Dining
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Blind dining coming to New YorkSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A French restaurant group that offers pitch-dark dining is preparing to open New York City's first blind eatery. Eat with your eyes? Not at Dans le Noir?, French for "In...
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Warm summer challenging winemakersSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - This has been a strange year for vintners. We remember a winter of record snows, but mid-Atlantic winemakers recall a quick warm-up that brought summerlike temperatures ...
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John & Tony's embraces small plates and big appetitesSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - John & Tony's in West Chicago is upscale yet a "joint," contemporary yet classic, classy yet neighborhood friendly. It's also a wonderful addition to the suburban dining...
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Consumers checking out Japanese whiskiesSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - It wasn't too long ago that Owen Westman's customers at Rickhouse Bar in San Francisco didn't even know there were Japanese whiskies available, let alone ask for them by...
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Restaurant closes to revamp menu, will reopen next weekSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The Grand Station restaurant in downtown Arlington Heights might look the same when it reopens in a week or so, but ownership, management, some staff and the all-importa...
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Chessie's/111 Grille rides past into the futureSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Regulars of Chessie's at Barrington's Ice House Mall got so upset when new owners Steve and Lisa Petersen took over the 30-year-old restaurant and started making changes...
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Schaumburg's Entourage restaurant closes doorsAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - After 4½ years of defiantly beating the odds of a sluggish and then turbulent economy, Entourage restaurant in Schaumburg finally closed its massive doors on Sunday. Whi...
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No-labor, weekendAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - No-labor, weekend The only work involved in enjoying Chicago Prime Steakhouse's customer appreciation pig roast on Friday, Sept. 3, is getting in the car and driv...
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St. Charles' Isacco offers Italian with a twistAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Any time you end a three-hour dinner by doing shots of Grappa courtesy of the chef and owner, who is happily mingling with his guests at the end of his shift, you can be...
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Wheeling restaurant's brick wall will cost themAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Is it better to ask for permission or forgiveness? Turns out the owners of XO Sky Restaurant in Wheeling should've asked for permission. The restaurant built a brick wal...