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New Poll Shows Potential Reelection Trouble For Rahm Emanuel In Chicago …Huffington PostChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel could have his hands full in his reelection campaign if a certain challenger decides to run against him, a new poll released Friday shows. In a poll commissioned by the Illinois Observer and conducted by Strive Strategies, …Joel Kotkin: … Read more

Porkchop Officially Joins the Hyde Park Restaurant BoomEaterToday’s entrant is the second Porkchop location, the Southern food and whiskey concept on restaurant row that opened in Harper Court this morning. The Hyde Park location is similar to the original in that the menu is nearly identical but the hours are … …read more Source: Chicago … Read more

ABC7Chicago.comRunners, walkers and cyclists hit Chicago’s lakefront path as Loop workers lunched outside at Daley Plaza on the warmest day since November 17, 2013. But it won’t last. As of noon on Monday, temperatures were at 62-degrees and say there throughout the … …read more Source: Chicago Weather News From Google      Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham … Read more

ChicagoNow (blog)Baseball is a long season. It begins before the trees leaf out, and it’s not over until after the leaves are falling. In between, there are cold night games in April, sweaty afternoons in July, bittersweet Septembers. But the beginning is now, in the … …read more Source: Chicago Weather News From Google      … Read more

KWQC 6CHICAGO (AP) – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke in Chicago today, saying she thinks the still-subpar U.S. job market will continue to need the help of low interest rates “for some time.” Yellen was at a national conference on community …Yellen: Job market needs low rates ‘for some time’WNCN all 269 news articles … Read more

Chicago Tribune (blog)Alinea finished ahead of NYC’s Daniel restaurant at number two, and the UK’s Fat Duck at number three. Eleven Madison Park, 13th last year, is in fourth place, and Le Bernardin is ranked fifth. L2O, the only other Chicago restaurant to appear on the …Chicago restaurant, Alinea named as the Best in the … Read more

Luxury Travel MagazineAlinea was joined by fellow Chicago-based restaurant L20 on the list which finished at number 62 in the Elite 100 Restaurants 2014. In terms of countries, the USA also impresses by sitting in joint second alongside the UK (with 12 restaurants), behind …Alinea named World’s Best RestaurantChicago Tribune (blog) all 2 news articles … Read more

Mayor Rahm Emanuel backs bill to expunge juvenile arrest recordsChicago Sun-TimesMayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing legislation to expunge certain juvenile arrest records automatically — and remove a major hurdle for people to qualify for jobs, according to administration officials. The legislation, introduced Friday by Rep. Arthur … and more …read more Source: Chicago Mayor Rahm … Read more

Developer scraps plans to open restaurant in downtown East Chicagonwitimes.comEAST CHICAGO | Plans to open a Subway restaurant and America’s Coffee and Donuts Ice Cream Parlor in a vacant building at 4901 Alexander Ave. have been scrapped. The East Chicago City Council in August approved a petition for a use variance so the … …read … Read more

Search for Malaysian jet grows, but poor weather again forecastChicago TribuneSYDNEY/PERTH — Ten ships and as many aircraft will search a swathe of the Indian Ocean west of Perth on Sunday, trying again to find some trace of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 after more than three weeks of fruitless and frustrating hunting. and more … Read more

NBC ChicagoThe marathon steps off at 8:30 a.m. in Chicago’s Grant Park and is hailed as the race that kicks off the outdoor running season for Chicagoans. Though temps are expected to reach into the upper 50s Sunday afternoon, runners will likely see temps in the …2-time Shamrock Shuffle champ Moody can’t run, but she … Read more

NBC ChicagoThe road race steps off at 8:30 a.m. in Chicago’s Grant Park and is hailed as the race that kicks off the outdoor running season for Chicagoans. Though temps are expected to reach into the upper 50s Sunday afternoon, runners will likely see temps in …2-time Shamrock Shuffle champ Moody can’t run, but she … Read more

Emanuel: Education Would Remain Priority in Second TermDNAinfoCHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he would continue to make education a top priority should he win a second term next year. “I ran for mayor to get our education fixed so it is working for students and not the politicians. There is nothing worth … …read … Read more

Rahm Emanuel puts some daylight between himself and ObamaCareAmerican Thinker (blog)Joining a long line of Democrats distancing themselves from Obamacare, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hinted that he didn’t support the President’s original plans for the healthcare take over and advised the President to take a different approach, though … …read more Source: Chicago Mayor Rahm … Read more

CBS Local(CBS) – Lake Michigan is the source of drinking water for 7 million people in Chicago and the suburbs. So, when 39 barrels of oil spilled, it raised a lot of concern. Still, as CBS 2’s Ed Curran reports, the impact could have been much worse. At the …BP Raises Estimate of Lake Michigan … Read more

Poll: Emanuel vs. Preckwinkle would be tough fight for incumbentABC7Chicago.comMarch 28, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A new poll by the online political newspaper The Illinois Observer shows Mayor Rahm Emanuel would have a tough fight for re-election if Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle decides to run. This is one of the …Poll finds Preckwinkle … Read more

Kansas City StarBut, every now and then, I experience something that makes me realize how much I love the restaurant scene in my hometown of Chicago, and I just have to share. I had one such epiphany recently on a quick jaunt to Chicago, where I experienced two … …read more Source: Chicago Restaurant News … Read more

Chicago’s Slurping Turtle to add Ann Arbor restaurantThe Detroit NewsChef Takashi ran the accoladed upscale restaurant Tribute in Farmington Hills, which closed four years ago. For his original Slurping Turtle location in Chicago, he employs Livonia native Aaron Cuschieri (who competed in the last “Top Chef” season) as … …read more Source: Chicago Restaurant News … Read more

ForbesThe Democratic mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel got an early endorsement from an unlikely ally Thursday. “You might make a good president,” former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes joked with Emanuel at the Forbes Reinventing America …Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Examines Rogue Train That Climbs EscalatorJewish Business NewsRahm Emanuel close to pension deal with two … Read more

ForbesThe Democratic mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel got an early endorsement from an unlikely ally Thursday. “You might make a good president,” former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes joked with Emanuel at the Forbes Reinventing America …Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Examines Rogue Train That Climbs EscalatorJewish Business NewsRahm’s Flip Phone Ridiculed by ‘Chicagoland’ Viewers, but … Read more

ForbesChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel got an early endorsement from an unlikely ally Thursday. “You might make a good president,” former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes told the Democratic mayor at the Forbes Reinventing America Summit.Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Examines Rogue Train That Climbs EscalatorJewish Business NewsRahm Emanuel close to pension deal with two unionsChicago Sun-TimesRahm’s … Read more

Search for lost Malaysian jet shifts significantly after new leadChicago TribunePERTH / KUALA LUMPUR—. Australian authorities said on Friday they were shifting the focus of their Indian Ocean search for the wreckage of Malaysia’s missing jet, moving it 685 miles to the northeast after receiving new information from Malaysia. For … …read more Source: Chicago … Read more

Missing Malaysia plane: Weather frustrates search as new leads reportedChicago TribunePERTH / KUALA LUMPUR — Australian authorities said on Friday they were shifting the focus of their Indian Ocean search for the wreckage of Malaysia’s missing jet, moving it 685 miles to the northeast after receiving new information from Malaysia. For … …read more Source: … Read more

Chicago Reader (blog)New York’s Eleven Madison Park, our own Moto, and the late Butter were also stops on the tour that led him to Boka Restaurant Group’s decade-old flagship, which has been given a sharper, darker redesign to welcome the new chef. While Boka remains … …read more Source: Chicago Restaurant News From Google News … Read more

The Chicago connection in PhoenixChicago TribuneAll of this led to a road trip to check out five restaurants claiming Chicago connections to see if the food and ambience matched expectations. In the midst of spring training, I brought along a second judge, Arizona State University graduate student … …read more Source: Chicago Restaurant News From … Read more

ForbesChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was an adviser to Bill Clinton, a high-powered legislator on Capitol Hill and chief of staff for Barack Obama. What is the Washington insider’s favorite job? Running Chicago, a torn city rife with controversy and crime. “It …Emanuel: Small businesses should get break from a plastic bag banChicago TribuneEmanuel embraces plastic … Read more

WBEZAlthough BP’s Whiting refinery is a short distance from the city of Chicago, it is firmly in the state of Indiana and answers to that state and its agencies. But that’s not stopping Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from asking for a full report on this week … and more …read more Source: Chicago Mayor Rahm … Read more

New Chicago-Style Hot Dog Restaurant Coming to LITHPatch.comA new restaurant specializing in Chicago-style hot dogs is expected to open soon on Randall Road in Lake in the Hills. Chicago Grill, which claims on its Facebook page to have the “best Chicago-style hot dogs around,” will take the place of former Pita …New restaurant to open … Read more

Chicago TribuneNEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR – A Chicago-based law firm said it expects to represent families of more than half of the passengers on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight in a lawsuit against the carriers and Boeing Co, alleging the plane had crashed …Chicago firm moves toward suit over Malaysia planeKWQC 6Satellite Spots New Objects … Read more

Post-TribuneMeanwhile, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday demanded a “full accounting” from BP. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has characterized the leak as minor and said there was no apparent impact on Lake Michigan, which supplies …Emanuel demands ‘full accounting’ from BP after oil spillChicago Sun-TimesThe Threats to Lake MichiganGapers Block all 327 news articles … Read more

Huffington PostToday, Kahan is executive chef and one of the owners of One Off Hospitality, working together with his partners — including Donnie Madia, nominated for best restaurateur in this year’s Beard Awards — to run seven restaurants in Chicago. He counts …How Chicago chef Paul Kahan shunned the spotlight and quietly built a …National … Read more

This Week in Chicago Dining: Three New Restaurants To Scope OutChicagomag.comThis Sunday, several Chicago chefs are coming together for a fundraising dinner in honor of Chicago Firehouse chef Dean Zanella, who has been dealing with the tragic passing of his wife earlier this year from complications after giving birth to twin … …read more Source: … Read more

National PostInstead, he chooses to focus on his family and the handful of Chicago restaurants he runs with his partners — nationally known eateries like Blackbird, avec and The Publican. “Do I want to compete and do I want to hang out with a bunch of chefs, or do …Despite accolades chef Paul Kahan avoids … Read more

Boka Restaurant Group Takes on Japanese at MomotaroChicagomag.comIn an odd coincidence for Chicago’s food scene, his last project for Starr developed menu items for Morimoto, the namesake restaurant of the chef Masaharu Morimoto, whose food just arrived in Chicago at the revamped Japonais by Morimoto. Jeff Ramsey … …read more Source: Chicago Restaurant News From … Read more

Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel today said he backs some form of a ban on plastic bags but indicated the devil will be in the details. “I support the … The mayor suggested the rules might have to be different for “small family retail operations versus big box …World Business Chicago launches program to strengthen local … Read more