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 ...

Chef Dudley Nieto’s Mexican Radio is serving up complex molcajetes, trio of guacamoles, and delicate handmade tortillas ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...