https://chicago.bubblelife.com/community/chicago_newsThe latest news and information from Chicago.https://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y98YP/A_Few_Cape_Cods_for_Sale.html(Chicago Magazine) It may be associated with coastal communities in Massachusetts, but this style can be found across the greater Chicago area.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:08:33 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JH/Chicagos_50_Best_Restaurants.html(Chicago Magazine) With picks that span from tasting menus to food trucks, our critic ranks his favorite places to eat.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JI/Maxwells_Trading.html(Chicago Magazine) Maxwells says out loud what just about every fine-dining tasting menu in town whispers: Chicago loves Asian flavors. We love the heat, rawness, bright acidity, and savory umami so fundamental to the cooking of Thailand, Japan, and every country in...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JJ/Oriole.html(Chicago Magazine) When did Oriole become Chicago’s best fine-dining restaurant? Has it been so ever since chef-owner Noah Sandoval and his then-wife, Cara, opened it 10 years ago, channeling the punk energy of Schwa, where Sandoval cut his teeth, into something...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JK/Kyoten_and_Kyoten_Next_Door.html(Chicago Magazine) The sushi Otto Phan serves at Kyoten is unlike what you’ll find anywhere else. His inochi-no-ichi rice is big and plump, and he acid-etches it with sharp red vinegar. He cuts his fish into short, thick pieces, then deeply scores them to reveal hidden...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JL/Feld.html(Chicago Magazine) Chicago has plenty of tasting menus with luxury ingredients and intricate platings. Feld, which opened in 2024, is different. Chef-owner Jake Potashnick (pictured above) calls his approach “relationship-to-table,” which sounds as earnest as a public...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JM/Cellar_Door_Provisions.html(Chicago Magazine) What Ethan Pikas opened 12 years ago as a bakery and café has morphed into the most reliably innovative modern American bistro in town. He and his chef de cuisine, Alex Cochran, work brilliantly together: They let the season’s ingredients inspire...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JN/Smyth.html(Chicago Magazine) Getting a third Michelin star in 2023 put this elaborate tasting-menu spot in rare company and turned around its fortunes. The kind of people who fly all over the world to experience the finest dining started coming here for Smyth. The reservation...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JO/Virtue.html(Chicago Magazine) “I can’t breathe.” — George Floyd. “I can’t jog.” — Ahmaud Arbery. “I can’t peacefully protest.” — Black people everywhere. Those messages, stenciled on Virtue’s windows, are chef-owner Erick Williams’s reminder of America’s systemic vice. But...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JP/Las_Carnitas_Uruapan.html(Chicago Magazine) There are now three branches of this purveyor of Michoacán-style carnitas, distinct cuts of pork slow-cooked in lard until each reveals its special texture and flavor. The Heart of Chicago original, opened by Inocencio Carbajal in 1975, is now a...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Zhttps://chicago.bubblelife.com/v/35148020/Y96JQ/El_Che_Steakhouse_Bar.html(Chicago Magazine) In a traditional Chicago-style steakhouse, the grills and ovens are hidden behind swinging doors to the kitchen. Not so at El Che, from chef-owner John Manion. Here, the wood-fired grill invites you into Argentine steakhouse culture, which is all...Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:00:00 Z