Today in restaurant news: Rick Bayless adds a new dining option to Terminal 3, Highball Lounge brings the 50s alive and Slurping Turtle is finally set to open in River North. more ›

The Chicago food community has shown its committment to charitable causes over and over again, and we've already mentioned a few things being done to help disaster-ravaged Japan. This event, however, is in a class by itself. Some of the best chefs in Chicago, including Jimmy Bannos, Paul Kahan, Tony Mantuano, Mindy Segal, Sarah Stegner, Paul Virant, Bill Kim, and of course, Takashi Yagihashi, are coming together at Takashi on April 18th to create a special 6-course dinner. All the proceeds will go the Red Cross. more ›

On Saturday, Prescott mentioned that SushiSambaRio was raising money for Japan, with all of the proceeds from a special sushi roll going to help relief efforts. More restaurants have jumped into the effort, including Japonais, More Cupcakes, Takashi, Lockwood and Hunt Club. Japonais is also hosting a benefit on March 29th. The complete list, with details, is at The Feast. We expect it to get longer in the coming days, so keep checking back and keep your eyes open. Has anyone seen any other dining-based relief efforts? more ›

This Sunday is Father's Day, remember? Nice work. Lucky for you, you've still got some options. Options that don't involve this. more ›

Foodandwine.com just announced their "Go To List 2008," where they list their top ten restaurant cities in the world, ten up and coming restaurant cities, and 300 dining destinations around the world. It should come as no surprise that our broad-shouldered city ranked #8. That's behind Tokyo, Paris and New York, but ahead of Stockholm and Vancouver. Credit where credit is due, Vancouver still has better skiing and gentlemens clubs. more ›