvety winter squash and chicken curry, zingy ginger pork, refreshing pomelo salad and pleasingly (for me) bitter cassia leaf curry that can be served with tofu or beef. All intense but delicious. Fresh Chinese spots Dungeness crabs at Marina Bay in the 88 Market. Photo: Monica Eng/Axios Last month saw the opening of perhaps the city's biggest Hong Kong-style dim sum and seafood spot with Marina Bay in Chinatown's 88 Market Place. The enormous main dining room offers dim sum until 3pm, when it becomes a Hong Kong-style seafood restaurant and banquet facility. What I'm eyeing: All the traditional Cantonese fare, of course, but also matcha Phoenix buns

Chicago, IL · 6d

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Chicago’s Dog House Owner Cooking Up New Location in West Loop

A staple dog house in the city will serve those traveling to and from the suburbs soon. From Chicago Business Journal, the Chicago’s Dog House team is getting ready to open a third spot at the Ogilvie Transportation Center, 500 W Madison Street. The concept has been around since 2009, and owner Aaron Wolfson wants to bring the hot dogs to a new neighborhood. Right now, the team is shooting for a Dec. 1 opening date.

Chicago, IL · 6d
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We Ranked The Best Italian Beef In Illinois And These 7 Spots Made The Cut

A sandwich stand on a busy Chicago street became the filming spot for a hit TV show, and its business reportedly more than doubled. That is the kind of pull an Italian beef sandwich has in Illinois. The idea goes back about a century. Thin-sliced roast beef gets soaked in...

Illinois · 7d

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Gibsons Tavern offers a first look at its new Fulton Market destination

Chicago's restaurant scene is about to get another heavyweight addition. Gibsons Restaurant Group is bringing its signature hospitality and a fresh interpretation of the American tavern to Fulton Market with the debut of Gibsons Tavern, a sprawling 15,000-square-foot restaurant at 925 W. Fulton Market. A press preview earlier this week offered a first look inside the highly anticipated new destination ahead of its Nov. 17 opening.

Chicago, IL · 5d

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Grandfather, retired restaurant owner killed in 2021 honored with Chinatown street renaming

A beloved grandfather randomly gunned down in broad daylight in Chicago’s Chinatown was honored and remembered on Friday. Family of Woom Sing Tse gathered for a special tribute and dedication. His murder several years ago sparked fear in Chinatown. Now, with his killer sentenced, the city is honoring Tse,...

Chicago, IL · 5d

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This Illinois Donut Shop Tucked In An Alley Makes Vegan Donuts So Good People Order Ahead And Detour For A Dozen

Twenty-four hours. That’s how long the brioche dough takes before it becomes a doughnut at one tiny Illinois window, and the whole thing is vegan. No eggs, no butter, no milk. Yet the lineup reads like a classic bakery case, with Boston cream, apple fritters, and a flaky vanilla bean cronut.

Chicago, IL · 5d

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Sunday Brunch: Bayou Jollof Rice with Niema’s West African & Caribbean Cuisine

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chef Niema DiGrazia joined the WGN Weekend Morning News to show Chicagoans how she and her staff prepare Bayou Jollof Rice at Niema’s West African & Caribbean Cuisine. DiGrazia, a Beat Bobby Flay winner, visited WGN on a trip from Shreveport, Louisiana. She and her husband celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary in […]

Chicago, IL · 4d

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One of Chicago's most beloved spots for burgers, hot dogs opens in southwest suburb

One of Chicago's most beloved spots to snag a burger or hot dog opened a new location in a southwest suburb this week. Redhot Ranch opened at 60 Ogden Ave. in Downers Grove on Tuesday, bringing a new late-night food option to the area. Open daily from 10:30 a.m. until...

Chicago, IL · 7d

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Chicago Bakeries Knew Apple Pie Needed More Corners

Chicago-style bakery apple slices take everything comforting about apple pie and reshape it into generous squares made for sharing. Instead of a traditional round pie with only a few coveted edge pieces, this Midwestern favorite spreads tender apple filling between broad pastry layers and finishes the top with a sweet glaze. The result delivers soft cinnamon-spiced fruit, flaky crust, and sugary icing in nearly every bite. It feels nostalgic even if you did not grow up visiting a Chicago neighborhood bakery because the combination resembles the sort of dessert that might have appeared at a family gathering decades ago. The rectangular format also makes the treat practical: it can be cut into tidy portions, packed for an event, or served straight from the pan without worrying about perfect pie wedges. Familiar apple flavor remains at the center, but the bakery-style presentation gives it a personality all its own.

Chicago, IL · 8d

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This Illinois Buffet Serves Crab Legs, Crawfish, And Sushi All You Can Eat

Crab legs, crawfish, and sushi share the same buffet lines at one suburban spot. Add a made-to-order hibachi grill, and the plate math gets complicated fast. This Illinois buffet keeps things refreshingly simple. Lunch costs less than dinner, a drink comes included, and you can build your own stir-fry while a cook fires it up in front of you.

Downers Grove, IL · 8d

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Satisfy Your Inner Chocoholic At These 7 Legendary Chocolate Shops Hiding Throughout Illinois

Craving chocolate shops in Illinois that will satisfy your inner chocoholic and leave you grinning ear to ear?. These 7 legendary chocolate shops are hiding throughout Illinois with incredible handcrafted treats and unforgettable flavors!. 1. Graham’s Fine Chocolates & Ice Cream (Geneva) Geneva has a lot going for it...

Illinois · 10d

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I’ve Tried 15+ Matcha Spots in Chicago. Here Are My Top Five

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Northwestern chapter and does not reflect the views of Spoon University. Matcha has skyrocketed in popularity over the past year for plenty of reasons: its earthy taste, clean aesthetic, health benefits, reputation as a coffee alternative… or maybe just for being performative? Whatever the reason may be, it’s clear that matcha has earned its place in today’s cafes, especially with specialty matcha spots popping up all over Chicago.

Chicago, IL · 10d

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FARE Opens in Charlotte, Bringing Seasonal, Clean Eating Beyond Chicago

For eight years, FARE has been making the same bold argument on Chicago blocks: fast food can actually be real food. Now that argument is traveling. On Friday, November 6, 2026, the female-founded, better-for-you fast-casual brand opens FARE Queensbridge Collective — its first location outside its home market and the first real test of whether a clean-label concept built in the Midwest can resonate in a new metro.

Charlotte, NC · 6d

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Gibsons Tavern Set to Debut in Fulton Market With Dual Dining Concept

Gibsons Restaurant Group is set to open its newest concept, Gibsons Tavern, on November 17 in Chicago's Fulton Market district, bringing together a casual all-day bar and a more polished dining room under a single roof. The restaurant's website lists its address as 925 West Fulton Market, standing at the corner of West Fulton Market and Sangamon. It is the latest expansion for a company that got its start with the original Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse on Rush Street back in 1989.

Chicago, IL · 4d

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This Low-Key Illinois Supper Club Still Grills Steaks The Old-Fashioned Way For Loyal Regulars

Some of the best meals in Illinois happen in rooms that look like they have not changed in decades, and that is exactly the point. You walk in expecting a simple steak dinner and walk out talking about the piano, the white jackets, and a slice of cake the size of a hatbox.

Chicago, IL · 11d

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Halfway Down Route 66, Adrian’s Midpoint Cafe Still Hits Different For Texas Diner Fans

Chicago sits 1,139 miles behind you, and Santa Monica waits about the same distance ahead. Out on the flat Texas Panhandle, a small town marks the exact middle of America’s most famous highway. Most drivers would blink and miss it, yet travelers from around the world plan whole days...

Chicago, IL · 5d