Shake Shack is Almost Here; World's Best Bartender Leaving One of World's Best Bars; More

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RIVER NORTH—Chicago is less than a month away from getting its first location of the iconic burger empire Shake Shack. Take a look at some exclusive photos of the almost-finished restaurant at Ohio and Rush in River North.

FULTON MARKET—Charles Joly, who was crowned "world's best" bartender at the Diageo World Championship cocktail competition on August 1, is leaving his position as beverage director of one of the best cocktail bars in the world, Grant Achatz's Aviary, at the end of the month.

STREETERVILLE—Cicchetti, the Venetian-inspired Italian restaurant in the Northwestern University Hospital building that garnered near-universal praise from critics, is shockingly closing on Saturday.

GOLD COAST—Paul Kahan's Nico Osteria, the beloved chef's swanky Italian spot in the Thompson Hotel, picked up a major honor this week when Esquire named it one of 2014's best new restaurants in America.