Updated: Where to Eat Brunch in Chicago Right Now:
Brunch, not quite breakfast or lunch, is often overlooked but we're here to give it all the attention it deserves. The Eater Chicago Brunch Heatmap has been updated to show you more new places—alongside old favorites—that are doing great things with their brunch menus. So start your day off right and get your eggs on at these restaurants that are hot right now.
Restaurants Show Support for Zanella Family; Headquarters River North Opening Date; More:
CHICAGOLAND—In the wake of chef Dean Zanella's family tragedy earlier this year, the restaurant community is coming together to help. Fellow chef Carrie Nahabedian is heading up the fundraiser Over A Year of Dining in Chicago, bidding for which has begun at $20,000. The package includes more than 120 gift certificates to dine at some of the biggest restaurants in Chicago, including a chef's...
Inside Tony Mantuano's River Roast, Roasting Chickens on the River Today:
Roasts will be carved today on LaSalle Street and the Chicago River. Tony Mantuano is officially unveiling River Roast to the public at lunchtime, swinging open the doors to his prominent new riverside perch.
River Roast is a large two-floor operation that covers 253 total seats inside the former Fulton's on the River space. There's two bars, a 100-seat dining room, an 80-seat patio...
Read the Menus for Tony Mantuano's River Roast:
Opening to the general public on Thursday July 23, Tony Mantuano and chef John Hogan's dinner, lunch and brunch menus for River Roast, Mantuano's first non-Italian restaurant, blends the selection of simple, traditional English-style roasts you're expecting with many traditional and non-traditional items you're not expecting. Three different proteins (fish, chicken and roast beef) make up the...