Joanne Trestrail
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago, IL, United States
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Yes, another food hall. This one is great.
The food in Politan Row in Fulton Market is deliberately, interestingly multicultural in a way that keeps people coming back. → Read More
Lunch at Stefani Prime in Lincolnwood. Our review.
The newest addition to the family-owned Stefani Group of 17 bars and restaurants, Prime is a coolly competent place to entertain a client or customer over an excellent meal at midday. → Read More
Sapori Antichi is like taking a trip to Rome
This 48-seat River North space suavely evokes a feeling you may remember from your last trip to Rome. For our taste, it does so more convincingly than gigantic Eataly, just down the street. → Read More
Bar Cargo, Pizzeria Bebu in Chicago reviewed
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Booth One from Lettuce Entertain You: Chicago restaurant review
In the Ambassador hotel (formerly the Ambassador East, then the Public), Booth One is one of the city's most iconic spaces. But how far can the remembrance of things past take the restaurant now? → Read More
Forum 55 food hall in Chicago reviewed
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Taste 222: Chicago restaurant review
Under-the-radar Taste 222 is a rarity in this neck of the woods: a cozy restaurant with efficient staffers who seem happy to be there, plus excellent food and drink at gentle prices. → Read More
Somerset: Chicago restaurant review
Michelin-starred chef Lee Wolen (Boka, the Lobby at the Peninsula) proves that talented cooks don't need formal surroundings, cooler-than-thou 'tude and stratospheric prices to do great work. → Read More
Bonci, Polenta Bar reviewed
Who hasn't come back from a trip to Italy wanting to relive the simple, superlative casual meals they ate there? Two new counter-service spots tap into that desire. → Read More
Review: Marshall's Landing in Merchandise Mart
Everything we sampled from chef Michael Kornick's (DMK Burger Bar, Ada Street) menu went at least a little, sometimes more, beyond the call of duty. The views are great, too. → Read More
Eno: Chicago restaurant review
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How to do business lunch at Au Cheval in Chicago
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Restaurant review: Manny's deli in Chicago
If you're looking for a time capsule of yesteryear's deli foods and mountains of meat, this is the place to be. → Read More
Chicago bar review: El Che Bar, Ronero
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Chicago restaurant review: Federales in the West Loop
Federales, a cavernous 330-seat restaurant with a prominent bar, many TVs, high-top tables and high-energy music, is fun and friendly, and the food is significantly better than typical bar chow. → Read More
Restaurant review: Travelle in Chicago goes casual
The restaurant, renamed Travelle Kitchen & Bar, previously had a formal air that could have been seen as out of step with the zeitgeist of casualization in fine dining. → Read More
Chicago restaurant review: 3Arts Cafe in Restoration Hardware
Three Arts Cafe is in the glass-ceilinged interior courtyard of the painstakingly refurbished Three Arts Club, part of Restoration Hardware. → Read More
Review: A rare 4-star rating for Danny Meyer's new restaurant, GreenRiver
At GreenRiver in Streeterville, one lovely dish after another, no missteps, impressive in a restaurant that had been open only a month when our critic visited. → Read More
We rate and rank the best new spots for steak in Chicago
Red meat never has been in short supply here, but its siren song seems louder lately. Everywhere we look there's a brand-new steakhouse or a new location for an old one. → Read More
Restaurant review: Jackson Tavern in Chicago's financial district
Jackson Tavern is a comfortably human-scaled operation in the corporate canyon of the financial district. → Read More