Dining
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Dining out: Italian beef deals, new restaurants and heart-shaped dishes for momMay 06, 2025 4:06 pm - Celebrate National Italian Beef day all month long at Portillo’s and Buona, and in St. Charles, a Chicago chef is bringing her barbecue talents to a burger collaboration with The Graceful Ordinary for a limited time.
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Restaurant with cricket simulators could move into former Buca di Beppo site in WheelingMay 06, 2025 9:16 am - A restaurant equipped with cricket simulators could replace the shuttered Buca di Beppo in Wheeling.
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Cary’s Breaking Bread teams with Wheeling bakery to sell fresh bread, desserts
May 05, 2025 2:40 pm - Breaking Bread Catering and Deli in Cary, known for its sandwiches, has partnered with a bakery from Wheeling to sell fresh loaves of bread and desserts.
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New Italian restaurant Florio’s now open in Crystal Lake, aims to be ‘upscale and friendly’
May 05, 2025 2:02 pm - After a year of planning and construction, locally owned Florio’s Italian restaurant is now open off Randall Road in Crystal Lake.
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The Biz Week That Was: Team building up in the air, and a suburban downtown makes National Historic RegisterMay 03, 2025 1:00 pm - ‘This is totally different’: Itasca hotel offers rappelling experience Launched in partnership with Meet Chicago Northwest and Over The Edge, Altitude Zone allows pa...
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Arlington Alfresco opens for the seasonMay 02, 2025 6:24 pm - Beer on the Wall was the hot spot around 3 p.m. Friday as the dinner rush had yet to get started for local restaurants on the first day of the Arlington Alfresco season in downtown Arlington Heights.
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Des Plaines to host Food Truck Roundup on May 20May 02, 2025 3:43 pm - Des Plaines’ first Food Truck Roundup of the spring is set for May 20.
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New Korean restaurant coming to downtown Des PlainesMay 02, 2025 11:53 am - A Korean barbecue restaurant should open this spring in downtown Des Plaines’ Metropolitan Square.
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Mount Prospect relaunches downtown alfresco dining on Prospect AvenueMay 01, 2025 4:15 pm - This weekend begins the second year of Mount Prospect’s alfresco dining program on Prospect Avenue, just south of the Metra commuter tracks.
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Celebrity chef Stephanie Izard opening burger spot at Hollywood Casino food halls in Aurora and JolietMay 01, 2025 11:05 am - Hollywood Casino’s two new land-based riverboat sites under construction in Aurora and Joliet will feature prominent Chicago chefs and restaurants dishing out gourmet and specialty burgers, tacos, pizza and ice cream when they open.Celebrity chef Stephanie Izard is among the headliners, along with Chicago favorites Antique Taco and Pretty Cool Ice Cream.