Summer House Adds Thursday Lunch; New Scofflaw Cocktails; More:
LINCOLN PARK—Summer House Santa Monica will be open for lunch on Thursdays (and continuing on Fridays) from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM beginning tomorrow. [EaterWire / Facebook]
LOGAN SQUARE—There's a new cocktail menu at Scofflaw, including a delightfully named drink dubbed "Garden Gnome," which features Letherbee dry gin, dry vermouth, strega, rose water and cucumber. [EaterWire]
Lolla Performers Dish On Favorite Chicago Spots:
In honor of Lollapalooza 2014 hitting town this weekend, some this year's performers revealed their favorite Chicago restaurants, "hit" local dishes, who they know in the Chicago restaurant world and where they're hoping to eat while in town.
Artists participating are: Cash Cash, Bronze Radio Return's Bob Tanen, The Last Internationale's Brad Wilk (formerly of Rage Against the Machine and...
Juno Fire Update; Japonais by Morimoto Preview; More:
LINCOLN PARK—Juno ownership released a statement a few minutes ago regarding this morning's fire. In part, it reads: "the front of the restaurant and the apartments in the building were badly damaged, but fortunately Juno's kitchen, sushi bar and main dining room were not damaged by the fire. We will have to re-build the separate bar area at the front of the restaurant...we cannot immediately...
2013: The Year In Openings:
As 2013 winds down we look back at the restaurants that made the most impact upon opening over the past 12 months. Certainly some of these were anticipated from the moment they were announced (Eataly), while others seemed to sneak up on everyone (Smalls).
January
Gene Kato moved from Japonais to open Sumi Robata Bar, the stunningly designed tri-level robatayaki concept in River North. Mike...