Berghoff Restaurant

Baseball films to add to your viewing lineup

2013-04-15 10:52:00

"After all them years, all that double talk — the white man's finally moving in," says one Negro League barnstormer to another, after a teammate gets a call from the Brooklyn Dodgers about a historic opportunity. The scene in question sounds...

Restaurant Week continues as dozens extend their dining deals

2013-02-08 13:50:00

Chicago Restaurant Week ends Sunday, but a few dozen restaurants will extend their $22 lunch, $33 and/or $44 dinner offers for a few more days, or more. This will be the fifth straight year this has happened; Chicago restaurants, happy with the extra...

Chicago stand-ins steal revenue but not thunder in new 'Dark Knight Rises'

2012-07-18 14:13:00

“The Dark Knight Rises” has already been a blessing for Pittsburgh and Newark, N.J., two non-traditional film locations that replaced Chicago as Gotham City in the third Christopher Nolan-directed Batman film. The superhero movie, in...

Tipping points

2012-11-01 00:00:00

In her 38 years in the restaurant business, server Linda Doherty has come up with a few theories: It's easier to memorize orders instead of writing them down. Diners like it when you joke around. And, while you can never predict this exactly, there are...

September 11: Midday Fix - Oktoberfest

2012-09-10 08:02:00

Berghoff Restaurant 17 W. Adams Chicago (312) 427-3170 http://www.theberghoff.com/ Event: Berghoff’s 27th annual Oktoberfest September 12 - 14 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Adams and Dearborn Chicago ...

September 12: Midday Fix - Chef Carlyn Berghoff

2011-09-12 08:04:07

26th Annual Berghoff Oktoberfest September 14-16 11a.m. to 9 p.m. John C. Kluczynski Federal Plaza Adams and Dearborn This open-air celebration boasts the best Bavarian-style revelry Chicago has to offer with classic German food, Berghoff's private-label...

Emeril brings 'Originals' to Chicago

2011-06-15 14:38:00

Emeril Lagasse's new show on the Cooking Channel, “The Originals with Emeril,” examines established restaurants and their dishes that he says have stood the test of time. Thursday's episode comes to Chicago, and Lagasse's choices — The...

Chicago hoping Dark Knight returns

2011-01-09 21:32:38

April 7: Midday Fix - New Beer's Eve

2011-04-06 12:12:07

New Beer's Eve April is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition (the Volstead Act) in Chicago. On April 7, 1933, Herman Berghoff, secured the first two liquor licenses issued by the City of Chicago: #1 for the Berghoff Bar and #2 for the Berghoff...

The CitySwarm Oktoberfest Pub Crawl kicks off at The Berghoff (17 West Adams Street) on Thursday, October 4, 2012. (Hilary Higgins/RedEye)

2012-10-04 00:00:00

Bar in Chicago recreates its "New Beer's Eve" photo from April 7, 1933 that showed patrons celebrating the end of Prohibition. The new photo features all women rather than the exclusively male image made in '33.

2011-04-07 00:00:00