Tasting Chicago: Holiday Special
Sylvia Perez explores Chicago’s holiday pop-up bars, talks upcoming food and drink trends with Axios’ Monica Eng, and visits the historic Berghoff Hotel for a festive look at its history and award-winning beers.
Chicago Food Trends: What defined 2025 & what’s next in 2026 | Tasting Chicago
A festive bar crawl, Chicago-style. Sylvia Perez visits four must-see holiday pop-ups — plus food trends, beer talk, and a toast to the traditions that make the season feel like home.
Kaiser Tiger serves up gameday eats ahead of the Bears-Packers
Kaiser Tiger head chef Jose Morales highlights fan-favorite menu items and Bears-themed specials perfect for watching the game.
DoorDash giving away $100K in gifts to buyers who prove their holiday package will be late
Have a delayed holiday gift? DoorDash says it may be able to come to the rescue.
White Castle recalls sliders over undeclared ingredients, FDA says
The recalled cartons of sliders were distributed to stores between August and October. Here’s what you need to know.
Chicago bag tax could jump again under alternative city budget plan
A higher bag tax is on the table. The fee started at 7 cents and increased to 10 cents this year. Next year, it could rise to 15 cents.
Salad dressings recalled due to possible contamination
Ventura Foods has issued a recall of several salad dressing products after reports of black plastic planting material found in granulated onion used in the dressings.
Chicago Chef CJ Jacobson shares Hanukkah specials from Ema and Aba
As Hanukkah continues, Chef CJ Jacobson stops by to showcase festive dishes from Ema and Aba and tease what’s coming for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
Dutch Bros coffee opens second Illinois location
The Oregon-based coffee chain Dutch Bros is expanding in Illinois.
Most popular festive drinks in the US for the 2025 holiday season- See the top choice in your state
The holidays are a time to gather with family and friends and celebrate the season. There are lots of choices when it comes to festive drinks and an analysis by Coffeeness found the most popular holiday drink in each state.
Suzanna’s Kitchen bone-in breaded chicken recalled due to undeclared allergen
Approximately 62,550 pounds of Suzanna’s Kitchen fully cooked, bone-in breaded chicken products have been recalled due to an allergen not listed on the packaging.
Chicago Restaurant Week returns Jan. 23-Feb. 8 with 500-plus participants
More than 500 restaurants will be participating in this year’s Chicago Restaurant Week, a record number.
Man’s extreme energy drink habit leads to concerning medical discovery, doctors say
A relatively healthy man in his 50s suffered a stroke from the overconsumption of energy drinks.
Tasting Chicago: The Holiday Edition
In this festive edition of Tasting Chicago, Sylvia Perez explores four of the city’s most over-the-top holiday-themed bars and rooftops, where the décor is dazzling, the cocktails are creative, and the holiday spirit is turned all the way up.
Viral video shows DoorDash driver spraying customer's food order during delivery
Police are investigating after the customer experienced burning sensations while eating.
Tomato soup sold in 14 states recalled over undeclared milk allergen, FDA says
The tomato soup product was recalled in stores in states, including New York, Minnesota, and Illinois.
Cinnamon powder sold in several states recalled due to possible lead contamination
The manufacturer of Lucky Foods Brand cinnamon powder has issued a recall due to possible lead contamination.
More states are restricting junk-food purchases by SNAP recipients — here’s where
Six more states are banning SNAP recipients from using their tax payer funded food assistance benefit to purchase junk food.
These were Americans' most ordered foods in 2025, according to Grubhub
When it comes to food delivery, Grubhub says in 2025, U.S. consumers were focused on nutrition and went all in on Foodmaxxing, with meals, snacks, drinks, and grocery orders offering the maximum nutritional value.
What Trump's $12 billion farmer bailout package could mean for grocery prices
The funds will be used to help U.S. farmers pay off their debts and plan financially for next year's planting, which will in turn ensure that they can keep producing food, and therefore stabilize the U.S. food supply.