Sam Lipp News Today

Rick Bayless said he thought it was a tongue-in-cheek move for the New York Times to include one of his restaurants as one of the area’s top 25 restaurants. It wasn’t for Xoco, Frontera Grill, or Topolobampo, which have garnered awards and attention from Michelin and James Beard, but for his O’Hare location of Tortas Frontera. Ironically enough, that menu and purpose are what Tortazo’s location at Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie intends to be: a fast-casual restaura...

The Back Room The Back Room: A Tsunami of Lawsuits A tidal wave of lawsuits crashes on the art world, international galleries set up shop in...

A tidal wave of lawsuits crashes on the art world, international galleries set up shop in the U.S. to skip the art fair circus, and more.

Queer Thoughts, a tastemaking New York gallery known for showing bleeding-edge art by emerging artists, has closed after eleven years.

Queer Thoughts, the taste-making New York gallery that brought fame for Puppies Puppies, Diamond Stingily, and others, has closed.

Plus, what gallerist was caught dining en plain air in Paris with Alex Katz? Which art space is offering a bounty for whoever graffitied their windows?

The opening day of Frieze New York drew throngs of VIPs and nonstop sales as visitors descended on the Shed in Hudson Yards.

Works by Jack Whitten, Sam Lippa, Matthew Ronay were among the standout sales made at Frieze New York on May 17.

With 68 galleries, the fair allows collectors to “spend quality time,” with works ranging from granite sculptures to contemporary Pointillist paintings.

Business is booming in US suburbs as restaurants relocate because customers are still working from home. Restaurants and stores are now buying up suburban real estate to target the new hotspots.