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The owner of FoxFire in Geneva is in the middle of a lawsuit to keep serving customers indoors, despite pandemic restrictions.

Earlier this week, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced mitigation efforts for several areas in the state, including Chicago, and as residents can imagine, the decision to shut down indoor dining is being met with anger from business owners already suffering since the first round of restrictions in March. “We make four to six pennies on a dollar,” said the CFO...

Lincoln Square’s Bistro Campagne is already operating at 25% of normal business. Rising costs of food, personal protection equipment and new restrictions could put the business under. “If they restrict the inside seating, we’re basically going on fumes,” Johnathan Altenberg, president of Bistro Campagne, said. Altenberg is also the supervisor of Vernon Township. Bistro Campagne has been in Lincoln...

The threat of tighter restrictions is causing alarm among business owners still trying to get back on their feet from the shutdown in Illinois over the summer. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Macy’s Walnut Room will return this holiday season as a reimagined dining experience amid the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. restaurants are moving warily into fall, hoping their slow recovery persists despite the new challenge of chilly weather and a pandemic that’s expected to claim even more lives.

While it remains unclear what winter dining will look in Chicago as restaurants work to find creative solutions for outdoor dining in the cold, Chicago officials have released new guidelines to bring some clarity to what’s ahead.

Restaurant and bar owners in Will and Kankakee Counties may serve customers indoors as of Friday evening after the region endured more than two weeks of strict mitigations to lower its rolling Coronavirus positivity rate. Lynette Greco Mertens, owner of Sorriso Ristorante in Frankfort, said business has been “like a roller coaster in recent weeks. “Thank God for our patrons…

As a result of declining positivity rates, indoor dining and bar service were allowed to resume Friday in some suburban communities. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Chef Nick Liberato of Netflix’s “Restaurants on the Edge” knows all the reasons why restaurants go wrong. He and his partner Mike Dalewitz joined LX News to talk about season 2 of the show and how they are finding creative ways to help restaurants through the pandemic.

This spring, many restaurants closed as a result of lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As some managed to remain open for takeout and delivery, others ended up never recovering.

The city has received hundreds of submissions for its winter outdoor dining challenge. Sandra Torres has a look at some of the ideas so far.

Dining out raises the risk of contracting COVID-19 more than other activities, such as shopping or going to a salon, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings come as many states consider the safest ways to reopen businesses, especially restaurants. On Wednesday, for example, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that limited indoor...

Taco Bell announced a second wave of menu cuts after it concluded a review of its food and beverage offerings. The Yum Brands chain is among the restaurant companies permanently rethinking their menus during the coronavirus pandemic. Less staff in kitchens and higher demand in its drive-thru lanes meant McDonald’s and others temporarily trimmed back their menus, only to realize that it resulted in...

The lunch rush at Paris Bistro in Naperville Wednesday looked more like an afternoon in May, when dining establishments across Illinois were only allowed to serve customers outdoors in an effort to fight the spread of coronavirus. “Oh, no.  Not again.  It’s going to be very tough,” said co-owner Jonathan Santos. The Illinois Department of Public Health placed indoor...

The Illinois Department of Public Health placed indoor dining at bars and restaurants on hold in Will and Kankakee Counties for at least fourteen days starting Wednesday, due to rising positivity rates in coronavirus testing, and business owners are bracing for yet another challenge. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

Beachside restaurants along Lake Michigan in Chicago are able to open for business for the first time this summer during the pandemic, health and city officials said Wednesday.

Beachside restaurants along Lake Michigan are able to open for business for the first time this summer during the pandemic, according to health and city officials.

Many restaurants that got coronavirus relief loans have spent the money and now find themselves in the same precarious position as in the pandemic’s early days

Tacos 4 Life started with the mission to end childhood hunger. It’s strategy is simple: With every taco purchased, a child in need receives a free meal. The business, which launched as a pizza joint in Arkansas, now has 16 taco restaurants in five states and has provided 14 million meals to kids in countries around the world in partnership...