With 40-Foot Windows, This New Restaurant Offers Sweeping Downtown Views
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<figcaption>Tre Dita sweeping views of the city are remarkable. | Barry Brecheisen/Eater Chicago</figcaption>
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<p>Tour Tre Dita, a luxurious dining room featuring a Tuscan menu from a star LA chef</p> <p class="p--has-dropcap" id="YABocH"><a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/tre-dita">Tre Dita</a>’s 44-foot ceilings and 40-foot windows are sights to behold and though the restaurant only sits on the second floor of the St. Regis Chicago, the panoramic views are spectacular. There’s also a special corner table set aside to offer a premier perspective. Perhaps, in time, this will rival what LondonHouse’s cupola has become — a popular destination for wedding engagements for folks of a certain ilk. </p>
<p id="aYLhVS">The restaurant <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2024/3/15/24102374/tre-dita-italian-restaurant-st-regis-evan-funke-lettuce-entertain-you-preview-open-reservations">opened on Saturday</a>. The dramatic vistas at 401 E. Wacker Drive aren’t overstated inside the $1 billion and 1,198-foot skyscraper with 101 stories. Even on an overcast day, high above Navy Pier, and a short walk to the Mag Mile down Upper Wacker Drive, the views are stunning. It’s also close to Millenium Park where Lollapalooza annually sets up shop. Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises will do well to host performers at its restaurants, and Tre Dita is already attracting celebrities. They’ve already served cast members from <em>The Bear</em> and <em>Chicago PD</em> at a preview party. There’s a rear entrance and plenty of private space across two levels so celebrities can enjoy their meals in peace, or be seen if that’s what they want. Mayor Brandon Johnson has already visited, and so has former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. </p>
<p id="ujzkpV">Take a look at the spaces below.</p>
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<h2 id="Dp1Vb5">The Bar</h2>
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<p id="DCaEPP">Bar Tre Dita has a separate entrance and opened in February. In some ways, it represented a soft opening for the restaurant with a truncated menu of Funke’s favorites. As time goes by, it will evolve into its own identity with a unique menu. The drinks are Italian-focused with grappa, amaru, and vermouth. There are 14 seats at the bar with room for 120 total in the space. Grab a seat and try one of 400 spirits stocked from across the globe.</p>
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<p class="caption">Dita (Sazerac rye, Sfumatto Rabarbaro, punt e mes, Cynar 70, luxardo antica, house bitters)</p>
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<h2 id="Ib1HhB">The Restaurant</h2>
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<p id="vpBt9f">The quality of the food is important, but Funke reminds us that much of the Italian experience comes from the environment.</p>
<p id="Cj08Un">“It’s where you are and who you’re with and it’s what you’re eating,” he says. “If you’re sitting on the island of Capri, eating a caprese salad with the ocean breeze on your face, sipping a glass of white wine with the person you love.”</p>
<p id="Eiihaw">With that in mind, Lettuce worked with <a href="https://www.davidcollins.studio/">David Collins Studio</a> to create an 8,600-square-foot space outfitted with gray Tuscan marbles, arched portals, dark-stained timber chequerboard flooring, walnut timber paneling, and wrought-iron light fixtures. There’s room for 130 inside the 3,200-square-foot dining room and a private room for 40 that sits above the main space. There are also five private rooms, each named after a horse that’s competed in the Palio di Siena, a race held biannually in Siena.</p>
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<h2 id="bES2Kv">Evan Funke’s Pasta Lab</h2>
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<figcaption>This is chef Evan Funke’s blue steel.</figcaption>
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<p id="oqolv5">Chef Funke is a perfectionist and he believes that pasta needs the perfect environment to consistently create outstanding noodles. His pasta lab, a fixture at two of his other restaurants, is a glassed-off space where staff can ensure dough has the ideal humidity and temperature to produce quality noodles. Of course, customers can peer into the workspace and see the staff at work.</p>
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<h2 id="qq3VfP">The Menu</h2>
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<p id="fmd0Yj">Funke is a proud Angelino, having cooked for Hollywood royalty at Spago in Beverly Hills. Funke’s passion for LA is neck and neck with his love of Italian cooking, and at Tre Dita, they’re honing in on Tuscany with a mix of unique pasta and steaks. Funke says he wants to spotlight more than Tuscany’s famous regions, like Florence, Pisa, and Siena. There’s focus on Pontremoli, Pienza, and Chiusi. </p>
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<p class="caption">Schiacciata Bianca </p>
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A Milwaukee Bar Will Close During the Republican National Convention to Avoid Trump Supporters
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<figcaption>A Milwaukee bar wants to avoid hoopla, like this, that will come to the city for the Republican National Convention. | Getty</figcaption>
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<p>Plus, Wieners Circle takes down a political message on its signage</p> <p id="xUFdlW">Two Midwestern institutions have taken scrutiny over the weekend for decisions tied to politics.</p>
<p id="o6Q7ou"><a href="https://www.themothershipmke.com/">The Mothership</a>, a popular and irreverent cocktail bar in Milwaukee, has announced it intends to close during the Republican National Convention, planned for July 15 through 18. Bar owner Ricky Ramirez, in an Instagram post <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4eBKtMO85Y/">from Wednesday, March 13</a>, writes “As everything gets amplified with like the RNC shitshow coming to town lmao I would like to formally state that we’re shutting bar down during the week of because fuck that noise I’m not trying to get involved with or actively take money or rent the space out to that tomfoolery.”</p>
<p id="OKgASs">Ramirez continues that he’s happy to rent out the bar to folks not affiliated with the RNC or politics during that time for a “private event wedding reception wet tshirt contest idk whatever private people wanna party about do.”</p>
<p id="qgoPjU">As a result, Republicans <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4lw-J-uACb/?img_index=1">have review-bombed</a> the bar’s social media sites with users leaving negative impressions from from Idaho, Colorado, and Florida.</p>
<p id="vait72"><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/milwaukee-bar-mothership-close-rnc-1234988738/"><em>Rolling Stone</em> caught</a> up with Ramirez, and a headline asserted that “This Bar Is Closing During the RNC So It Doesn’t Have to Serve Trumpers.” Ramirez clarified to <em>Rolling Stone</em> saying he usually doesn’t care who comes to his bar, but the convention is another matter. To Ramirez, the event is a celebration of values he disagrees with as a child of first-generation immigrants, including the way, as the article describes, that Trump Republicans have “wholeheartedly embraced nativist policies, racist conspiracy theories, and a politics of antagonism against marginalized communities.”</p>
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<p id="ktxbWE"><a href="https://milwaukeerecord.com/food-drink/milwaukee-bar-the-mothership-explains-decision-to-close-during-republican-national-convention/">In the <em>Milwaukee Record</em></a>, Ramirez also shared a disdain for Democrats, writing if the Democratic National Convention was in Milwaukee, they’d “probably do the same thing (especially with what Biden is allowing to happen in Gaza).”</p>
<p id="V410QF">Of course, the DNC will take place from August 19 through August 22 at the <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/united-center">United Center</a> in Chicago, a Democratic stronghold that’s no stranger to showing opposition to former President Trump. There’s an infamous incident in June 2019 at the Aviary, a fancy cocktail bar in Fulton Market, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2019/6/28/19102685/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-eric-trump-aviary-spit-alinea-group">where a worker spat at the former president’s son, Eric Trump</a> — an incident condemned <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2019/6/26/18759635/eric-trump-alleges-chicago-aviary-employee-spit-alinea-group">by the bar’s ownership</a> and then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot (a Democrat). Meanwhile, in Lincoln Park, Wieners Circle — the famous hot dog stand — <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2016/3/10/11195874/wieners-circle-3-inch-dogs-donald-trump">has used its signage</a> to make political statements against Donald Trump and <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2023/8/30/23851466/wieners-circle-trump-mugshot-alinea-grant-achatz">make fun of him</a>.</p>
<p id="GIQ8GY">And speaking of the Wieners Circle, on Sunday, <a href="https://twitter.com/thewienercircle/status/1769506470029111626?s=46&t=VBuaV1DQIfAs2UwsCdWcqg">ownership made a post on the site</a> formerly known as Twitter, explaining why its sign displayed a message encouraging voters to approve <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/what-the-bring-chicago-home-referendum-would-do/7b3784c7-7099-42a6-b3fb-f8abc4f81448">the Bring Home Chicago measure</a>. It’s a measure that impacts the real estate transfer tax. Currently, it’s a flat .75 percent, which is $3.75 for every $500 of transfer price — as nicely explained by WBEZ. The measure would change that and make the rate fluctuate based on the property’s value. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s backers put the question on the Tuesday, March 19 ballot. It’s been controversial. For example, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/alinea">Alinea</a> and Aviary co-founder Nick Kokonas has been <a href="https://twitter.com/nickkokonas/status/1759158389308084582">vocal on X with his objections</a>. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A group paid for this custom sign, but our staff failed to recognize that custom signs won’t be used for political messaging. We may put our own opinions or roasts up there, but the sign is not for others to do this. This sign has been taken down. Thank you for understanding. ✌️ <a href="https://t.co/M0wUnuvApa">https://t.co/M0wUnuvApa</a></p>— The Wieners Circle (@TheWienerCircle) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWienerCircle/status/1769506470029111626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a>
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<p id="19FNxZ">In its post, the Wieners Circle writes that an unidentified group paid for a customer sign, “but our staff failed to recognize that custom signs won’t be used for political messaging.” </p>
<p id="XlZhNm">“We may put our own opinions or roasts up there, but the sign is not for others to do this. This sign has been taken down. Thank you for understanding.”</p>
<p id="rZlA0T">The explanation failed to satisfy everyone. Some folks said the hot dog stand <a href="https://x.com/fSANDMAN/status/1769512315425067010?s=20">should have taken a stand</a>, to represent something. Others didn’t buy the mistake and swore <a href="https://x.com/dizzydan11/status/1769512670695174271?s=20">they would never visit</a> the restaurant again. If they ever were privileged enough to visit and receive genuine <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2020/5/27/21272322/wieners-circle-open-hot-dogs-lincoln-park">Wieners Circle hospitality in the first place</a>.</p>
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Lettuce Entertain You’s Lavish Italian Restaurant Opens This Weekend
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<p>Tre Dita from famed LA chef Evan Funke is a stunner inside the St. Regis in Downtown Chicago</p> <p class="p--has-dropcap" id="elEz7j">Even before <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/lettuce-entertain-you">Lettuce Entertain You</a> Enterprises entered the picture, there were already big expectations for the restaurants that would open inside the St. Regis Chicago, the $1 billion skyscraper that hovers over Navy Pier on Upper Wacker Drive.</p>
<p id="haDmqY"><a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2020/11/25/21719242/alinea-restaurants-st-regis-tower-skyscraper">Back in November 2020</a>, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/alinea">Alinea</a> Group announced its intentions to partner with the 101-story luxury hotel, which also contains residences overlooking the <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/chicago-riverwalk">Chicago Riverwalk</a>. <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2021/11/30/22809675/alinea-st-regis-tower-downtown-chicago-lakeshore-east-restuarants-update-magellan-development">A year later</a>, with restaurants feeling the impact of the pandemic, Alinea canceled plans which left an opportunity for Chicago’s largest hospitality group. Work hadn’t started, giving LEYE a clean slate to design what would become <a href="https://www.treditarestaurant.com/">Tre Dita</a>, a lavish spot with 44-foot ceilings and 40-foot windows. The restaurant, officially opening on Saturday, March 16, is going to be a hot spot to watch Navy Pier fireworks.</p>
<p id="mVQ5Tw"><a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2017/9/5/16257564/tru-closing-lettuce-entertain-you-michelin-starred-fine-dining-restaurant">After Lettuce closed Tru in 2017</a>, the prevailing narrative around town was that LEYE was no longer interested in the fine dining world. Quick serve and casual dining were en vogue, and to an extent, the pandemic proved the popularity of carry-out-friendly restaurants. Now eight years later, Lettuce Entertain is back in the game, first with <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/miru">Miru</a>, the Japanese restaurant on the 11th floor of St. Regis. Described as a “cucina Toscana,” <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/tre-dita">Tre Dita</a>, the Marriott property’s flagship restaurant, is now open. “Tre Dita” means “three fingers,” a reference to the thickness of the signature cut of meat, bistecca Fiorentina.</p>
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<p id="OZPehZ">The Melmans turned to LA chef Evan Funke to shape the restaurant which has been in a kind of soft open mode since February when the bar debuted. For a hotel bar, the design is big and bold and could be easily confused for a separate restaurant. For now, they serve a scaled-down menu with some of Funke’s favorites, a little preview of Tre Dita’s main menu. Eventually, it will evolve to a menu of more refined bar bites. The specialty is Italian beverages like grappa. There’s even a rarity: Italian gin.</p>
<p id="qaycn2">Funke worked with Wolfgang Puck’s Spago in Beverly Hills and was raised in California. His restaurants, <a href="https://la.eater.com/venue/30193/felix-trattoria">Felix</a> and <a href="https://la.eater.com/venue/81079/mother-wolf-hollywood">Mother Wolf</a>, have routinely served Hollywood celebrities. Tre Dita is his fifth restaurant in America. He’s also working on a sixth in Miami. While Chicago lacks LA’s celebrity culture, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2023/8/10/23827240/lollapalooza-chicago-celebrities-stars-chicago-restaurants">Lollapalooza takes place</a> nearby, and athletes love the city. There are plenty of private rooms, including one that overlooks the main dining hall that could make Tre Dita attractive to the rich and famous.</p>
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<p id="GBOTBA">Funke chats about knowing that movie stars, successful tech bros, and other guests of note just want to have a normal experience. A key is to make sure their security details are comfortable. Having back entries away from the public eye helps. Funke also says it’s a little easier because most people love what he specializes in, pizza and pasta.</p>
<p id="cAJHOy">“I did my piece at Spago in Beverly Hills and did that for six years,” Funke says. “I’m good — I don’t want to do tasting menus and small portions. I want to make people happy.”</p>
<p id="Er5s8j">Customers took to his passion for creating pasta by hand. Funke has immersed himself in Italian cuisine and a signature attribute of his restaurants, including Tre Dita, is a pasta lab. The lab is a refrigerated and glassed room with wood tables that allow the restaurant to regulate humidity and temperature. There are pasta labs in LA, Beverly Hills, and now Chicago.</p>
<p id="eaTyqM">“So pasta, much like bread, is an animal. It lives and breathes, it’s directly affected by its immediate environment, and controlling the environment is an extremely important thing if you want to produce a handmade product very consistently,” Funke says.</p>
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<p id="BC7Y4N">The chef continues: “The connection I really seek is if someone passes by the pasta lab, and they look through the glass and they see a pasta maker repping out continuously thousands of thousands of small shapes and they sit down to dinner and the plate arrives and they see that there’s 150 of these beautiful shapes of pasta within their bowl, and they think back to when they pass by the pasta lab. They go ‘wow, that person just repped out 150 times just for this one place.’ And that guest is never going to look at that pasta shape the same way again.”</p>
<p id="T3Dlzy">Funke has been in and out of Chicago the last three months training staff. He says the goal is about “really sweeping people off their feet and taking them outside of their daily lives through delicious Tuscan traditional food and excellently executed hospitality.”</p>
<p id="URAGGx">The chef is an encyclopedia of Italian cooking driven by three bedrocks: connection, reverence, and appreciation. Tre Dita’s menu will contain a variety of unique and obscure shapes of pasta rarely seen on American menus. There’s Tortelli di zucca stuffed with roasted butternut squash and pici (fat spaghetti) that will power the cacio e pepe. There’s also lasagna bastarde. But Funke says he’s not going to alienate people or “force education down people’s throats.” </p>
<p id="14gt5t">“I want us to be approachable. I want it to be delicious, and I want it to be fun and ultimately I think we’ve really hit it,” he says.</p>
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<p id="Lb8bWW">Other menu highlights include Funke’s schiacciata bianca, a fluffy focaccia made with rosemary and Tuscan sea salt. Then there’s fiori di zucca (squash blossoms with ricotta fresca and parmigiano reggiano) and gamberi in salsa verde. </p>
<p id="txCSnU">No, Chicago isn’t blessed with the same produce that’s available throughout the year in California. Funke says that presents a challenge, but they’ll happily fly in produce from across the country. But they’ll also bring in fruit and veggies from Michigan and farms in the area. Funke is excited about the Mitten State’s blueberry season, for example.</p>
<p id="euh6ab">“I mean, Italian food is 90 percent ingredients and 10 percent technique,” Funke says. “You know, it comes down to really smart shopping a lot of the time and then just not trying to you know try not to fuck it up after that.”</p>
<p id="HtOC3W">Funke’s relationship with LEYE goes back a few years. After he unceremoniously <a href="https://la.eater.com/2015/5/21/8638819/breaking-evan-funke-culver-city-bucato-leaving-chef-gone">left Bucato in 2015</a> in Culver City, California, he says he became determined to work on his weakness. He figured working with Rich Melman would help and moved to Chicago where he lived in a hotel for nine months and consulted with Lettuce, helping them open Italian restaurants like <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/il-porcellino">Il Porcellino</a>. He would also collaborate with LEYE in Las Vegas <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2021/7/30/22602470/rpm-italian-celebrity-couple-giuliana-bill-rancic-opening-2022-forum-shops-caesars">when the company opened RPM Italian in 2022</a>.</p>
<p id="FCuJjA">“They’re just a very very forward-thinking progressive company and they recognize talent and they grow people very well,” Funke says. “Their leadership infrastructure was something thatI found very important to kind of key in on and that was really what drew me to working with Rich Melman and [son] RJ [Melman].”</p>
<p id="qaiRvx">The pasta is what Funke is known for, but the beef isn’t an afterthought. Funke succinctly sums it up.</p>
<p class="c-end-para" id="tbVGAM">“What I like to say is Tuscans celebrate beef, and the bistecca Fiorentina, and Chicagoans celebrate beef as well,” he says. “So it was a natural fit for me to do this restaurant.”</p>
<p id="xrPquK"><a href="https://www.treditarestaurant.com/"><em>Tre Dita</em></a><em> inside St. Regis Chicago, 401 E. Wacker Drive, second floor, opening on Saturday, March 16, reservations </em><a href="https://www.opentable.com/r/tre-dita-chicago?corrid=7b324944-0474-461a-807b-06075674f00a&p=2&sd=2024-03-13T22%3A30%3A00"><em>via OpenTable</em></a></p>
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A Neighborhood Favorite Makes a Splashy River North Entrance
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<p>The owners of Lincoln Park staple Gemini have opened a sibling called Gemini Grill</p> <p id="WJrn0A">There’s a splashy new edition to the River North restaurant scene on the ground floor of a 971-foot skyscraper next to the neighborhood’s hulking Whole Foods. Local group Ballyhoo Hospitality has brought its neighborhood staple, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/gemini-2">Gemini</a>, closer to downtown with the debut of <a href="https://geminigrillchicago.com/">Gemini Grill</a> at <a href="https://www.onechicagoresidences.com/condo/residences?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand&utm_term=%7Bkeyword%7D&utm_content=band&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-r-vBhC-ARIsAGgUO2CaBa1f2pbeh13aHbbiE4Cy7Nu9tC8zEbaGzDaoN03qpOgGdZ6EgW0aAh9YEALw_wcB">One Chicago</a> at 748 N. State Street. </p>
<p id="1aKWJL">Designed by prolific local firm <a href="https://www.sirenbetty.com/">Siren Betty</a>, its first-floor space houses a lengthy racetrack bar for dining and drinking, as well as a dining room populated with clamshell booths. It’s divided into sections to create a cozier atmosphere and lined with windows that fill the space with natural light. Ballyhood opened its original Gemini-branded restaurant in 2009 in Lincoln Park, then called Gemini Bistro. They remodeled in 2017 <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2017/4/17/15325768/gemini-photos-lincoln-park-restaurant-bistro-bar-remodel">and truncated the name</a>. Fans of the Lincoln Park restaurant are known to rave about its dog-friendly patio, so Gemini Grill will follow suit with an outdoor courtyard where pooches are welcome. </p>
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<p id="mJZhrg">The wood-paneled second floor, designed to evoke the style of a members-only club, is primarily devoted to private events with a bar and views of <a href="https://holynamecathedral.org/">Holy Name Cathedral</a>, a Roman Catholic church that dates back to the 1870s. Given the restaurant’s proximity to the soaring structure, just a two-minute walk away, it’s easy to imagine families booking the event space to celebrate marriages, baptisms, and confirmations. </p>
<p id="hO2CE9">Gemini Grill’s menu also bears many of the hallmarks of the Lincoln Park restaurant with a focus on familiar American dishes with some modern tweaks. The opening lunch menu is stacked with crowd-pleasers like Greek Panzanella salad (Persian cucumber, cherry tomato, dill, focaccia, spicy feta), Korean fried chicken sandwiches (black garlic aioli, green papaya slaw), and hanger steak frites with chimichurri. There’s also a kids menu, replete with cheesy carbs, and the team plans to soon add brunch and dinner service. </p>
<p id="A5j15W">Founded in 2009 by Chicago restaurateur Ryan O’Donnell, Ballyhoo has grown significantly in recent years. After earning a cadre of fans at Gemini, O’Donnell went on to open Italian spot <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/coda-di-volpe">Coda di Volpe</a> in Lakeview and Mexican restaurant <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/old-pueblo-cantina">Old Pueblo Cantina</a> in Lincoln Park. The group significantly ramped up in the early years of the pandemic, launching five suburban Chicago restaurants between 2020 and 2023. Last year, the group unveiled DeNuccis, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2023/8/1/23815873/denuccis-italian-restaurant-lincoln-park-chicago-ballyhoo-hospitality">a red sauce Italian spot</a> in the former Four Farthings Tavern & Grill in Lincoln Park.</p>
<p id="1y1ptk">Another restaurant is planned on a third-floor space at One Chicago. It’s ticketed for another operator. David Pisor’s Etta Collective was once involved, but the building’s owners have since severed ties after <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/24064395/etta-collective-aya-pastry-bankruptcy-closure-chicago-david-pisor">the company’s financial woes</a>.</p>
<p id="NYt0xv"><a href="https://geminigrillchicago.com/"><em>Gemini Grill</em></a><em>, 748 N. State Street, Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. </em><a href="https://resy.com/cities/chi/gemini-grill?date=2024-03-15&seats=2"><em>Reservations via Resy</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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‘The Bear’ Could Be Filming Seasons 3 and 4 Back to Back in Chicago
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<p>Plus, Michelin-starred Atelier may open a second restaurant</p> <p id="8IG095">As Chicagoans attempt to track <em>The Bear</em> with Season 3 production <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2024/3/6/24092277/the-bear-season-3-fx-hulu-chicago-filming-locations-code-extras-call-ayo-edebiri-sag-awards">underway in various locations</a> around town, including Randolph Restaurant Row, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-bear-renewed-season-4-film-back-to-back-season-3-1235858685/">reports have emerged</a> that the show has already been green-lit for Season 4. </p>
<p id="RSqe5E">There’s speculation that Seasons 3 and 4 are being filmed back to back with episodes for Season 4 already in production. Some have also called Season 4 <a href="https://reelchicago.com/article/the-bear-to-film-additional-episodes-with-possible-end-of-series/">the show’s final season</a>. In the wonderful world of television, nothing is ever a certainty and FX hasn’t confirmed any of this.</p>
<p id="k4uwF2">Show creator Christopher Storer, a Park Ridge native, reportedly <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-bear-christopher-storer-lincoln-highway-warner-bros-1235857867/">has a long list of projects</a> necessitating an endgame to Carmy, Sydney, and Richie’s antics. Similarly, actors Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are entertaining more opportunities. It’s come a long way since the 2022 James Beard Awards in Chicago where White attended and was easily approachable. His stock, along with his co-stars’, has soared since then.</p>
<p id="hh5aXM">Season 3 should debut in June on Hulu.</p>
<h3 id="tUD7mK">Atelier and Christian Hunter Make Moves</h3>
<p id="ls1fch">Back in January, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2023/2/9/23593220/atelier-lincoln-square-fine-dining-tasting-menu-christian-hunter-chef-beard-award">Christian Hunter</a>, the chef at Michelin-starred Atelier in Lincoln Square, posted a diner menu on Instagram (since deleted), and that prompted folks to think that the James Beard-nominated chef was on the cusp of opening a second restaurant. Hunter would tell Eater in January that this was a dream, to open a diner that would pay homage to his mother’s (Angela Laverne) Cincinnati roots. Yes, that meant chili loaded with noodles and cheese. He also mentioned Coney Dogs, burgers, chicken sandwiches, and veggie options. Fine dining was great, but Hunter wanted to open a more affordable restaurant and was working with Atelier founder Tim Lacey on fleshing out the concept. In late February, Atelier announced that Hunter was now a co-owner and that they had promoted Bradyn Kawcak from chef de cuisine to executive chef to give Hunter room to pursue new projects as a bonafide restaurant group. Kawcak had worked at Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago like <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/band-of-bohemia">Band of Bohemia</a>, <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/entente">Entente</a>, and <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/elizabeth-2">Elizabeth</a>. As far as the diner is concerned, Lacey and Hunter are searching for spaces with hopes of opening something by the end of the year.</p>
<h3 id="y48wAn">River North nightclub owner faces felony drug charges</h3>
<p id="mhhnX0">The 43-year-old owner of <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/spybar">Spybar</a>, a River North nightclub, <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/owner-of-chicagos-spybar-nightclub-busted-for-drug-trafficking/">has been arrested and faces</a> felony drug trafficking charges for allegedly attempting to smuggle 14 pounds worth of ketamine and about 5.8 grams of ecstasy through O’Hare International Airport.</p>
<p id="OPOZUr">Cook County prosecutors claim Dino Gardiakos tried to bring the illegal drugs through airport security as he arrived from London with the intent to sell them. Gardiakos had already been placed on probation for felony drug charges. He now faces a battery of charges including trafficking of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance. He’s been released on pre-trial conditions after appearing in court on Thursday.</p>
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Sunday Service - 3/10/2024
WELCOME TO WORSHIP
In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus.
PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP
God of grace, you stand alone in all the world as the only God, the only truth, and the only way to eternal life. Forgive me when I follow along with the rest of the world’s thinking that I contribute to my own salvation. Remind me today of my lost condition without you, and comfort my heart with your promise of my complete forgiveness through the life and death of Jesus my Savior. With confidence in his perfect salvation I pray. Amen.
CHOIR I Heard the Voice of Jesus
INVOCATION
CONFESSION
DECLARATION OF GRACE
LORD, HAVE MERCY
HYMN 563 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less sts. 1, Ref, 2
The Word
SALUTATION
PRAYER OF THE DAY
FIRST READING Numbers 21:4–9
PSALM OF THE DAY Psalm 32B
SECOND READING Ephesians 2:1–10
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 3:16
GOSPEL John 3:14–21
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
HYMN OF THE DAY 570 God Loved the World So That He Gave
SERMON Ephesians 2:1-10 Wanted: Alive, Not Dead
APOSTLES’ CREED
OFFERING
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
HYMN 575 By Grace I’m Saved
PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
BLESSING
CLOSING HYMN 519 There Is a Redeemer
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
MIDWEEK LENTEN SERIES
Our midweek Lenten worship this year is entitled Scriptures Fulfilled. It focuses on various Old Testament prophecies concerning the suffering and death of the Christ and how Jesus fulfilled them. We pray this series refreshes us in the truths that our God is all-knowing, powerful, and gracious. Come deepen your appreciation for our Lord Jesus Christ’s love for you, me, and all people.
MIDWEEK STUDY
Our midweek study is an evangelism module called In Season & Out of Season. In his second letter to Timothy, apostle Paul wrote, “Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season” (4:2). Although originally written as an encouragement to a first-century pastor, Paul’s words are equally applicable to twenty-first-century Christians. We have the same message to share with sinners who desperately need to hear it. In Season & Out of Season seeks to encourage and equip God’s people to share that message in any and every situation.
GRAPE JUICE NOW OFFERED AT COMMUNION
For those who cannot drink wine, we are now offering grape juice during the Lord’s Supper. The grape juice will be in the center of the tray in the purple-tinted cups. Please reserve the cups with grape juice for those who need them. If you have any questions, please speak with Pastor Groth.
BAKE SALE
On Sunday, March 24th, PACE will be hosting our annual bake sale between services in the church basement. Funds raised will help support the Easter Egg Hunt and various other PACE initiated events throughout the year. If you would like to donate a baked good for the event, feel free to bring an item to the church basement on Saturday, March 23rd between 9:00-10:00 am or on March 24th prior to the first church service. If baking isn’t your expertise, feel free to indulge in the talents of those others have prepared!
EASTER EGG HUNT
March 30th, your St. Paul’s School will be hosting an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of our congregation and community. The event will start at 10:00 am and will include an egg hunt, games, an Easter story, and door prizes. We hope that our St. Paul’s family will help support the event by either attending the event, spreading the word, or attending the bake sale. Thank you for your support.
A Beard Semifinalist Will Open a Halal Fried Chicken and Taco Restaurant in Portage Park
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<p>Chef Brian Jupiter and Frontier CDC Azazi Morsi are bringing Migos Fine Foods to the Northwest Side</p> <p id="JafDtB">The acclaimed chef behind <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/ina-mae">Ina Mae</a> Tavern in Wicker Park and <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/frontier">Frontier</a> in West Town is working on a new restaurant. Brian Jupiter is partnering with his chef de cuisine at Frontier, Azazi Morsi, on a project on the Northwest Side in Portage Park called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/migoschicago/?hl=en">Migos Fine Foods</a>.</p>
<p id="4QSb8N">The restaurant will center around delivery and carryout with 12 seats at 5044 W. Montrose, near the Jefferson Park border. Jupiter says it’s convenient; he lives about 10 minutes away in Albany Park while the Algerian-born Morsi lives in Portage Park. The approach is fun, fast, and casual — affordable eats that customers can enjoy more than once a week. The restaurant should open in early April. They’ll also have a small patio.</p>
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<p id="SjsEWa">The menu includes halal fried chicken and tacos. Renata Jupiter is handling the sweets with cakes and cookies from her business, <a href="https://www.adryspastries.com/">Adry’s Pastries</a>. Brian Jupiter describes the doughnuts as being similar to beignets, but a little longer. They’ll have various toppings. They aren’t serving alcohol, but Frontier mixologist Edgar Garcia is creating some agua frescas.</p>
<p id="rXz9Xu">Brian Jupiter is a New Orleans native who’s been working in restaurants since he was a teen. He was also a semifinalist in 2019 <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2019/2/27/18242832/chicago-james-beard-award-restaurant-chef-semifinalists-2019">for the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes</a>.</p>
<p id="6oK5t4">Morsi and Jupiter plan on expanding their operations to catering in May. The restaurant is separate from Pioneer Tavern Group, Brian Jupiter’s partners at Frontier and Ina Mae (the group also runs Lottie’s Pub in Bucktown). The new restaurant won’t have an impact on Jupiter’s duties at those two other restaurants. </p>
<p id="XBbYDQ"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/migoschicago/?hl=en"><em>Migos Fine Foods</em></a><em>, 5044 W. Montrose, planned for an April 2 opening.</em></p>
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A $27 Gyros Buys a Ticket to Pork Mountain in Logan Square
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<p>A chaotic West Loop group Facebook post showers scrutiny on pricey gyros and other street food items</p> <p id="Ajq0od">Wildly expensive street food is back in vogue. A textbook execution of this formula played out just last month when the Pendry, a downtown hotel inside the stunning Carbon and Carbide Building, blanketed the city in press releases trumpeting a $187 hot dog combo, read: a boudin blanc sausage doused in black truffle mustard and seared foie gras on a poppy seed bun in honor of Chicago’s 187th birthday. The phenomenon isn’t just a Chicago one, as New York also <a href="https://ny.eater.com/2024/3/13/24099511/mischa-alex-stupak-closing">has a case of pricey wieners</a>.</p>
<p id="1ybMSi">Pendry’s decadent dog comes with an Old Fashioned made with Makers Mark and Macallan 12-year, which makes a little bit more sense. Things proceeded precisely as they were meant to, <a href="https://twitter.com/backspin9/status/1762647654545150434">sparking vigorous</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Bashido/status/1762132272751272410">and sometimes crude</a> condemnation – the white-hot fuel that powers Al Gore’s internet. One brave soul <a href="https://twitter.com/soymencho_guey/status/1762282368818176265">copped to giving it a try</a> but didn’t report back on the experience. </p>
<p id="vIHqUf">Inside <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/willis-tower">Willis Tower</a>, James Beard Award-winning chef Jonathon Sawyer and his team at Kindling are charging $24 for a <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2023/6/27/23771535/kindling-willis-tower-italian-beef-chicago-fancy-jonathon-sawyer">wagyu Italian beef</a> with “raclette whiz” at lunch. Chef Kelly Ijichi, known for indie Japanese American pop-up <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/mom-s">Mom’s</a>, has for years dabbled with <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/2021/2/9/22273161/marz-community-brewing-truffle-gold-paczki-fest-chicago">opulent takes on paczki</a>, doctoring up the traditional Polish treats with shaved winter truffle and edible gold leaves.</p>
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<p id="IAiBlT">It was in this context that on Monday, February 26, a random Chicagoan’s comment in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/truewestloop/posts/3741345312779310/">True West Loop Facebook group</a> caught my eye: “Just a Monday rant,” it reads. “In the last week, I’ve had $20 house wine and a $27 gyro that was the worst gyro I ever had.”</p>
<p id="3SIHbL">I had questions: Where is this gyro that costs nearly 30 American dollars, and what could be so terrible about it? It’s hard to say for sure, but there’s a pretty good chance that the answer lies at <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/andros-taverna">Andros Taverna</a> in Logan Square (not in West Loop), an upscale Greek restaurant from <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/lettuce-entertain-you">Lettuce Entertain You</a> Enterprises vet Doug Psaltis (the “P” in RPM restaurants) and his wife, pastry chef Hsing Chen. They just happen to have a $27 gyro on the menu. It’s within walking distance of my home, seems perpetually bustling, and I’ve had excellent service there on more than one occasion, so off I went to spend more than double the price of a “king-size” gyro at Lincoln Park’s <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/athenian-room">Athenian Room</a>. </p>
<p id="Bk3MHK">For $27, this had better be a glorious gyro — and it is, indeed, practically a mountain of slow-roasted pork — just like the ones served where Psaltis grew up in Astoria, New York; it’s not the processed Kronos gyros cone, a staple of Chicago street food culture. It’s both crisp and juicy atop a fresh yogurt-smeared pita and thick-cut fries that soak up the porky flavor to great effect. But its remarkable size is also, for some, a hindrance. There is no way to eat this thing by hand, at least not in the way generations of gyro-eaters have devoured them seemingly since time immemorial. </p>
<p id="r2jlzK">One could cut the whole thing in half (my preferred approach), though this requires some precise rearrangement of tomato and cucumber toppings, and ideally, a dining companion that doesn’t mind watching someone play with their food. Or, like my husband, one could simply say “fork it,” reach for the utensils, and mow through Pork Mountain until it’s reduced to a manageable elevation.</p>
<p id="4xtKnb">Such a plentiful portion also wears on the wood-fired pita. Though the pita is delicious and made fresh, its pillowy texture is deflated completely by the meat and thick yogurt. By the end of an hour-long meal, the yogurt is absorbed into any remaining pita and results in a gluey mouthful. Saturated carbs can be a delight (think grilled cheese dunked in tomato soup), but there’s little joy in this gyro’s soggy bottom. </p>
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<p id="Nb5bth">To be clear, Andros’ submission is not even close to the worst gyro I’ve encountered. But it is an expensive and slightly exhausting endeavor, one that reveals the shaky underpinnings of the entire spendy street food exercise. When flaws, however minor, inevitably emerge, it naturally rankles both diners who feel taken for a ride, not to mention the city’s many street food experts who earn a living with top-notch versions of the humble dishes that comfort the wallet-conscious working people of Chicago. </p>
<p id="UEi4cs">And yet, Andros’ gyros aren’t even the most expensive in Chicago. That title goes to <a href="https://chicago.eater.com/venue/lyra">Lyra</a>, a splashy Greek restaurant in Fulton Market run by Dineamic Hospitality. Its slow-roasted lamb gyros go for $52, a price so bonkers that one could imagine an Athenian yia-yia’s head exploding. Pricey meat cones aside, there was another disturbing revelation from that Facebook post in which the diner claims they “got yelled at for eating chips off an abandoned table this weekend.” </p>
<p id="aF3X17">When shelling out for soggy pita, I suppose some people have to make their own fun.</p>
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