Louisa Chu

Restaurant news: Cadinho, a Portuguese inspired bakery and cafe, plus 13 more openings around Chicago

Summer is fleeting, but there’s still plenty of time left to enjoy a picnic outdoors.

A look at Stussy’s Diner in Bridgeport, plus other notable restaurant news, including more openings, closings and new menus.

The finer dining soul food restaurant Nafsi just opened inside the historic South Shore Cultural Center, a former country club that once barred Black and Jewish people from membership on the South …

Review: Maxwells Trading, intimately American- and Asian-influenced food in Chicago

After four years of harassment, five days of testimony and two hours of deliberation, a jury awarded $4.5 million to a restaurant employee who sued an acclaimed chef in Chicago.

The iconic 12 foot tall couple was taken down from the rooftop of the historic Superdawg Drive-In on the Northwest Side of Chicago for refurbishment just after Labor Day. They returned to their per…

Cookbooks 2024 gift guide: Our food critic’s picks for new and notable cookie inspiring books

Restaurant review: Feld goes beyond farm to table in Chicago

Executive chef and owner Rahim Muhammad describes his menu as a “Creole take on African Caribbean and Latin food.”