One of Chicago’s most anticipated restaurant openings of the year is getting a name change. The restaurant formerly known as ...

About eight months ago, when Barry Sorkin saw the news that Weber Grills was about to release a new pellet smoker, he felt he ...

The celebrated North Side barbecue restaurant is challenging the trademark for a new line of Weber smokers with the U.S.

The opening of The Purple Pig restaurant in Oakbrook Center will be a homecoming for two of the restaurant’s four owners.

Choosing where to raise your kids can feel like one big trade-off. You want great schools but not sky-high housing costs. You want safe streets but not total isolation. And you want a real sense ...

State-owned racetrack property operated by a nonprofit association may be the best long-term solution for the historic New ...

San Diego chef Tara Monsod, who made it to the final round of this year’s prestigious James Beard competition, didn’t take home the title of best chef in California Monday night. Monsod, the popular ...

Good morning, Chicago. As climate change scorches many regions responsible for growing the country’s produce, Illinois farms will become even more important for local — and national — food security.

For 30 years, the writer Pico Iyer lived near a different, noiseless Kyoto. In an essay for today’s Travel section, he wrote ...

Broncos' Sean Payton, Mike Shanahan join Tony Romo, Jimmy Garoppolo in unique Eastern Illinois pipeline to NFL.

The birthplace of Motown and the Model T car, this industrious Michigan city has gone from boom to bust and back. Today, it’s ...