Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

It was a standing-room-only crowd at the Modern Cafe on Saturday night, a day after owners Jim and Patty Grell announced plans to sell their 20-year-old restaurant. You'd think the couple would have ...

Eric Zhang's Modern China Cafe is a gem. Opened Christmas Day 2009, the restaurant showcases intricately decorated and lacquered antique reproductions from China, including a welcoming bureau with a ...