The Classics Chicago Is Italian Village Keeping Chicago’s Biggest Wine Secret? The quiet pervades the Italian Village’s climate-controlled wine cellar, which is perched implausibly on the top floor of this three-restaurants-in-one… By Maggie Hennessy December 8, 2020
The Classics Chicago At Chicago’s Italian Village, a Century of Meat Sauce and Solace After my family moved to Chicago’s western suburbs in 1991 when I was seven, dinner at the subterranean Italian chophouse… By Maggie Hennessy December 8, 2020
The Hit List Chicago The December Hit List: Galit, Royal Grocer, Trivoli Tavern, Big Kids, and More As we enter a holiday season unlike any other, restaurants continue to show their resiliency, dreaming up clever pivots, four-season… By Maggie Hennessy December 1, 2020
The Hit List Chicago The November Hit List: Queen Mary’s Tavern, Evette’s, Reclaimed, Niu B, and More To help stem the fall wave of COVID-19, the city of Chicago and suburban Cook County once again announced the… By Maggie Hennessy November 1, 2020
Guides Chicago The Resy Guide to Dining in Logan Square A decidedly residential neighborhood edged with leafy boulevards and plenty of greenspace, Logan Square is the most walkable of Chicago’s… By Maggie Hennessy October 23, 2020
The Hit List Chicago The October Hit List: Italian Village, Imperial Lamian, Marie’s Pizza, and More Fall is in the air, but there’s still time to hit up your favorite patios — bundled in a few… By Maggie Hennessy October 1, 2020
New on Resy Chicago New on Resy: Osteria Langhe, Perilla Korean, Sportsman’s, Outside Voices, and More From a coastal Mexican escape in River North and Roman-inspired second restaurant from a beloved Italian eatery owner, to modern… By Maggie Hennessy September 29, 2020
Guides Chicago The Resy Guide to the Best Cocktails to Go in Chicago After a protracted battle spearheaded by the Cocktails for Hope initiative this spring, premixed to-go cocktails were finally legalized in… By Maggie Hennessy September 14, 2020
The Hit List Chicago The September Hit List: Pizza Lobo, Mama Delia, Moti Cafe, Kasama, and More As this beautiful (weather-wise) yet bizarre (everything else-wise) summer gives way to fall, we’re counting on several more weeks of… By Maggie Hennessy September 1, 2020
Resy Features Chicago Tear Down the Restaurant Industry? Virtue’s Erick Williams Would Rather Lead By Building From Within As COVID-19 devastated the restaurant industry, Chicago’s Virtue Restaurant & Bar pivoted like countless other cash flow-dependent small businesses —… By Maggie Hennessy August 12, 2020