A former indoor water park in Arlington Heights has been transformed into one of the largest climbing facilities in the suburbs; after revisions, a planned affordable senior housing project in Libertyville is in the homestretch.
Despite concerns about cars stacking up at a pickup window for a new sushi restaurant, the Naperville City Council approved an outlot building at Eastgate Crossing Shopping Center that will be 8,300 square feet and feature two restaurants and two retail businesses.
Chapel Hill chef Dan Jackson can add a new aspect to his resume: “Chopped” winner.
The executive chef for the new Italian restaurant Osteria Georgi in Chapel Hill recently won Food Network’s “Chopped” competition on Tuesday, June 15.
The culinary competition on the Food Network features four chefs cooking surprise ingredients from a basket with the worst dish in each round sending one chef home. Some ingredients Jackson had to work with on Tuesday’s episode included challenges like algae oil, black ants, sunflowers and meatless breakfast sausage.
In an interview with the News & Observer, Jackson said he’s always wanted to participate in a cooking competition.
Giorgios Bakatsias Announces Osteria Georgi, a New Neighborhood Italian Eatery
Giorgios Bakatsias is expanding his local culinary empire with a new, Italian family-style restaurant at 201 South Elliott Road in Chapel Hill.Â
Osteria Georgi is named for Bakatsias s good friend, the late George Tarantini. The restaurant is slated to open in the former Living Kitchen space later this spring and will serve brunch, lunch, and dinner, and will focus on pastas, braised meats, and antipasti, with special attention to locally-sourced ingredients.Â
Tarantini, the beloved longtime coach of N.C. State s menâs soccer team, was born in Italy and died in Raleigh in 2019 at the age of 70.Â