It is now time  – drumroll, please – to announce the winners of the 2015 Eater Awards in Chicago. These winners comprise a diverse group of the finest and most interesting chefs, restaurants, and bartenders in the city. They’ve defined...

Built in 1893, the Venetian Gothic-style Chicago Athletic Association building long towered over Michigan Avenue and served as a luxurious sporting bastion for the city’s elite gentlemen. Shuttered since 1997, it’s about to become Chicago’s most in inn. The...

A new hotel in Chicago set to open in May has a lot going for it: a historic building across from bustling Millennium Park and a wealthy owner with a hospitality pedigree. But will that be enough amid a...

Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) is proud to announce that it will open a second Shake Shack in Chicago in 2015 on the ground floor of the new Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, a 241-room boutique hotel debuting...

Unless you’re a design fanatic or a New Yorker, you probably won’t recognize the pair pictured above. Soon enough, we predict, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch will be names Chicagoans know and love. Founders of the influential New York...