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Gibsons Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie's Q | Sat, September 12 at 4:30 pm on WTTW HD

Gundis Kurdish Kitchen, The English Room, L'patron | Sat, September 19 at 4:30 pm on WTTW HD

Rhyme Or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano | Sat, September 26 at 4:30 pm on WTTW HD

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Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp

A family-owned, low-key establishment located on the Chicago River. Fresh, fast food with a wide variety of options.

Sauce and Bread Kitchen

Sauce and Bread Kitchen offers a variety of homemade dishes featuring bread baked and meats smoked on the premises. The pantry style, counter service restaurant features a wide variety of hot sauces made from scratch using locally sourced and organic ingredients. A BYOB restaurant.

Simi's Restaurant

Specializing in West African cuisine, Simi’s aims to bring Nigerian tastes and culture to Chicago. The staff is well-trained to introduce guests to a new culture.

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Fulton’s on the River
Watermelon & Ice Cream

It’s National Ice Cream Month, and Hawaiian restaurant Sola is offering a three-course prix fixe menu that focuses on ice cream. The first course is octopus with sweet soy wasabi sorbet and ginger wakame seaweed. The second course is Wagyu hanger steak with fried blue cheese ice cream, roasted fingerlings, Chinese broccoli, and a port demi glaze. The final course is a flight of ice creams, including vanilla miso and cherry goat cheese. You can also add on additional wine pairings.

Chicago Bagel Authority
Breakfast Bites

For its fifth anniversary, Ukrainian Village coffee roaster Dark Matter has released the Cherry Bomb Blend, made with triple-processed beans grown in Finca San Jose, Sonsanate, El Salvador. The natural-processed beans add bing cherry flavor, the pulp-natural beans provide dark chocolate notes, and the washed beans add red fruit acidity, making it an ideal summer coffee blend. There are only 500 bags available, 250 online and 250 at Star Lounge. The best part? Five bags have golden tickets, which could net you a free pound of coffee or three-day passes to Pitchfork, where Dark Matter will have a booth.

West Loop Dining

The changes keep coming in the West Loop – the area continues to add restaurants, bring in new bartenders, and perhaps most importantly, now there’s gelato on an already great menu. Here’s what’s new.

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.