#indoor-dining

#indoor-dining

The wait is nearly over for the many fans of Daisies, the adored Logan Square restaurant that in late February closed its original location ahead of a hotly anticipated move into a much larger space a few blocks away.Owner Joe Frillman will throw open the doors at its roomy new digs on Wednesday, March 29, at 2375 N. Milwaukee Avenue, introducing Chicago to Daisies 2.0 - the latest, greatest version of his six-year-old Midwestern cooking destination.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says that Chicago is one of America's top cities for food companies, and she delivered that message to a crowd inside Dom's Kitchen & Market earlier this week in Old Town.The mayor praised the grocery chain for connecting entrepreneurs within the food sector, providing them with hundreds of opportunities.

After - the bar and lounge from decadent, two-Michelin-starred restaurant Ever's chef Curtis Duffy and sommelier and front-of house maven Michael Muser - is undeniably the biggest bar opening in Chicago since COVID permeated daily life.Bars struggled mightily during the pandemic, with health experts targeting drinking establishments as they sought to slow the spread of COVID, and as a result of indoor service being halted multiple times since March 2020, many taverns have permanently closed.

I remember where I was when the New York Times attempted to argue that New York was "turning into Los Angeles" due to a recent uptick in local weed dispensaries, sound baths, and other phenomena simultaneously unfolding in countless non-New York cities across the country and probably the world.

Toronto city staff released a report Tuesday laying out recommendations for how the popular CafeTO program could work going forward, but the possible changes mean business owners would pay thousands in permitting fees each year.CafeTO, which allows restaurants and bars to open expanded outdoor spaces on sidewalks and in curb lanes from spring to fall, was introduced in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic led to restrictions on indoor dining.

Since March 16, 2020, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened, including a kebab spot uptown, an Los Angeles restaurant import, seafood boutique now with sandwiches.Here's a roundup of the restaurants and bars that opened in January.This list will be updated weekly.

Since March 16, 2020, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened, including a Greenwich Village cafe reborn for 2022, a new Flushing beer hall with skewers, and a Chicago dog shop in Carroll Gardens.Here's a roundup of the restaurants and bars that opened in December.

Skiers and snowboarders at Arapahoe Basin can now take refuge at il Rifugio, billed as the highest-elevation restaurant in North America, which reopened this week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.Perched at 12,456 feet, il Rifugio serves beer, wine, charcuterie boards and flatbreads to pair with 360-degree views of the Rocky Mountains.

Life's too short for bad chai




Chai is one of those rare drinks that might actually be more lifestyle than beverage.Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co. in Oakland, told now-defunct alt-weekly SF Weeklyin 2021 that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of variations on the spicy, cozy tea.

Bastardizations of the crunchwrap are literally everywhere right now, so it makes sense that ever-present celebrity DJ Khaled would get in on the action.The man behind delivery-only Another Wing is partnering with another ubiquitous app-specific restaurant Man vs. Fries to debut their own version of the trendy hand-held Taco Bell made famous.

Glitzy seafood spot Catch is returning to Miami Beach next year.The popular New York import, which once had a location on Miami Beach nearly a decade ago, is back with a new ownership team and a new swanky, much-larger locale.Now owned and operated by Catch Hospitality Group partners Tilman J. Fertitta, Mark Birnbaum, and Eugene Remm, this marks the seventh outpost for the popular restaurant group, with locations in New York, LA, Las Vegas, and Aspen.