Special to Road Trips Foodies
By Bon Appétit Magazine
Bon Appétit has declared “The Hot 10: America’s Best New Restaurants 2017″.
Taking the top spot is New Orleans’ Turkey and the Wolf, a quirky, nostalgic, counter …

Road Trips Foodies looking to branch out from their usual go-to glasses of bubbly might want to swing on by downtown Chicago next month.
The Staytion Market & Bar, 1 West Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, …

What are the 50 Most Iconic American Eateries?
Here’s a list from Rave Reviews. (Your Road Trips Foodie thinks their methodology is a bit funky, but whatever.)
Their list puts Alinea in Chicago in first, Blue Hill …

Get ready, Chicago! Ferrero, the makers of Nutella® (The Original Hazelnut Spread®) will open their first owned and operated restaurant, the Nutella Café, at 151 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
The permanent café is the first …

By Susan McKee
The Road Trips Foodie
Sometimes a traveler needs a bit of elegance — a quiet interlude between shopping and sightseeing to sit back and contemplate a visit to a new destination. One such …

Yes, Road Trips Foodies: you can eat as much bacon as you want during the ninth annual Baconfest Chicago, set for March 31, 2017, and April 1, 2017, in the University of Illinois Chicago Forum, …

Yes, indeed, Road Trips Foodies. St. Valentine’s Day means something entirely different in the Windy City.
Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day with a rather typical, traditional, romantic evening for two, go back in time today and …

Headed to the Windy City, Road Trips Foodies? It’s almost time for the third annual Winter Mix-Off — Saints + Sours — at ROOF on theWit, 201 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Next Monday (February 6, …

The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) invites the public to experience first-class dining at O’Hare International Airport on January 24, 2017, for the second annual “Ticket to Taste”.
It is a one-time opportunity for non-travelers …

“We Bake. You Take.” Now, there’s an invitation to catch a Road Trips Foodie’s attention.
If you’ll be traveling in the Windy City next week, consider attending this event: a “modern spin on a Luxury Cookie …