In a new documentary, filmmaker Jack C. Newell captures the life cycle of chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s dearly departed Uptown restaurant.
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Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility
Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed itself into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?
Mike Quigley: Russians hacked the Illinois State Board of Elections’ voter database, and other Chicago news
Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.
Shot down again, Rod Blagojevich takes his sentencing appeal to the Supreme Court a second time, and other Chicago news
Also, gas prices in Illinois are the lowest they’ve been in 12 years.
Smyth is right at home among Chicago’s temples to high gastronomy
The fine-dining sibling to the Loyalist is worth a splurge.
Jake Bickelhaupt of 42 Grams named one of Food & Wine’s best new chefs
42 Grams’ Jake Bickelhaupt is one of Food and Wine‘s best new chefs for 2015.
It was a crazy day in Chicago food! No fooling!
The craziest things to happen around April 1 weren’t pranks.
Our favorite restaurants of 2014
They weren’t all Italian. And they weren’t all in River North.
The Michelin Guide is still your dad (and more food news)
Pronouncing on Michelin’s announcements, the Chicago Film Festival returns, and other events in the food world.
Best Kitchen Table
Part dinner party, part live performance, it’s as intimate as you’ll get with the creation of a 15-course tasting menu.
The underground goes Uptown at 42 Grams
Former underground chef Jake Bickelhaupt steps into the spotlight with the Uptown fine-dining restaurant 42 Grams.
Chicago magazine’s best, and the rest
An alternative look at the past year on Chicago’s food scene
Underground dining experience gets a real kitchen with 42 Grams
Underground dinner Sous Rising will go street level with 42 Grams next month.