Eater Chicago is reporting that Stephanie Izard (pictured here at Chicago Gourmet 2009 with Hot Chocolate's Mindy Segal and Urban Belly/Belly Shack's Bill Kim) is in the works to open an East Coast-style diner steps down from the Girl & the Goat. Izard tells Ari Bendersky: more ›

Sound like this would only happen in an absurd alternate universe? Not so, since it could be you sampling bourbons over a four-course feast, sharing conversations with the "Whiskey Professor" and the great-grandson of Jim Beam on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at Schubas. more ›

After years of fits and starts, rumors and innuendo, Eater Chicago launched today with Foodie the App partner Ari Bendersky at the helm. more ›

Former UR Chicago editor Ari Bendersky has been named editor of the long-awaited Eater Chicago. Eater and its real estate-focused companion, Curbed, are set to launch October 15. (Disclosure: I was also interviewed as a candidate for the Eater Chicago gig.) [TOC, via Menupages Chicago] more ›