Paul Virant after winning the Banchet for Chef of The Year earlier in 2024. | Mistey Nguyen Petite Vie gives the chef another stage to demonstrate his love for French cuisine It’s a Saturday afternoon in Western Springs, a town about 30 minutes west of Downtown Chicago. A table in the back private dining room is filled with women enjoying brunch. The acoustics carry the laughter through the restaurant. Most wouldn’t expect this type of energy for a brunch service in the city, not to mention a suburb of about 13,000. Petite Vie Brasserie provides them a venue for such meals, with a French brasserie with dishes like foie gras mousse, a goat cheese-filled mushroom tart, and plenty of...
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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