IN THE NEWS: Chicago magazine Dish columnists Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby report: “Republic Pan-Asian Restaurant & Lounge, which closed on Sept. 20, will reopen under the same ownership on Oct. 1 as Farmerie 58 (58 E. Ontario St.), a 150-seat “farm-centric” contemporary American restaurant.” … Dish also details the opening of RoPa Restaurant & Wine Bar (1146 W. Pratt Blvd) and reports that Martial Noguier’s replacement as chef of One Sixtyblue (1400 W. Randolph St.) is Michael McDonald, who has worked with Charlie Trotter, Jean Joho, and Gray Kunz. www.chicagomag.com … The Trib’s Phil Vettel gives two stars to Piccolo Sogno (464 N. Halsted St.) and details the slated late-November reopening of Trader Vic’s (1030 N. State St.), which closed in 2005 at the Palmer House. www.chicagotribune.com …

Time Out Chicago reviews More Cupcakes (1 E Delaware Place) and Chaos Theory Cakes (2961 N Lincoln Ave). … Featured opening: Jamaica Jamaica (1512 Sherman Ave, Evanston). www.timeout.com/chicago … The Sun-Times’s Pat Bruno reviews P.J. Clarke’s (302 E. Illinois) and Follia (953 W. Fulton). www.suntimes.com … Chicago Burger Project visits SRO (610 S Dearborn St., Chicago). www.chicagoburgerproject.blogspot.com

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

Filed under: Chicago Restaurants | Tags: Chaos Theory Cakes, Farmerie 58, Follia, Jamaica Jamaica, More Cupcakes, One Sixtyblue, P.J. Clarke's, Piccolo Sogno, Republic Pan-Asian closed, RoPa, SRO, Trader Vic's |