As 2025 comes to close, Eater Chicago looks back on the year’s 10 most-read stories. From Michelin Guide announcements to big ...

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade ...

After closing its Chicago location in 2022, La Mom Kitchen has returned in Edgewater. The Sichuan and Shanghainese restaurant serves a variety of dishes like boiled ...

Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen is a Palestinian restaurant nestled in a strip mall that is always buzzing. Sudki Abdullah opened the restaurant in 1992, and Amer Abdullah, his son, took over the ...

This year features several tasty contenders, but one item to acknowledge was the return of the bar. The tavern business has been in a challenging spot; the first year or two of the pandemic placed ...

Marking 35 years since its founding, the James Beard Foundation kicked off the 2025 awards season with its “long list” of 2025 semifinalists Wednesday morning, announcing 22 Chicago restaurants, bars, ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. It doesn’t take much upward movement in the temperature for Chicagoans to ...

The dog days of summer are all too brief in Chicago, but canine fans across town love to bring their four-legged buddies along to bars and restaurants all year round. Fortunately for animal lovers, ...

Brunch — not quite breakfast, not yet lunch — is one of the best parts of the weekend. Start things off right with eggy delights, sweet indulgences, and bottomless mimosas. The latest edition of the ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...