Dining news
Check out these barbecue restaurants in the Fox Valley area.
The restaurant and brewing house is honoring their quarter century at 128 W. Main St. with its first Brewfest Saturday.
With more restaurants adding outdoor dining after the pandemic, there is no shortage of choices when it comes to restaurants with patios in the suburbs.
Sundae Funday in Rock Falls is filled with unique flavors of ice cream and Mexican cuisine.
The city of McHenry is launching an app, available in the Apple Store and GooglePlay, that allows shoppers to earn points for spending money at participating businesses and giving them future cash discounts at those vendors
Crystal Lake's restaurant 1776 was awarded the 2024 “Best of Award of Excellence” by Wine Spectator Magazine.
The 2024 Community Dinner Table event is a fundraiser for Batavia United Way.
Plainfield and New Lenox are two of the suburban communities reportedly being considered for Jack in the Box fast food restaurants.
The Arby’s on Route 59 in Joliet is gone.
Mott's Lounge will host a 100th birthday party in the western Kane County community on Saturday, July 27.
To celebrate all things mozzarella and marinara, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Italian restaurants in Chicago.
A crew from America's Best Restaurants was at Kim & Patty's Diner, McHenry, on March 19. The social media-based series visits mom-and-pop restaurants across the country, introducing them to their communities.
Sourcing most of their ingredients from their own farm while using local suppliers for others, the Wild Ginger Bistro & Wine Bar aims to tickle every taste bud.
Vicolo, in downtown Aurora, will offer handmade Italian pasta dishes, and will be both a laid-back cafe during the day and an upscale dinner destination at night.
The new restaurant, located at 842 N. Randall Road, Batavia, has become the fifth and newest Taco Dalé restaurant in the Chicago area.
The Mexican restaurant opened in February of 2023 in Geneva Commons. The original location is in Yorkville.
After Public House shut down in March, the city said it would seek to recoup money it loaned the business. Now the parties have reached an agreement.
Kim and Bill Doran purchased Paulee's Pizzeria in September, expanded menu and hours. The couple want to expand the building and use its adjacent land to become centerpiece of Wonder Lake's Hancock Drive.
Nestled along the shoreline of Lake Carlton in Morrison-Rockwood State Park for the last five decades, the cabin-like restaurant has drawn in fishermen, people camping in the state park and motorists or bicyclists who head out to the lake to take in the scenery.
Tangled Roots Brewery & Restaurants’ fourth location, Craft Beer and Kitchen, is scheduled to open Wednesday at Mellody Farm, Milwaukee Avenue and Route 60 in Vernon Hills.
Public House restaurant owed the city more than $300,000 in lease and loan payments after its abrupt closing in late March.
More than 30 food trucks will flock to the Jordan Block and Washington Square to serve cuisine celebrating a variety of flavors and ethnicities.
Thorabella’s is a family-owned restaurant, serving Italian American cuisine inspired by the owner's family heritage.
Wing enthusiasts will have a chance to taste test wings from half a dozen Huntley restaurants.
Satisfy your appetite while you explore the region this summer.
Leo’s Marvelous Bites opened the downtown Dixon location in November 2023.
Enjoy a drink or meal al fresco as The Graceful Ordinary in downtown St. Charles opens Memorial Day weekend.
Aurora, St. Charles, Elgin, Geneva have great venues for checking out live music this season.
Enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the Illinois River Valley at Starved Rock Lodge, while listening to live music over a drink or dinner on the outdoor patio.
May is National Burger Month, and we've compiled a list of some area restaurants that specialize in the art of creating the perfect patty.
Matthew Habib and his wife, Jennifer Polit, are reopening their European-inspired restaurant Wednesday, May 22, at 322 Randall Road in South Elgin.
The location at 131 W. Jefferson Ave. will unveil a new outdoor dining area on May 23 during a grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting.
Discover some hidden gems and rising stars that are making Aurora a must-visit destination for adventurous eaters.
Thirteen Mexican restaurants are participating in the program, which can be found on the free Travel St. Charles app.
Here are some suggestions for new restaurants to try around the Chicago area, including an interactive Bloody Mary bar.
From riverwalk and boardwalk shops in McHenry and Batavia to the thriving downtowns of St. Charles, Geneva and Oswego, there's plenty to see and do in communities along the Fox River.
The upscale casual dining restaurant recently opened in the shopping center, located at the intersection of Route 30 and Route 34. I
When it opens in downtown Wheaton, Sweetchilango will be the first fast-casual adjacent restaurant from the Bien Trucha Group.
Here’s a sampling of what some suburban restaurants are offering on Sunday, May 5.
For the next five months, the block of Hale Street between Front and Wesley Streets will be closed to vehicle traffic and converted into an al fresco dining zone with two massive tents providing space for eight local eateries.
Owner Helen Chiappetta said The Vegas Cafe got its start when her father and uncle used money won in Las Vegas to open the establishment — inspiring the restaurant’s moniker and colorful theme.
The menu features items such as palacinke, thin, crepe-like pancakes rolled around a filling; žganci, similar to polenta; Kranjska klobasa, a Slovenian sausage; cevapi, grilled sausage with a blend of meats; and more.
The popular dining events begin with a Mother's Day Farm Brunch on May 12, and continue monthly through October.
The Bien Trucha restaurant group is developing an entirely new concept in downtown Wheaton.
As approved, the section of Walnut Avenue between Riverside and Second avenues are closed to street traffic from April 15 to Oct. 31.
Whether referred to as farm-to-table or farm-to-fork, some of these local restaurants are a part of the social moment that is driving them to get their ingredients from nearby farms and similar sources.
17 downtown area restaurants participate in 10-day event that starts Friday.
Suburbs in Kane, DuPage and McHenry counties have plenty of al fresco dining options as the weather starts to get warmer.
A proposed Illinois law would require tipped restaurant workers to be paid minimum wage. Restaurant industry groups object.
To coincide with the much-anticipated drop of “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday, the Long Grove brewery will release The 13th Poet, a lavender blonde ale, the day before on Thursday.