David Morton has two projects coming to River North in 2025. | Eater The rebranded DMK, now called Episcope, will debut Layla , Ringo’s and DJ’s Great Room in 2025 Started in 2009 by restaurateur David Morton and chef Michael Kornick, DMK Restaurants was behind a number of trendsetting Chicago restaurants, including DMK Burger Bar, Ada Street, and County Barbeque. “We always led by wouldn’t it be cool if we had a place where we could do a lot of different styles of service and culinary techniques,” says Morton. With the retirement of Kornick in 2021 and the changes to the industry after COVID, Morton was ready to make some big changes, including a name change for the company....
Lawrence Fish Market is known for its fish platters. | Jack X. Li/Eater Chicago Lawrence Fish Market evolves at a second location that takes credit cards and serves ramen, gyoza, and more For 44 years, Lawrence Fish Market has pro…..
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Chicago rarely enforces environmental regulations for city contractors, according to a new report released last month. On October 1, Neighbors for Environmental Justice (N4EJ) released their second report in two years, “Paid to Pollute,” w…..
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Barbara Crane (1928–2019), the legendary Chicago artist behind this week’s cover, said, “Once I developed my first roll of film in 1948, nothing else mattered.” What followed was decades of daring formal experimentation, defined by a conne…..
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Maxwells Trading was one of many worthy newcomers in Chicago. | Sandy Noto/Eater Chicago The Best New Restaurant, Best New Bar, and Best Taco The Eater Awards provide Eater Cities an annual mechanism to toast the restaurants th…..
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