Episode

Another way to get Chicago’s hardest restaurant reservations

Podcast: Crain's Daily Gist
Published: Aug 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 1311
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Summary

Chicago’s hottest restaurant tables have a new pay-to-play option. Crain’s contributing food and wine writer Ari Bendersky talks with host Amy Guth about the new platform for hard-to-get reservations. Plus: JPMorgan Chase opens Mag Mile flagship as wealth management competition heats up, developer buying Ford City Mall tweaks industrial plan in bid for city approval, feds want Outcome Health founders’ bond revoked and NASCAR is pulling the plug on its Chicago street race.