Tribute Hires New Executive Chef

Jared Case will be the new executive chef at Tribute, 800 S. Michigan Ave. Tribute opened in July with Lawrence Letrero in the executive chef position replacing Brandon Baltzley, who entered rehab in June.

Case studied at the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, New York. His restaurant career includes stints at Red Light in Chicago, Radisson Hotel, Thirty-three and One-third in Connecticut, and Little Palm Island in Florida.

A new menu will be created focusing on classic American comfort food. Signature items off the new menu include Bacon Wrapped Scallops with grilled asparagus, crispy potatoes and tarragon mustard cream, and a Yankee Pot Roast with whipped potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

New Burger Place Opening in the South Loop

 

Coming This Summer

According to their Web site (under construction), The Burger Point will be opening this summer. The new eatery will be opening at 1900 S. State St., in the space formerly occupied by Kutting Edge Kidz.

Pita Heaven and Tribute Close to Opening

According to a recent posting on the Greater South Loop Association (GSLA) Facebook page, Pita Heaven at 1250 S. Michigan Ave. looks ready to open. As of today, they still don't have an grand opening date listed on their Web site.  

Tribute, 800 S. Michigan Ave., which is supposed to open in about two weeks seems like it has a long way to go before the space is complete. I walked by Tribute last night and noticed some pretty elaborate light fixtures that were just installed. They posted the picture below to their yfrog account yesterday. It looks like it's going to be an interesting space.

Nice light fixtures: Tribute, 800 S. Michigan Ave.