Chicken and waffles to roost in Evanston

10/31/12 — Evanston will get a taste of chicken and waffles before the end of the year. The owners of Chicago's Home of Chicken & Waffles are working to get their newest restaurant open on Dempster Street by mid-December, partner Rosemary Malone said....

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Food-truck spots get City Council approval

10/31/12 — Chicago City Council members today gave final approval for designated areas where food trucks will be allowed to operate. The 21 spaces throughout the city allow food-truck operators to park free for up to two hours. Missing from the original...

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My favorites for business dining: Gemma Allen

10/31/12 — Here's where the founding partner in Chicago's Ladden & Allen Chartered dines out with clients and colleagues

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Custom House Tavern calling it quits

10/30/12 — Custom House Tavern, a Printers Row fixture since 2005, is closing after dinner service Wednesday. The news, first reported by 312 Dining Diva blog, marks the end of a seven-year run in the Wyndham Blake Hotel at 500 S. Dearborn St. Co-...

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OPENINGS

Sunda team to open Earth & Ocean in Mount Prospect

10/30/12 — The founding chef of Sunda and two other alums of the “new Asian” restaurant are teaming up again to launch a new dining destination in the revamped Randhurst Village.

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Kosher BBQ, sushi and things in small packages

10/29/12 — We read the blogs so you don't have to. What folks are talking about in the world of food: Kosher sushi and barbecue — but not in the same place. Chicago magazine's Dish column makes note of Hamachi Sushi Bar, a new kosher joint set to...

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A year's worth of steak

10/26/12 — Futures and options industry leaders and Chicago steakhouses are together raising money for the Greater Chicago Food Depository through an online raffle sure to attract red meat fans. Each $25 donation here buys a raffle ticket for the chance to...

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Half Acre Beer Co. gets tavern license

10/26/12 — The crafted suds at Half Acre Beer Co.'s long-awaited taproom should be flowing soon now that the North Center brewery has received its tavern license. Gabriel Magliaro, Half Acre's president, said he was "psyched" that the license was...

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Oberweis launches burger joint

10/25/12 — Joe Oberweis wants to turn the Chicago burger market into Six Guys. The CEO of Oberweis Group Inc. has just opened his first That Burger Joint, modeled after the Five Guys burger chain and its "better burgers."

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Seven local food outlets ready for green seal

10/25/12 — Seven Chicago-area food-service outlets are receiving certification from Green Seal and recognition from the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition for their efforts to become more sustainable. Chicago restaurants Hub 51, Piece Brewery & Pizzeria...

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OPENINGS

Mago Grill & Cantina to open in South Barrington

10/25/12 — Chef Juan Luis Gonzalez, co-owner of upscale Mago Grill & Cantina in Arlington Heights and Bolingbrook, tells us that he and partner Ric Munoz will open a third location by year's end in the Arboretum Shopping Center, 100 W. Higgins Road, South ...

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Kendall College's sous-vide kitchen teaches school a lesson

10/24/12 — The new Cuisine Solutions Sous-Vide Training Kitchen has been open for less than a week, but already it's schooled Kendall, the city and the state in the French cooking technique and its legality.

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