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Casa Rosa opened in 1981 and for more than two decades lorded over Tex-Mex in the Park Cities. An offshoot of El Chico’s, Casa Rosa was an institution, churning out hearty Tex-Mex favorites in a dining room that felt like a Mexican hacienda, replete with pink walls, Spanish murals and a skylight over a giant planter in the middle of the space…

Mister Charles opened on July 18 and is already the hottest reservation in town. If you’ve missed it, Mister Charles is the fifth restaurant from Duro Hospitality, the group behind The Charles, Cafe Duro, Sister and El Carlos Elegante…

The second season of FX’s The Bear started streaming on Hulu on June 22. When we left Carmy Berzatto in Season 1, he and his staff had decided to close The Original Beef of Chicagoland, his late brother’s struggling sandwich shop, and rebrand as the titular The Bear restaurant…