IN THE NEWS: The Stars’s Joyce Smith reports the recent closing of acclaimed contemporary 40 Sardines after seven years (11942 Roe Ave. in Hawthorne Plaza) and details the April 7 opening of Stroud’s South (4200 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Fairway) in the former Breadmaker location and reports the the opening of gourmet burger bar Blanc […]

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IN THE NEWS: Chicago magazine Dish columnists Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby report that Alinea alum Andrew Brochu, 26, has been named the exec chef at jazz lounge Pops For Champagne (601 N. State St.; 312-266-7677). … Dish also reports the openings of: Union Pizzeria (formerly Wild Geese, 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston; 847-475-2400), from Campagnola […]

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