Scene
HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD SUCH A QUIET RESTAURANT?
When Curtis Duffy’s Ever opens next year, what you don’t hear will be thanks to Chicago’s Turf
TRYING TO KEEP BLACKBIRD’S SOUL IN A MICHELIN-DRIVEN WORLD
Ryan Pfeiffer’s new reserve menu balances what an international audience wants with a restaurant’s founding mission
HOW TO BE A RAMEN MASTER, WITH HUGH AMANO AND SARAH BECAN
Talking with the writer and illustrator of “Let’s Make Ramen!” about the bowl of noodles that everyone loves
CAN CHICAGO SUPPORT ALL THESE HIGH END TASTING MENUS?
Chicago tasting menus are becoming more expensive—and more common. Will people eat all of them?
CHICAGO IN A BOX: THE TIME OUT MARKET FOOD HALL
The “editorially curated” market will be an exciting addition to Chicago’s tourist scene—but what does it mean as a direction for food media?
SPIAGGIA, STILL ITALIAN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
A glass of sparkling wine and a conversation with the chef who changed Italian food in Chicago
ACTUAL ADULTS VISIT RAINFOREST CAFE FOR RESTAURANT WEEK
A one-time fan of dining amid animatronic gorillas (at age 8 or so) returns to sample Restaurant Week in the Rainforest
WOMEN OWN BUSINESSES: FOODITOR’s 2019 INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
From #MeToo to child care and self care, talking the Chicago restaurant scene in 2019 with three women entrepreneurs
TALKING WITH STEVE DOLINSKY ON WHY CHICAGO IS PIZZA CITY, USA
The TV food reporter talks up Chicago pizza, and talks a little trash on New York’s, in his new book
GRACE CASE GO AWAY, OPEN AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY
A by-no-means unbiased observer looks at… the worst idea for a lawsuit in the history of Chicago restaurants