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 ...

LOOP — Chefs Rishi Kumar and Zubair Mohajir, semifinalists for a 2026 James Beard Award in the Best Chef category for Mirra, opened Mariela on Wednesday, May 6. The restaurant highlights recipes from ...

For award-winning Chicago chefs Rishi Kumar and Zubair Mohajir borders between countries are merely lines on a map meant to ...

“In 2022 and half of 2023, we would do like $40,000 to $60,000 [in sales] a month out of one little stall,” says Jamra, whose restaurant, Evette’s, was named one of the New York Times’ 50 Best ...

WICKER PARK — Vajra is pivoting once again, this time adding a coffee shop inside its former dining room as the Indian restaurant shifts to takeout-only service. The new cafe partners with Sparrow ...

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. The Shutter, a regular roundup of Chicago’s restaurant closures, is your ...

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. Quick-serve Mediterranean restaurant chain Cava, a budding force in ...

LAKEVIEW — After a fire forced its closure in early October, Dear Margaret will not be reopening in its current space. The French Canadian restaurant suffered extensive water and smoke damage and had ...

The founders of Anticonquista Cafe have reclaimed the means of production.

Summertime — Chicago’s busiest hospitality season — has arrived, and the city’s diners flocking to patios, bars, and dining rooms to celebrate the occasion. But even warm and sunny days aren’t always ...

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 ...