Lettuce Entertain You’s ground-breaking Intro has been hot since taking over in L20 space on Lincoln Park West. The unique restaurant serves as an incubator for different chef talents across the country, housing one chef-in-residence for a few months and granting them conservatorship over the menu. It offers Chicagoans an opportunity to sample talent from beyond our city borders, while providing something totally new and fresh on a recurring basis. As Intro prepares to welcome its second chef-in-residence, Erik Anderson, the restaurant also has some other news to share.

Considering the frigid trajectory of winter this year, you’ve probably never been happier to see rhubarb in your life. It’s with wide open arms and mouths that we welcome spring dishes and drinks to Chicago, re-inspiring our numbed senses with the vivifying life force of fresh produce. New menus continue to roll out on the regular, but here are some standout items that are sure to provide a taste of spring in the Midwest.

Baseball season is nearly upon us, one of the key forebears of warmer days to come and increased cravings for stadium-adjacent dining. Regardless of your team loyalty, everyone’s a winner when sports-friendly foods are served in restaurants within a baseball’s pitch of the stadium. In anticipation of the April 5 season opener for Major League Baseball, here’s this year’s report on baseball dining in Chicago.