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The James Beard Awards took place in Chicago on Monday, with Hyde Park chef Erick Williams taking home the sole local win of the night.

The Chicago Spirit is alive on Diversey Avenue by Jerry Nunn

Bored with the cooking shows he watched during the pandemic, Tony Trimm, who grew up in Des Plaines, launched his "Home Feed" cooking show about a survivor in a post-apocalyptic kitchen who serves up horror, sci-fi, creepy cats and humor while trying to make a human connection.

Illinois Makes To-Go Cocktails Legal Until 2024 The pandemic lifeline is now way of life, at least for three more years Share this story Garrett Sweet/Eater Chicago Illinois’ bars and restaurants can continue to sell to-go cocktails until 2024 after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday afternoon signed into a law a three-year extension of a measure adopted last year to give the hospitality industry a new way to make money after COVID-19 halted indoor service. The sale of to-go cocktails — mixed ...

New vendors at Time Out Market Chicago include the Evanston-based Soul & Smoke and Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream from Bronzeville.

When the pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, acclaimed Chicago restaurant Fat Rice told workers it would be closed only temporarily. It laid off around 70 employees and in April pivoted to donating grocery boxes, eventually operating as Super Fat Rice Mart, a general store offering $100 meal kits. But employees were left guessing as to when Fat Rice would reopen, what that would look like, and whether they would have jobs when it did. By June, though, they had their answer: After a wa...