Well, that feels oddly pointless. Two weeks ago, we reported that Ian Schrager, the new owner of the former Ambassador East, was going to let Chicagoans vote on a new name for the iconic Pump Room restaurant. It would either stay the Pump Room or get the totally lame new name "Gold Coast Kitchen." According to the Sun-Times, Chicago has spoken - 95% of the 20,000 votes were for Pump Room. more ›

Lesson of the day: if you try and imitate a Chicago hotdog institution, you won’t stand a chance. After months of being tied up in court, Superdawg, a 60-year-old hotdog stand on the Northwest side at Devon and Milwaukee, won a court battle against a New York restaurant called Superdog for rights to its name. more ›