The Little Beet Table, GT Prime and more recently-opened bars and restaurants.
All-day brunch restaurant Hutch American Cafe opened in River North in October.
— Photo courtesy of Barry Brecheisen Photography, Oct. 4, 2016The Little Beet Table, an all-gluten free restaurant, opened its Chicago location in Gold Coast in September.
— Photo courtesy of Evan Sung, Oct. 4, 2016The Rabbit Hole opened in the former Old Town Burger Saloon location in Old Town in early September.
— Oct. 4, 2016Michigan chain HopCat opened its first Chicago location serving more than 300 beers in Lincoln Park in early September.
— Kristan Lieb / Chicago Tribune, Oct. 4, 2016Clarke's 24-hour diner on Belmont, which was replaced last year with The Belmont Cafe, reopened in late September.
— Joe Gray / Chicago Tribune, Oct. 4, 2016Taking over the Franks 'N' Dawgs location in Lincoln Park, Sandwiched opened in late September.
— Oct. 4, 2016Groundswell Coffee opened a second location in West Loop in September.
— Oct. 4, 2016An employee transfers fresh- baked M&M Insomnia Cookies and chocolate chunk Insomnia Cookies into a cardboard box to fill an online order in College Park in 2005. A late-night Insomnia cookie store is opening in Charles Village in late July.¬_The store will be open every day until 3 a.m. — Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore / Baltimore Sun, May 5, 2005
Logan Square gained another coffee shop with Jimmy Beans Coffee that opened in September.
— Photo courtesy of Ruben Gonzalez, Oct. 4, 2016Two new Rojo Gusanos opened in Belmont-Cragin and Ravenswood this summer.
— Oct. 4, 2016Dollop Coffee opened a new location on the University of Chicago's campus in Hyde Park in September.
— Oct. 4, 2016A second Big Shoulders Coffee Company storefront opened in River North in September.
— Oct. 4, 2016Disco opened above Celeste in River North in August.
— Lenny Gilmore / RedEye, Aug. 26, 2016Seafood-in-a-bag joint The Crab Pad opened in Logan Square in August.
— Oct. 4, 2016Chicken balochi tikka and paratha at Meerath Kabab House Chicago.
— Lenny Gilmore / RedEye, Sept. 22, 2016The pulled pork sandwich at Blackwood BBQ (28 S. Clinton) Monday March 2, 2015 Hurricanes. (Phil Velasquez/ Chicago Tribune) — Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune, March 2, 2015
Vol. 39 opened in The Kimpton Gray Hotel in the Loop in August.
— Photo courtesy of Colin Beckett, Aug. 26, 2016Smyth opened in the West Loop in August.
— Photo courtesy of Eugene Galdones, Aug. 26, 2016Revival Food Hall opened in the Loop in August.
— Photo courtesy of Jennifer Catherine Photography, Aug. 26, 2016The Hummingbird Cake with cream cheese frosting is another holdover from the Table Fifty-Two menu.
— Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune, July 27, 2016Vermouth (White vermouth served with various housemade bitters and tinctures, $18): A glass of Fossil Branco served straight up on an antique silver tray lets you play bartender with dry herbs (clove, cinnamon, wormwood, gentian and orange peel) and “bitters and tinctures to think and tinker” in tiny cork-capped medicine vials. Add as much or as little of the housemade extracts (tangy citrus quinine liqueur, galangal vodka, matsutake artichoke and sweet orange chamomile bitters), and then add more vermouth with that adorable sidecar in a miniature crystal pitcher.
— Lenny Gilmore / RedEye, Dec. 12, 2016Chicken masala, dark chocolate-spearmint chai and Chiya-chili potatoes at Chiya Chai in Logan Square
— Lenny Gilmore / RedEye, July 26, 2016FireFin Poke Shop opened in the Loop on June 6.
— Nick Kindelsperger / Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2016Tori’s fried chicken and Saved by the Max's menu.
— Hilary Higgins / for RedEye, May 30, 2016Seoul Taco with Korean tacos opened May 31 in River North.
— Seoul Taco, July 1, 2016Visitors to the 22nd floor rooftop terrace of the LondonHouse hotel take in the stunning views of the Chicago River and the skyline on May 24, 2016.
— Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune, May 24, 2016Beet-pickled deviled eggs at Early Society.
— Photo courtesy of Marcin Cymmer, May 2, 2016Broken English Taco Pub opened in the Loop on May 5.
— Marcin Cymmer , Jan. 1, 2000Americano 2211 opened in Wicker Park in April.
— Kristan Lieb / Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2016Roister opened in Fulton Market on April 1
— Matthew Gilson / HANDOUT, March 28, 2016En Hakkore 2.0 opened in Wicker Park in April.
— Lenny Gilmore / RedEye, May 2, 2016EZ Inn dive bar reopened in March.
— Chase Agnello-Dean / Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2016Moneygun opened in Fulton Market in March.
— Photo courtesy of Clayton Hauck for Moneygun, April 18, 2016Inside the new Spin ping pong club in Chicago.
— Courtesy of Barry Brecheisen, Feb. 26, 2016La Mez Agave Lounge opened beneath Mercadito in River North in March.
— Photo courtesy of Marcin Cymmer, April 18, 2016Duck Duck Goat opened in Fulton Market on March 24.
— Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2016Snaggletooth opened in Southport Corridor on Feb. 18.
— E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune, May 5, 2016Behave Yourself ($12) at The Victor Bar
4011 N. Damen Ave.
Oh, behave? How could you with this summery sip of vodka, peach liqueur, lemon juice, Suze gentian liqueur, lemon-berry syrup and grapefruit bitters?
