Over the past year, numerous new franchise operations have opened, expanded or planned new locations in the area.

The Alton Symphony Orchestra will hold its annual Sip and Strings wine-tasting event at the Post Commons, 300 Alby Street, at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. This event will be welcoming Koerner ...

Chicago is becoming one of the nation's top cities for steak houses, according to a media group that ranks some of the world's best restaurants. Six Chicago eateries were included in the list of ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) -- Police in Waukegan were investigating a stabbing inside a restaurant overnight Saturday into Sunday. Crime scene tape surrounded 41 14 Forty One Fourteen Steaks & Seafood ...

This week’s featured restaurant, Mr. Steak, was part of a national chain that landed in Wichita in the late 1960s, and the city’s three restaurants became destinations for birthday ...

Sam Toia, the president of the Illinois Restaurant Association, said Friday that he was not aware of any ICE activity at Chicago restaurants. But for some workers and restaurateurs, the anxiety of ...

Chefs, restaurants and restaurateurs from Illinois have been an announced ... Here's what to know. Yes. Boka Restaurant Group was founded by Rob Katz and Springfield native Kevin Boehm in 2002.

What happens when Chicago’s top chefs, sommeliers and hospitality leaders come together for one night to celebrate their own? Plenty of jokes get cracked about The Bear and the rise of food ...

Cleveland.com’s Best of Cleveland team is curious to see which restaurant you think is worthy of that distinction. We started by asking you to nominate your favorite place. You responded with ...

Welcome to Best Bites, a series where we celebrate not a whole restaurant or menu but one specific and amazing dish or drink. These bites and sips have something to say, and we are listening.