Dining
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A taco crawl? It's coming to downtown NapervilleJul 14, 2023 5:00 am - Downtown Naperville has hosted wine crawls, chocolate crawls and cookie crawls to highlight local businesses. Next up is a taco crawl. To help kick off Hispanic Heritage...
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New restaurants open in downtown Naperville just in time for summerJul 14, 2023 1:00 am - Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant took downtown Naperville by storm when it opened in May. Ramsay's Kitchen, however, isn't the only newcomer to the city's vibrant food sce...
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Turkey leg-eating contest highlights Friday's Taste of Park Ridge eventsJul 14, 2023 1:00 am - Declaring himself "The Prince of Poultry," Max Thillens, 18, raised his barbecue-covered hands and flashed a saucy victory smile Friday after winning the Taste of Park R...
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Come hungry: 9 food festivals to look forward to July 14-23Jul 13, 2023 11:00 pm - Everyone has to eat, right? This weekend and next week, there are a variety of suburban food festivals offering tastes from around the suburbs and around the world. Here...
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Conscious Cup opens roasting, training facilityJul 12, 2023 11:00 pm - CRYSTAL LAKE - Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters has expanded, opening a 5,700-square-foot coffee roasting, training and tasting lab at 110 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. T...
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Dining out: Chef Michael Lachowicz's George Trois summer tasting menu pays tribute to Le FrancaisJul 12, 2023 6:00 am - Tribute to Le Francais For this summer's seven-course tasting menu at Winnetka's George Trois, Chef Michael Lachowicz is paying homage to the former Le Francais in Wheel...
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New restaurant in works for long-vacant Glenview corner; board OKs $550K loanJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - A Glenview restaurateur will get a $550,000 loan from the village to develop a new restaurant per an agreement recently approved by the village board. The Filling Statio...
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New Rosemont tax rebate program could mean $225,000 for hotelJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - Rosemont will give property tax rebates to a hotel and two restaurants under a new program aimed at creating "parity" among local businesses, village officials said. The...
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Answering the age-old question: What is good service in restaurants?Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - There is a saying in the restaurant business that goes something like this: "Exceptional food will never overcome poor service, but great service will always overcome un...
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With new chef's table series, Hey Nonny owners tap into chef's culinary, interpersonal skillsJul 11, 2023 11:00 pm - Hey Nonny's owners have a secret weapon in new chef Mauricio “Noe” Sanchez-Tapia, who took over the Arlington Heights restaurant's kitchen on Jan 1. And it's not just hi...