As 2025 comes to close, Eater Chicago looks back on the year’s 10 most-read stories. From Michelin Guide announcements to big ...

Chef Carlos Muñoz gives flavors of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec the attention they deserve at his Lakeview Mexican restaurant ...

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad is a James Beard Award-nominated food and travel journalist with work focusing on hunting, food sovereignty, and Black and North American Indigenous foodways. Between anxiety ...

As 2025 draws to a close, capped off by the Eater Awards for the year’s best restaurants, there are still a handful of newcomers to welcome. From an Italian steakhouse to the revival of Gale Street ...

This year features several tasty contenders, but one item to acknowledge was the return of the bar. The tavern business has been in a challenging spot; the first year or two of the pandemic placed ...

Deep dish pizza, Italian beef sandwiches, and Chicago hot dogs—those are the classic, iconic dishes of our city, but they are by no means the only foods that are distinctly Chicagoan. There’s a whole ...

John Asbaty and Alain Uy met in 2003 working under chefs Grant Achatz and Curtis Duffy at Trio. The pair bonded while foraging for pine around Evanston to supply the aromatics for a rabbit dish. Now ...

WEST LOOP — After three years, Gino & Marty’s has closed. Led by chef-owner Gino Bartucci, the West Loop spot was known for its upscale Italian fare and drew celebrity diners. Management plans to ...

Do they have any black eyed peas, beef neck bones, corn bread, and Kool-Aid?” an older Bronzeville gentleman ponders to a younger female in line for Honey 1 on Chicago’s South Side. “No, then why’s ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

LOGAN SQUARE — Victory Grill, the late-night diner for hot dogs, Polish sausages, burgers, gyros, and other greasy eats, is no more. The restaurant will soon be replaced by Dimo’s Pizza, which is ...