This ethos and Abela’s keen eye for hospitality, style, and wine has resulted in the creation of the award-winning, unique and luxurious collection of restaurants in London’s Mayfair and the USA.

Based in London, MARC is already an internationally recognized name in the restaurant industry: from New York’s A Voce restaurants, Morello Bistro in Greenwich, CT, and Bistro du Midi in Boston, to the Michelin-starred London restaurants Umu and The Greenhouse, plus its exclusive private dinner members on Berkeley Square in Mayfair.

This shopping center features more than 450,000 square feet of space and includes many well known, upscale stores like a massive Bloomingdale’s, MaxMara, Gucci and Micheal Kors.

The complex also includes dining options that range from sophisticated Allium, inside the adjacent Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Oak Tree (a neighborhood tradition for 38 years) and various casual and grab and go outlets. Out-of-town visitors can stop at the Concierge Desk to receive the Exclusively 900 Card which entitles them to an array of incentives and savings throughout the center. Scan the web site for details on special pop up shops, too.

Private, same family ownership since 1978. Major tenants include Jewel-Osco, Bank of America, Pet Supplies Plus, Ace Hardware, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Bakers Square, Zip Fitness Clothing and H&R Block.

Roxy’s expansive layout did battle with its occasionally shaky reputation, but club owners kept the crowds coming with a variety of theme nights: Some were inspired (the wild electronic revival Takeovr) and some shady (Monday Night Fights, where clubgoers traded punches for bar tabs).A touch of that “try anything” strategy is evident at GILT, which opened last weekend in the former Roxy space. But I’m betting the owners won’t throw just any old idea at these walls to see if they stick.

Chicago, a city so full of culture and style, deserves a good Cuban coffee house and cafe. Welcome to Cafecito. Don’t expect to find pumpkin-spice anything at this tiny but specialized Café in Congress Pkwy. Branching off from its roastery in Back of the Yards (and another in Istanbul), Four Letter Word Coffee offers drip, pour-over, espresso, Turkish-style, cold coffee and tea.

Here, you can reintroduce yourself to the essence of coffee without taking away its integrity. As you sit back in our comfortable dining room, take in the sounds and aromas of Latin America.

Chicago isn’t a hotbed of Ethiopian food, but this Uptown gem stands out with any you’ll find across the country. Eat with your hands and sop up spicy Ethiopian sauces and tender doro wat and vegetables in a low-key table-service atmosphere where you’ll find ownership roaming the dining room most nights. And they roast their own coffee, too.