Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

A swanky steakhouse and two Excelsior projects headline the latest newcomers ...

Food news and dining guides for Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. As summer rolls on, the Twin Cities continue to welcome a bunch of new ...

I learned too late that axe throwing is a serious game — in my mind it had always been a concept; a bit of lumberjack cosplay. But there I was at Smash Park in suburban Roseville, Minnesota, knee-deep ...

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad is a James Beard Award-nominated food and travel journalist with work focusing on hunting, food sovereignty, and Black and North American Indigenous foodways. Take a moment to ...

When Parasole, who owned Figlio inside of Calhoun Square in Uptown, shuttered the eatery, they assured fans it was only a temporary closing. A billboard sporting an aging drag queen promised there ...

Katherine Lawless is a Minneapolis-based travel and lifestyle writer, who has interviewed everyone from celebrity chefs to rising culinary stars. From the jump, 2026 has been a brutal year for the ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...

The official James Beard Restaurant and Chef nominees will be announced on Tuesday, March 31, followed by a ceremony reveal of the winners at the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Monday, June 15. In the ...

“There’s nothing here that looks like the Moulin Rouge,” says Fhima. “The Moulin Rouge inspiration is a time: Laissez les bons temps rouler. [Let the good times roll.]” Fhima had the idea for the ...

Hernandez runs Lito’s Burritos out of El Tejaban — he serves burritos from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and at 3 p.m. the restaurant switches over to its usual menu. Lito’s offers a number of simple ...