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Executive Chef Duane Boslet sets a table at 15 Lakes Prime Steakhouse in downtown Antioch. The restaurant had a VIP soft opening early this week and will be open to the public by reservation only this weekend beginning Friday.

‘We flipped the whole script’: 15 Lakes builds on popular food truck, butcher shop with new steakhouse

By design, there are no TVs at 15 Lakes Prime Steakhouse opening this week at 919 Main St., in downtown Antioch. But a butcher’s bread and butter edible candle is another...

A new restaurant by the Bien Trucha Group is coming to the corner of Front and Hale streets in downtown Wheaton.

Taco restaurant to open in Wheaton, from the family behind a toda madre

The Bien Trucha restaurant group is developing an entirely new concept in downtown Wheaton. “This is going to be our first fast-casual restaurant,” Julio Cano said. “We've been planning this since before COVID.”

Erica Stephan plays prim, proper Sarah Brown and Pepe Nufrio plays charming gambler Sky Masterson in Drury Lane Theatre's sparkling revival of “Guys and Dolls.”

Drury Lane’s sparkling revival reminds us why we love ‘Guys and Dolls’

Frank Loesser’s marvelous score, Abe Burrows’ witty book and director/choreographer Dan Knechtges’ first-rate cast make for a stellar “Guys and Dolls” revival at Drury Lane Theatre.

Munchies Pizza, at 25 Turner Ave. in Elk Grove Village, is in a lease dispute with village officials who plan to demolish the building by fall.

‘They’re putting us out of business’: Elk Grove pizzeria’s days are numbered amid lease dispute with village

Munchies Pizza in Elk Grove Village is in a lease dispute with village officials who plan to demolish the building by fall.

“Little Orphan Annie” creator Harold Gray, seen here with his wife, Doris Gray, at their Lombard home (the birthplace of the comic strip) is featured as part of the Lombard Historical Society's new exhibition, “Leapin Lizards! A Hundred Years of Little Orphan Annie.”

Best Bets: Leapin’ Lizards! Little Orphan Annie turns 100

Lombard Historical Society celebrates the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” on its 100th anniversary, and film and TV celebrities and comic and anime artists descend on McCormick Place for C2E2.

Mike Paeth, 58, will celebrate 10 years this October of his business, Mile Long Records, 350 W. Front St., Wheaton.

‘Best job I’ve had, bar none’: Wheaton record store marks a decade of vinyl revival

As an impressionable boy, Mike Paeth surveyed his parents’ record albums displayed on either side of the all-in-one stereo system. “Literally, everything changed with Rush,” he said. Yep, Paeth had realized free will as an audiophile. His tastes, and those of his customers, continue to evolve at his store, Mile Long Records, in Wheaton.

The Artist Alley at C2E2, seen here in 2023, is one of the event's most popular attractions.

15th annual C2E2 arrives at McCormick Place Friday

Actor Josh Brolin will headline the 15th annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo this weekend along with stars of shows like “Ted Lasso,” “One Tree Hill,” “Rick and Morty” and “One Piece” and a host of additional events.