Here’s your guide to what just opened, what’s coming soon and what’s no longer:
Co-chefs Sam Plotnick and Evan Fullerton found inspiration for their upcoming restaurant, Temporis, set to open in September at 933 N. Ashland Ave., by hosting a dinner party for friends and family. Plotnick says that after the pair prepared an eight-course menu in his parents’ kitchen, they started tossing around the idea of opening a restaurant with similar food.
“We thought, We could replicate this in a restaurant,” Plotnick says. “It was a lot of fun, and we didn’t really want to let that go.”
When Temporis opens, the dining room will seat just 20, and the menu will offer no a la carte options — just a tasting menu of contemporary American dishes. Right now, planned dishes for the opening menu include mini cones made from fennel tuile that chefs stuff with king crab, parsnip-smoked trout roe and fennel; and hamachi tartare with dehydrated hazelnut oil and an “almost pureed” ginger sugar cookie, Plotnick says.
He and Fullerton will offer a preview of the restaurant at three 10-course pop-up dinners at Local Foods (1427 W. Willow St.), to be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 7, 14 and 28. The meals are priced at $90 per person and are BYOB. Find tickets on Eventbrite.
M Pub, the spot that took the place of German restaurant Mirabell, has shuttered for good. A post on the restaurant’s Facebook page announced the closure.
California-based build-your-own-Neapolitan-style-pizza chain Persona Pizzeria opened its first Chicago location at 170 W. Washington St. Co-founded by certified Italian pizzaiolo Glenn Cybulski, the fast-casual restaurant allows diners to create 12-inch pizzas using any combination of 30-plus toppings. Pizzas bake in as little as 90 seconds in an Italian wood-fired oven.
Nando’s Peri-Peri Chicken unveiled its seventh location in Chicago on July 24 at 1005 S. Delano Court in the Roosevelt Collection. Head to the new South Loop outpost July 30 to find players from the Chicago Fire working the grill; 100 percent of sales that day go to the Chicago Fire Foundation, which works to improve the lives of disadvantaged youth in the Chicago area.
The team behind mini-chain GRK Greek Kitchen and chef Christos Fasseas will join forces for the opening this fall of DOX Quality Greek. The new spot will be at 1566 N. Damen Ave. in the heart of Wicker Park’s six corners. DOX will feature Greek street food — think kebabs and braised lamb pita sandwiches — and offer carryout and late-night dining options.
In case you missed it:
The Publican is opening a Wicker Park spinoff called Publican Anker.
In a surprise move, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que has closed its doors.
A Hello Kitty food truck will make its first Chicago-area appearance in August.
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