Izard Hosts Top Chef Duels Viewing Party; Sound Opinions BBQ at Navy Pier; more:
WEST LOOP—Stephanie Izard will host a dinner and viewing party at Little Goat on September 24 when her episode of Top Chef Duels debuts on Bravo. Izard, who faces off Kristen Kush (the two are the only female Top Chef winners in the show's history), will whip up a five-course, top secret menu for the evening. Tickets are on sale now. [EaterWire]
NAVY PIER—Sound Opinions will host their third...
2 Sparrows Adding Dinner Service Later This Summer:
After the success of its monthly dinner series, Lincoln Park breakfast and lunch mainstay 2 Sparrows will expand into full dinner service later this summer. At an undetermined date, the restaurant will close briefly to undergo interior renovations (including the addition of a bar and an area for guests to interact with the kitchen), emerging with a new dinner menu from chef Gregory Ellis.
New One Off Head Baker; The Dawson Begins Sunday Music Series; More:
FULTON MARKET—In baker shuffles, Greg Wade is moving on from his position as the head baker at Little Goat Bread to run the baking program for all of One Off Hospitality (which is getting its own base of operations around the corner from Publican Quality Meats). Wade tells the Tribune that his plan is to go back to baking basics and will spend a week at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco ahead of...
Castle Gets Four Corners Expertise; 2 Sparrows Metropolitan Dinner; More:
RIVER NORTH—Castle owners Ala Carte Entertainment have brought in Four Corners Tavern Group for "repositioning and redevelopment" of the classic nightclub. No changes to the management or staff will be made according to the statement released this afternoon. [EaterWire]
LAKEVIEW—2 Sparrows is hosting their monthly dinner series this Friday, February 7 along with Metropolitan Brewing. The...