At Chicago's Avec restaurant, where the entire menu is small plates, chef Koren Grieveson tries to keep dishes simple but intense, limiting the number of ingredients and tools needed. The restaurant's ...

You sit down at a restaurant and are handed a tome of a menu and suddenly you're lost. Faced with page after page containing multiple sections and headings like "Chef's Specials," "Seasonal Plates," ...

We were 15 minutes late for our reservation–blame the Red Line. Nevertheless, we were cheerily greeted by our hostess, who bouncily ushered us to a table for one of the most pleasant dining ...