Nana

To satisfy diners who clamor for local produce, Nana takes it to a new level — the basement. That's where the restaurant, 3267 S. Halsted St., maintains a 100-square-foot hydroponic garden, which produces mustard greens, basil, broccoli and more,...

Bar Amá, the newest restaurant venture from critically acclaimed chef Josef Centeno is slated to open Saturday downtown. Centeno, whose restaurant Bäco Mercat was recently named one of Bon Apetit's best new restaurants of 2012, will focus on Tex-Mex...

Don't worry too much about cheating on your grandmother's famous meatball recipe. New Haven Meatball House promises they're not taking anything away from Nana, Nonna, Bubbe, Babci or Meme. "We're not trying to compete with Grandma," said owner Bob...

Earth Wood & Fire, a new restaurant in the Bare Hills section of Baltimore County, is testament to the wisdom of keeping things simple. The menu offers a handful of salads, a selection of small plates and a daily special or two. But the partnership at...

The thing that gets people in trouble on Valentine's Day (besides forgetting the day entirely) is the unreasonable expectation. People book into restaurants they don't know, with prices they're not accustomed to paying, and expect some undefined,...

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....