Here’s a convenient way to traverse the Mediterranean without having to grapple with jet lag: dine at Travelle’s intimate Chef’s Table and eat your way across the sea through a multi-course meal prepared by executive chef Tim Graham. These private meals provide an ample, unique opportunity to delve deeper beyond the regular menu at Travelle and further explore the diverse cuisines of the Mediterranean. With a menu that changes periodically, Graham keeps things fresh by focusing on a different region per menu, starting with Greece.

Strawberries are in season, marking a ravenous melee of short cakes, ice creams, berried cocktails, and lots more. One of the most adored harbingers of summer dining and drinking, strawberries are rolling onto menus all over Chicago en masse.

Mercadito Hospitality is the Energizer Bunny of restaurant groups, tirelessly fine-tuning and executive new dining and drinking concepts throughout Chicago and across the country. With such a strong presence locally, it’s easy to see why the company calls Chicago home, given its stable of Mercadito, Tavernita, Little Market Brasserie, and Mercadito offshoots like the just opened Mercadito Taqueria in the Loop and the soon-to-launch Mercadito Counter in River North. But first, a peek at one of the group’s most ambitious projects to date, an uber late night dining and drinking destination in River North: Tippling Hall.