River North News

Chicago may be a working-class town, but it's also a place that fosters creativity and helps propel many a sous-chef into a kitchen of his or her own, says Graham Elliot, the chef behind a namesake restaurant and a judge on Fox's MasterChef .

JDL Development's website anticipated breaking ground on a new 26-story, 189-unit apartment tower at 212 W Illinois in the spring of 2012.

Okay, I've cracked a 2006 bottle of Founders' Devil Dancer Triple IPA, and thus fortified, I plow into the beeriest weekend of the year, so far.

After learning she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer due to a genetic predisposition through the BRCA1 gene, Angelina Jolie made the decision to undergo a [preventative double mastectomy , lessening her risk to five percent.

Chef Steve Chiappetti brings the celebration of the table to River North via the brand new J. Rocco Italian Table & Bar.

The Water Tower Campus stretches out over three blocks in the cathedral district west of the Magnificent Mile of Michigan Avenue in the River North neighborhood of the Gold Coast community area on the Near North Side of Chicago.

Chicago 's River North neighborhood is importing two popular New York food meccas: Danny Meyer's Shake Shack and Mario Batali's Eataly .

The Oakwood sign on the roof is gone, but many people still associate that name with the building at 77 W. Huron Street, near the intersection of Clark Street in Chicago.

Legislation passed the Illinois House Friday to give longer prison sentences to anyone caught using social media to incite flash-mob attacks and was branded as an answer to a recent rash of mob violence in Chicago.

Chicago real estate firm @properties announced that, for the second consecutive year, company co-founders Michael Golden and Thaddeus Wong have been named finalists in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 program in the Midwest.

Chicagoans will have the opportunity to relax after work this summer with Rush Hour Concerts' 14th annual season of weekly free classical music concerts.

On Mother's Day, over 85 million women will celebrate their role as a loving parent to their child.

Known for his groundbreaking transcriptions of Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake and other rock musicians, pianist Christopher O'Riley returns to Chicago with a very different repertoire.

Last week I noticed an odd comment on my post about Rahm Emanuel's proposal to tweak the universally despised parking meter deal, including the introduction of free Sunday parking in outlying neighborhoods in exchange for longer metered hours downtown.

Looking at the extremes, out of 801 census tracts in Chicago, there are five areas that have over 90% of the adults who are college educated.

In deference to Mother's Day, The Puppy Mill Project is hosting the Mothers of the Mill.

By The Expired Meter Chicago, Illinois Mayor Rahm Emanuel may have done the impossible.

Some Chicago aldermen are worried they won't have enough time to peruse Mayor Rahm Emanuel's latest parking meter deal before it comes up for a vote, hearkening back to the much-criticized 2008 privatization plan that was crammed through the City Council just three days after it was rolled out.

Drivers will need to pay for parking longer at the majority of Chicago meters every day but Sunday under a settlement deal Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut to reduce the amount the city owes the private operator for lost parking revenue.

There are tourist sites that Chicagoans love to hate , and then there are those we simply love.