polster wrote:Tannour Shawarma & Bakery has opened on Lincoln Ave in Lincolnwood.

Dave148 wrote:

After 47 years on Rush Street, Pippin’s Tavern is turning a corner — literally. The Irish pub, which closed in June 2020, will reopen in a much large space — with a kitchen — inside the former Devon Seafood + Steak at 39 E. Chicago Avenue in mid- to late-September.

https://chicago.eater.com/2021/8/23/226 ... ush-street

Pippin’s Tavern, once a simple place on Rush Street, gets reborn in style. The menu is no longer hotdogs.

Dave148 wrote:Forbidden Root opening second Chicago location in a place familiar to many beer drinkers — the former Band of Bohemia.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/d ... story.html

Dave148 wrote:

Michelin-starred chef José Andrés is opening his first speakeasy this summer in River North, as part of the renowned chef’s first foray into Chicago. The yet-to-be-named, underground bar is one of five establishments Andrés and his company, ThinkFoodGroup, are opening in Chicago this year. The first, Café By The River, opened earlier this month on the river level of the new Bank of America Tower, which is going up at 110 N. Upper Wacker Drive.

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaur ... ago-summer

December 10 is the official opening date for both Bazaar Meats and Bar Mar, located inside Bank of America’s new Chicago headquarters near the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Both are partnerships with the famous Gibsons Restaurant Group.

marothisu wrote:Liquor license was submitted for Carlucci at 400 E Randolph St downtown. According to my sleuthing this is related to the Italian restaurant Carlucci Restaurant in Rosemont near O'Hare.

Bridgeport’s Ramova Theater is on its way back, in the midst of costly a renovation. It may once again be the center of a Chicago neighborhood.

The adjoining Ramova Grill is being remade too. It opened when the theater opened and since the 1950s was owned and run for generation by the Gertos family until closing in 2012. The new place will be operated by sixth-generation Bridgeport native Kevin Hickey, an accomplished chef who runs the nearby Duck Inn.

Coalfire Pizza and Tempesta Market Team Up on Nostalgic Little Italy Restaurant

Le Bouchon Owners Plan Modern French Restaurant to Replace Michelin-Starred Entente in River North

Boka has lured Chicago-area native Daniel Rose back home. Rose is the chef at Michelin-starred Le Coucou in New York, the 2017 James Beard Award winner for Best New Restaurant in America. Eater NY critic Ryan Sutton awarded Le Coucou a three-star review in 2016, praising it for its traditional sensibilities and the way it impressed “New Yorkers with a few of the overlooked culinary wonders of yesteryear.”

Rose moved from Paris in 2015 to open Le Coucou. He made a name for himself in France where he opened Spring, an intimate fine dining restaurant that closed after a 10-year run. Katz and Boehm say they’ve long admired Rose’s work and have known him for years. Rose, who’s from Wilmette, still has family in the area and Boka managed to bring him home: “Daniel is as good as anyone there is in the realm of food and cooking,” Katz says.

Rose wasn’t available for an interview — a rep says he’s right now focusing on getting Le Coucou back on its feet; it reopened last month for the first time since the start of the pandemic. He still has two restaurants in France. Before opening Le Coucou, he mulled opening a Chicago restaurant, but then he partnered with Stephen Starr — the East Coast magnate with restaurants in New York and Philadelphia — to open Le Coucou.

Ram4 wrote:Chain alert. New Raising Cane's coming to Fountain Square in Waukegan next year.

Robert Et Fils, the first restaurant from chef Rob Shaner (Royal Grocer, the Kennison), introduced indoor dining in November at 4229 N. Lincoln Avenue.