When Rainforest Cafe closed its high-profile River North restaurant more than a year ago, it wasn’t clear what would take its place. While the COVID-19 pandemic was tough on restaurants, the cannabis ...

A well-connected River North cannabis dispensary has filed suit to try to keep a competitor from opening its doors nearby. GRI Holdings LLC, which operates a Green Rose store, filed suit this week to ...

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Some dining experiences really live up to the term as true experiences. I’m not talking about Nobu Malibu or French Laundry or any of that hoity-toity culinary pablum. No, no. Rather, dear friends, I ...

For anyone who grew up in the ‘90s or early 2000s, it was an experience—the animatronic animals, the indoor thunderstorms, the feeling that you’d stepped into another world for an hour or two. While ...

To many, the Rainforest Cafe is an American staple and one of the most iconic themed restaurants in the country (but to some, it falls a bit short compared to other chains). Almost all of the ...

The rain forest is quiet no more. The animatronic gorillas, elephants and Tracy the talking tree are back to entertain diners at Rainforest Cafe in Mall of America. On Friday, the themed restaurant ...