Midwestern restaurants are exploring the ways Mexican cuisine melds with diasporic ingredients and techniques.

For many restaurants, opening a secondary spot for after-dinner drinks is becoming the rule rather than the exception.

Orozco most recently was the chef and owner of Five O Four Kitchen, a Glen Ellyn restaurant featuring a create-your-own ...

The official James Beard Restaurant and Chef nominees will be announced on Tuesday, March 31, followed by a ceremony reveal ...

As 2025 draws to a close, capped off by the Eater Awards for the year’s best restaurants, there are still a handful of newcomers to welcome. From an Italian steakhouse to the revival of Gale Street ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Brenda Storch is based in Chicago, and has spent more than 20 years focusing on elevating underrepresented ...

Below is a slightly edited transcript of a Slack conversation between Eater Chicago Editor Ashok Selvam and Reporter Naomi Waxman about said cake. Made with Valrhona cocoa powder in the cake and icing ...

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. The Eater Awards shine a spotlight on the restaurants and chefs who are ...

The Green Post, Roots Handmade Pizza, and Furious Spoon headline this month’s departures.

The party featured jewel-clad pups, long lines for fried chicken, and plenty of tears. Since returning in 2022, the James Beard Awards have made progress on their goals of diversifying the most ...

Do they have any black eyed peas, beef neck bones, corn bread, and Kool-Aid?” an older Bronzeville gentleman ponders to a younger female in line for Honey 1 on Chicago’s South Side. “No, then why’s ...

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 ...