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For over 10 years, Evanston floral studio FlowersFlowers owner Joanne Leiman had been looking to compost the store’s plant waste. However, the cost had always made her hesitate, she said. So last year, when Leiman learned of Sustain Evanston —a grant program that helps local businesses fund projects in line with the city’s Climate Action...

In December 2022, after almost 10 years of operating the downtown restaurant Farmhouse Evanston, owners TJ Callahan and Ferdia Doherty decided to try something new.  The pair hoped to provide a more polished experience, spending “many, many, many hundreds of thousands” of dollars transforming the rustic location into the upscale Thomas & Dutch, Callahan said....

The Soul Fridge, one of four fixtures of Evanston Community Fridges and standing outside of Soul & Smoke, will be filled with new meals this holiday season. Twelve chefs from Evanston and Chicago will drop off meals in the fridge from Nov. 22 until the end of the year.  According to a news release from...

This year, Newcity’s Big Heat feature focuses on those who stand behind the chef in the kitchen. We want to recognize the people who’ve succeeded big time, but we also want to recognize promising upstarts.

After working with Soul & Smoke, Manny's deli will feature knish collabs with 3 Little Pigs Chi, Brown Sugar Bakery, Gene & Georgetti and more.

From fast-casual to sit-down establishments, midday business remains slow. "It's insane. I feel like every day I'm still in the pandemic and everyone around me has moved on."

Tribune food critics Louisa Chu and Nick Kindelsperger name Chicago's top 25 new restaurants, from Kasama to Bronzeville Winery.

While there is exceptional barbecue in Chicago, especially on the South Side, head to the suburbs to try these five phenomenal spots.

Evanston resident Carrie Jackson had unopened nuts and guacamole left over from a party and wasn’t sure what to do with them. So she drove to the community fridge outside of Kombucha Brava and handed them to someone who was looking for something to stock their kitchen. Jackson is one of the co-managers of the...

Mariano’s announced that you’ll be able to pick up a bottle of Soul & Smoke's complex Kansas City-style barbecue sauce at all of its 44 locations.