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It's time to give Ryan Poles his flowers for rebuilding the Chicago Bears

Just two years into the job, general manager Ryan Poles has led the Chicago Bears to relevancy once again with the NFL Draft looming ... read more

Chicago chef Devon Quinn garnishes and grows restaurant meals for The Paramount Group in a greenhouse

"It's a way for me to reconnect with that background, as well as a way for us to be really, truly connected to our food." ... read more

Chicago’s beloved ‘Rat Hole’ removed — but it may not be gone forever

The infamous "Chicago Rat Hole" — which once served as a place of urban wonderment and, for one couple, matrimony — has officially been removed. read more

Humans of Chicago: Meet Your 2024 Green City Market Vendors

Green City Market vendors bring sustainability and community to Chicago. Bustling crowds of people flock to dozens of stalls, decorated with vibrant fruits, foods and flowers. After each stand you ... read more

Flowers and futures bloom in Chicago as sustainability-focused nonprofit helps keep youth away from guns and gangs

The Southside Blooms floral shop – with its slogan of “flowers that empower” – rests in South Side Chicago’s majority Black-populated Englewood community. The impoverished food desert ... read more

Chicago woman pleads guilty, gets 50 years for cutting child from victim’s womb

A Chicago woman accused of luring a pregnant teenager to her home and cutting her baby from her womb with a butcher knife nearly five years ago has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading ... read more

Florist cites rent increase for move from Brown Palace

Business at The Brown Palace is no longer blooming. Bouquets, the flower shop that operated in the downtown hotel’s annex building, has moved out. Owner BJ Dyer said the hotel wanted him to pay ... read more

A Guide to Chicago Farmers Market Etiquette

Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are ... read more

Will lilies survive in your backyard this summer in Chicago?

What’s the deal with these lilies? The flowers die and then that’s it?” A Chicagoan wants to know if these special flowers will survive if he plants them in his backyard. For many types of flowering ... read more

Why aren’t Chicago’s Jackson Park Cherry Blossoms blooming?

Although spring showers bring May flowers, the eye-catching South Side cherry blossoms in Jackson Park will not bloom this year. The gorgeous view that resides just outside of Chicago’s Museum of ... read more

Julia B. Flowers Obituary

Julia Flowers was born May 28, 1934, to the late Charlie and Julia Magee in Magnolia, Mississippi. She was baptized at an early age and graduated from Rose Hill High School. Julia was a dedicated ... read more

Chicago’s ‘Rat Hole’ removed — but it may not be gone forever

The infamous “Chicago Rat Hole” — which once served as a place of urban wonderment and, for one couple, matrimony — has officially been removed. City crews were captured removing the slab of ... read more