Standing in front of a salad bar, you face no limitations. You have the power to create your happily-ever-after-salad and get the highest ROI possible. In salad-bar world, tongs are the keys to happiness, and happiness, for many, is at the bottom of a vat of ranch dressing.

Celebrations, SeasonalCynthia SutterNovember 24, 2018Lisa Elbert, Food & Wine, Food & Wine Contributor, Lettuce Entertain You, Salad Bar, RJ Grunts, Freund's Sky Club Supper Club, Sizzler, Olive Gardens, Food hallsComment

Lettuce Entertain You Opens Its First Wine Bar in Chicago

Check out Lisa Elbert’s tip for a great Chicago wine bar = Bar Ramone is among a new wave of wine bars where the lists are constantly changing, the service is casual yet soigné, and the experience is engaging and fun.

Food & Drink, Beer and WineCynthia SutterOctober 16, 2018Lisa Elbert, lisaelbert.com, Food & Wine, Food & Wine Contributor, Bar Ramone, Ryan Arnold and Richard Hanauer, Lettuce Entertain YouComment

Rallying Chicago’s Somm Community

Lisa Elbert and Spirited Table both LOVE building community; and in this case, it's a community of Sommeliers.