Chicago Restaurants

While the official start of summer is just weeks away, some Chicago-area small business owners say filling typical summer jobs has proven to be an especially difficult task. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

With the Chicago dining scene coming back, ‘Top Chef’ season 15 winner Joe Flamm debuts a Croatian-Italian restaurant, ‘Rose Mary,’ in Fulton Market.

On Friday, the City of Chicago enters its Bridge Phase which means expanded vaccine exemptions and allowing capacity limitations to increase for businesses with fully vaccinated guests. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Chicago’s restaurant scene took a huge hit during the coronavirus pandemic, but as the dining world begins to return so have the coveted foodie awards, with a new crop of Bib Gourmands announced in the city Tuesday.

Chicago’s restaurant scene took a huge hit during the coronavirus pandemic, but as the dining world begins to return so have the coveted foodie awards, with a new crop of Bib Gourmands announced in the city Tuesday.

24 Chicago restaurants receive Michelin Stars, with two newcomers receiving their first two-star rating and another a one-star first-timer

Help is on the way for struggling restaurants and bars in the form of a grant, not a loan. The U.S. Small Business Administration will open applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund on Monday, May 3. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted.  “To know this money is available to us for all that time...

Take a deep dive into the world of the Little Mermaid in Chicago this summer, complete with themed cocktails and underwater-like theatrics.

Intimate takes on a whole meaning as Chicagoans look for new dining experiences in the midst of a global pandemic, and the sushi “speakeasy” known as the Sushi Suite in Chicago is reopening with that in mind.

Chicago officials are warning anyone who may be hosting or celebrating St. Patrick’s Day that guidelines are still in place and will be enforced. Sandra Torres reports.

Chicago officials are warning anyone who may be hosting or celebrating St. Patrick’s Day that guidelines are still in place and will be enforced.

On the one-year mark that Alinea closed its doors due to the pandemic, the three-Michelin-star restaurant will welcome patrons back to its dining room. On March 17 last year, the world-class restaurant was forced to halt dining room service after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered restaurants to do so in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. According…

Chicago businesses and residents are optimistic Wednesday after the House passed a $1.9 trillion economic recovery bill, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has more details on what the measure could mean for us locally.

Flavortown has officially arrived in Chicago! Food Network icon Guy Fieri launched several locations of his new delivery-only restaurant chain, Flavortown Kitchen, in the Chicago suburbs. Fieri, host of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, announced Lombard, Orland Park and Wheeling are serving his favorite original dishes from bourbon brown sugar barbeque wings to bacon mac n cheese burgers and choco whiskey…

Though Chicago may be opening up more as the city increases indoor dining capacity for restaurants and bars and eases other restrictions, officials are still warning against St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.

Chicago is again increasing indoor dining capacity at restaurants and bars and easing several coronavirus restrictions as the city’s coronavirus positivity rate continues to drop to levels not seen since the pandemic began.

Chicago is again increasing indoor dining capacity at restaurants and bars and easing several coronavirus restrictions as the city’s coronavirus positivity rate continues to drop to levels not seen since the pandemic began. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady breaks down the latest coronavirus data for Chicago.

As coronavirus metrics continue to drop throughout the city, Chicago eased several restrictions Tuesday, including increasing fitness class size and extending the closing time of bars and restaurants.