Chef Giuseppe Tentori is annoyed that some jerk destroyed “Little Giuseppe,” the snowman outside of GT Fish and Oyster. [ more › ] View original here:  Chef Tweet of the Week: Don’t Bust Up Tentori’s Snowman!  Read More →

Urban Union and Bread & Wine open, Fish Bar supports the Shedd, Southport Grocery & Cafe offers a pancake deal, and SmallBar Fullerton taps four casks on Friday. [ more › ] Go here to see the original:  Restaurant News: Urban Union Opens... 

In the interest of keeping calm and carrying on, here’s an activity designed to smooth your feathers. Let’s get drunk. Here are three SOPA Strike 2012 Drink Recipes: the SOPA, the PIPA, and the original WikiBlackout Black Out Cocktail. [... 

It could have been a night like any other rocking night for Soul DJ Jonathan Toubin . The man responsible for the raucous and revved up New York Night Train and Soul Clap dance parties we’ve attended at Beauty Bar here in Chicago was involved in... 

          Korean-influenced burgers dominate the menu at the new location of bopNgrill in Rogers Park. On a day like today, some kimchi fries sound awfully good. [ more › ] See more here: Burgers Reinvented With A Korean... 

Piece Brewery & Pizzeria bought its Wicker Park building, Lillie’s Q is hosting a Mexican pop-up dinner on January 24, and the Green City Market is holding a Superbowl chili cookoff. [ more › ] Continued here:  Restaurant News: Piece Buys... 

Not everyone responded to the news that the South Side Irish Parade Committee was granted a permit to bring back the event after a nearly three-year hiatus with open arms and cries of “w00t.” [ more › ] See the original post:  Doubts... 

              Slurping Turtle is like any other restaurant. They do some things better than others and what they do better, they do well. Just don’t try to paint it as something it isn’t, and enjoy it for... 

A suburban restaurant institution is back in business a day after a food poisoning scare forced it to temporarily close down. Bob Chinn’s Crab House shut down Tuesday afternoon , the first time in 30 years the Wheeling restaurant shut its doors... 

Or at least give up meat for a month. Dr. Terry Mason went on Fox Chicago to argue the health benefits of the meat-free lifestyle. [ more › ] View original post here: Cook County Health Department: Become a Vegetarian!  Read More →