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This Bridgeport bakery and café celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this month. Go for a lunch or dinner of chicken baltie pie and a salad of greens grown on the owners’ farm.
http://pleasanthousebakery.com/
964 W. 31st St.
Chicago, IL
773-523-7437
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After a year away from the ovens, local pizza maven Nella Grassano has resurfaced with a new open-all-day Lincoln Park restaurant. Go for beautifully blistered Neapolitan-style pies, plus simple antipasti, pasta, risotto and mains.
1443 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL
773-281-6600
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What did chicken and dumplings taste like in the 1920s? Visit Andersonville’s Big Jones to find out. As food history buffs, we have abundant love for this Southern restaurant, which recently reopened with a slew of new historic Creole and Cajun dishes and a spiffed-up interior. Click here to see our previous coverage.
http://bigjoneschicago.com
5347 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL
773-275-5725
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When the night calls for creative seasonal dishes paired with unusual, storied wine, we head to this Logan Square wine bar. On a recent visit, we sipped a rosé Txakolina and ate squid-ink pappardelle with fresh peas and squid chorizo. Click here to see our previous coverage.
http://telegraphwinebar.com/
2601 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
773-292-9463
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Andrew Brochu, a veteran of Alinea, Kith & Kin and El Ideas, is now running the kitchen here, and his presence is a good excuse to revisit this creative River North restaurant: The edible-flower-packed spring menu is a stunner. Click here to see our previous coverage.
http://www.grahamelliot.com/
217 W. Huron St.
Chicago, IL
312-624-9975
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