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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.

Chicago and suburban Cook County are expanding indoor dining capacity at restaurants and bars Thursday, looking to ease restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady announced Wednesday that Chicago is expanding indoor dining capacity at restaurants and bars as it looks to ease restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Calling Valentine’s Day weekend “one of the few bright spots for the restaurant industry,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed Monday the city is considering expanding indoor dining capacity with the holiday weekend around the corner. The city entered Phase 4 of Illinois’ coronavirus mitigations on Friday, Jan. 29, which according to state guidelines, permitted indoor dining capacity to increase. Even…

The city of Chicago won’t permit bars and restaurants to increase indoor dining capacity even though Illinois health officials are expected to ease restrictions in the city as a result of progress in the fight against COVID-19, city officials announced Friday.

The city of Chicago announced Friday restaurants won’t be permitted to expand indoor capacity even as other coronavirus restrictions are loosened. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

City officials said they found a “high level of compliance” from restaurants and bars over the first weekend of indoor dining, citing only one business that allegedly served dozens of people who weren’t social distancing.

It was a day of celebration in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, as indoor dining was permitted to resume under the provisions of Illinois’ Tier 1 coronavirus mitigations. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the story.

Indoor dining is expected to resume in Chicago and suburban Cook County starting Saturday. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has a look at the changes.

Restaurants in two more Illinois counties can resume serving customers indoors at 25% capacity, as the region covering Will and Kankakee Counties moved to Tier 1 on Friday. The staff at Sorriso Italian Ristorante in Frankfort spent Thursday afternoon prepping meals for dinner. “It’s a day that finally has a good light at the end of the tunnel,” said general…

Even though restrictions preventing indoor dining remain in effect across Illinois, four restaurants in north suburban Lake County decided to reopen their doors Friday.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced which Illinois regions can roll back on Tier 3 mitigations, while providing more details on the state’s vaccination plan.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to lay out a roadmap for indoor dining to gradually return across Illinois. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports

Chicago officials shut down two parties on the city’s Near North Side over the weekend with dozens of people in attendance, including one that involved a $100 entry fee.

Chicago’s Ann Sather restaurant, owned by Ald. Tom Tunney, was given two citations and could face a hefty fine after Tunney admitted the eatery allowed “regular diners” inside in violation of the statewide coronavirus mitigations suspending indoor dining.

Chicago’s Ann Sather restaurant, owned by Ald. Tom Tunney, was given two citations and could face a hefty fine after Tunney admitted the eatery allowed “regular diners” inside in violation of the statewide coronavirus mitigations suspending indoor dining. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the story.

Ald. Tom Tunney admitted Monday that he has allowed “regular diners” inside his Chicago restaurant to eat in violation of the statewide coronavirus mitigations that suspended indoor dining.

The city of Chicago has launched an investigation into Ann Sather Restaurant, which is owned by Ald. Tom Tunney, after the restaurant defied city and state dining guidelines. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

One of the best tables in the house at a New York City restaurant is also a hotel room. Amid strict rules for indoor dining and smaller number of travelers due to the pandemic, Le Crocodile, a French restaurant at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, has created a totally private restaurant experience inside an empty hotel room to make up...

A Michigan mandate that has forced dine-in restaurants and bars to close for the second time this year is getting a mixed response from industry leaders that worry the move could hurt businesses.