Gemini Bistro

Review: Kabocha Japanese Brasserie 952 W. Lake St. 312-666-6214 Rating: !!! 1/2 (out of four) Heating up Chef Shin Thompson's former restaurant, Bonsoiree in Logan Square, was a darling of the foodie crowd. It also demanded a commitment, both in time...

From the small bar framing the back wall of the restaurant to the bistro tables neatly aligned in rows, Bistronomic is a bustling yet cozy restaurant with Parisian overtones. For years, chef and owner Martial Noguier aspired to have his own place, and...

When children go to a restaurant, they can practically decide what to eat beforehand because the menu of childhood staples is almost ingrained in their brains: hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken fingers with fries, mac and cheese, and pizza. The choices...

Defying the notion that ice cream is a treat best left to the long, hot days of summer, chefs are creating frozen desserts in flavors that are synonymous with the short, dark days of winter. Here is a sampling of such desserts to be enjoyed now —...

You can't count on snow for Christmas. You can't count on a 7-3 Bears team making the playoffs. But you can count on my annual save-the-tables list, which provides dozens of last-minute, primo New Year's Eve reservations for procrastinating readers....