Chicago

• Double-barreled opening. Frasca Hospitality Group (Mambo Grill, Club Creole, Kinzie Chop-house) opened two dining concepts under one roof on the site of the former Havana restaurant: Mio Mezzo, serving southern Italian food, and Kinzie Market, a gourmet store with prepared foods. Chef Joe Ostiguin heads both kitchens, and pastry chef Lisa Fleming oversees the on-site Pasticceria, which produces breads and pastries for all the group's restaurants

• Trocadero Bistro & Bar has launched a series of "Passport Dinners,'' featuring such destinations as Brussels and Munich. Stuart Cameron will prepare the multicourse meals, which are being served in the restaurant's private dining room

• William Eudy (ex-Grand Cafe, San Francisco) is now executive chef at Mossant, where he's turning out modern French bistro fare together with executive sous-chef Joshua Young (ex-Cafe Absinthe). .