Check, Please! host Catherine De Orio welcomes guest reviewers Alicia James, Alex Dravillas, and Adam Thomas who weigh in on Chicago area eateries Boston Fish Market, Charlatan, Bar Pastoral.

Wine and Cheese Pairings, Bar Pastoral

Hello everyone!

Are you ready to start the 16^th season of Check, Please!? I am! This is an exciting season – jam-packed with more amazing finds recommended by all of you – as well as a few new elements. This season, right here on our website at wttw.com/checkplease, our guests will give confessional-style interviews before and after shooting their episode. How fun will this be to peek behind the curtains!

This French term (pronounced shar-KOO-tuh-ree), despite its distinctly unappetizing English translation of “cooked flesh,” conjures up the pleasures of an upscale picnic spread, perhaps to be enjoyed with good friends at an outdoor symphony concert under the stars.