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 & […]

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IN THE NEWS: Menu Pages reports that hip-hop star Kanye West is opening a Fatburger franchise in Chicago and environs. The first KW Foods LLC-owned Fatburger is slated to open next month, and will be the first of 10. www.blogs.menupages.com/chicago … Chicago magazine’s Dish column reports on the scheduled Sept. 13 closing of Italian spot […]

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