Lawrence Letrero and Raquel Quadreny have always pushed the envelope with their Ravenswood restaurant, Bayan Ko. When they opened it in 2018, they found the intersection points of Filipino and Cuban ...

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. BYO Cuban-Filipino hot spot Bayan Ko has closed as co-owners and spouses ...

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 ...

This year has brought a variety of new restaurants, bars and bakeries to Chicago, from Filipino-owned Umaga Bakehouse to Evan Funke’s Tre Dita. It can be hard to keep up with all the openings. So as ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Chef Lawrence Letrero of Bayan Ko joins Lisa ...

Silogs: sunny-side up eggs over garlic rice with tomato salad and your choice of meat Credit: Sandy Noto for Chicago Reader Eggs and coffee are the two most essential elements on a proper breakfast ...