Donna Lee, founder of Brown Bag Seafood Co., is starting to feel optimistic about the Loop. The number of office workers coming downtown seems to be inching up every month. Lunch rushes are back, and ...

Nicole Nassif didn’t care her restaurant would have only six seats. She didn’t mind that offices in the Loop remain, like the rest of the country, far below pre-pandemic occupancy. She felt sure ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. New chefs, new looks and, in one case, new management — ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The massive shift to working from home means some popular Loop lunch spots are going away. One of those places, on Wacker Drive, is saying goodbye and thank you Friday. "It's ...

Restaurants in The Loop tend to be terrible or overpriced—often both. So the decision to eat in this neighborhood is usually based on necessity, not choice. Perhaps you have a business meeting, a long ...

A new brewery that opened in the Loop last month is going after the lunchtime and after-work crowds. But in a post-COVID world, that won’t be easy. Illinois’ craft beer industry has suffered recently, ...

Rose Mary The West Loop has more restaurants run by former Top Chef contestants than any other neighborhood in Chicago. Our last count was eight, and they’re all operating within two blocks from each ...