Topolobampo is approaching its 25th birthday (toward the end of the year) looking very much like a restaurant gearing up for 25 more. It’s not just that the cooking is at the highest level that ...

Topolobampo caters to a very sophisticated crowd, one already satiated with grilled duck breast tacos. At Topolobampo, saucing is everything. From a classic chocolate-scented mole poblano under ...

Topolobampo. 445 N. Clark St. 312-661-1434; FYI One special menu uses only ingredients available in 1491—as if today’s food weren’t challenging enough to master.; Tab $55 to $120; Hours ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Ileana made landfall Saturday in Mexico near the coastal city of Topolobampo, forecasters said. The tropical storm formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of ...

Topolobampo serves a seven-course tasting menu for dinner, reinvented quarterly, and in March loosed a rare bird, the tasting-menu lunch, serving four of that quarter's seven courses in what they ...

On Topolobampo being one of only three Michelin-starred Mexican restaurants: "We were the first, because Michelin doesn't go to Mexico City, and we were super honored to do that.

A look at “Mexico City 1491,” a pre-Columbian tasting menu from Rick Bayless and Topolobampo. An ancho-cacao sauce and tepary beans simmer on the stove. Credit: Michael Gebert; ...

Does anyone know Rick Bayless (the owner of Topolobampo and Frontera Grill) who could possibly make a table available for her. And oh, hurrah, there’s a happy ending.

Just like its four-star compatriot Spiaggia, the Mexican fine-dining bastion Topolobampo (445 N. Clark, River North, 312-661-1434) is reinventing itself. Over the past nine months, chef/owner Rick ...

Beer is the perfect beverage to accompany rich, deeply flavored Mexican food. Here's the beer to reach for the next time you ...

Drunken black beans are served at some Mexican restaurants. But if you're making them yourself at home, here's what kind of beer you should use.