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Gio’s Café

Gio’s Café will surprise you. As you enter the deli, you’ll discover a cozy Italian kitchen with checked table cloths and a delicious menu of meat, chicken, seafood, and pasta dishes. Other offerings include freshly prepared Panini sandwiches, sausage and peppers, and arrancini. Portions are large and the price is right. A BYOB restaurant.   

EL Ideas

EL Ideas makes fine dining fun. This unique dining experience is unpretentious and surprisingly creative. An unforgettable ten-course tasting menu is presented by the kitchen team in an exciting and playful way. Guests are even encouraged to leave their table and visit the kitchen to see what is happening throughout the evening. A BYOB restaurant. 

Pleasant House Bakery

(Update: Now known as Pleasant House Pub, with an expanded menu as well as a selection of specialty beers and a full bar.) Pleasant House Bakery is a small café offering their own recipe of British-inspired, locally sourced meat pies (aka "Royal Pies"), as well as deliciously prepared fish and chips. The flaky crusts, plentiful savory fillings, and welcoming attitudes are sure to please.

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Ada Street
Artistry in the Backyard at Ada Street

Art and food are natural bedfellows, so it’s an apt segue for a restaurant to host a benefit for a local theatre company. And that’s precisely what’s going down at Ada Street this Sunday, August 25, where their backyard bash benefits Cock and Bull theatre company.

Ceres’ Table
Tomatopalooza in Chicago

When tomatoes roll into season, chefs roll out the red carpet. Tomato time merits gustatory celebration, and restaurants put the luscious fruit front and center for the duration of their seasonal stint. Sure you could get a tasty tomato dish on menus most anywhere around town, but a couple places are going the extra mile by hosting all-out tomato celebrations this month. Three Aces enters its third annual Tomatofest, as Ceres’ Table and 2Sparrows both prepare to serve tomato dinners.


 

Little Market Brasserie
Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause

Grilled cheese has always been a food that makes people feel all warm and fuzzy, and now you can feel even better about it thanks to Little Market Brasserie’s new Melts for Meals series.

Chef with a glass of wine

Sit down at the table with David Manilow, creator of Check, Please!, as he explores the Chicago food and restaurant landscape with the unique personalities who have influenced it.

A chef in her restaurant

An original web series that profiles a diverse group of Chicago area restaurateurs, chefs, baristas, gin enthusiasts, and others. Meet the people who feed you.

Dishalicious show host in apron

Experience the culinary world — live and in-person — through the eyes of top Chicago chefs! Dishalicious is a fast-paced, live demonstration cooking show and event that’s fun and informative.

Discover the ways Chicago’s celebrity chefs unwind after they clock out of the kitchen. Get to know another side of these interesting personalities who — while known for their passion and work ethic in the kitchen — are fascinating and passionate people in their personal lives as well.