Monthly Archives: January 2014

  • Big Chef Burgers to Open January 8, 2014 Chef Cristiano Bassani, owner of Bapi Ristorante in Arlington Heights, opens Big Chef Burgers, a new gourmet burger and pizza restaurant in Schaumburg, Illonois on January 7. Big Chef Burgers is a casual and relaxed full-service restaurant that features fresh gourmet burgers, wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, homemade gelato […]

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  • Noted Chef Cristiano Bassani opens Big Chef Burgers in Schaumburg Cristiano Bassani with a Big Chef Spicy Burger (Posted By Kurman News,  January 7, 2014) Posted By Kurman News, Community Contributor10:11 a.m. CST, January 7, 2014 Chef Cristiano Bassani, owner of the popular Bapi Ristorante in Arlington Heights, opens Big Chef Burgers, a new gourmet […]

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  • Noted Chef Cristiano Bassani opens Big Chef Burgers in Schaumburg Chef Cristiano Bassani, owner of the popular Bapi Ristorante in Arlington Heights, opens Big Chef Burgers, a new gourmet burger and pizza restaurant in Schaumburg, Ill on January 7. Located at 1602 E. Algonquin Rd. (just east of Meacham Rd.) (telephone: 847-221-8539; www.bigchefburgers.com), Big Chef […]

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  • Tuesday sees the opening of Schaumburg’s first new restaurant of 2014 — Big Chef Burgers. The “Big Chef” is 6-foot 6-inch, Italian-born Cristiano Bassani, who became executive chef for Carlucci Restaurant in Downers Grove in 2004 and remains owner of the BaPi Italian Restaurant in Arlington Heights, which he opened in 2005. Differing in approach […]

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  • SCHAUMBURG—Big Chef Burgers, a new restaurant from Arlington Heights’ Bape Ristorante owner Cristiano Bassani, opens tomorrow at 1602 E. Algonquin Rd. in Schaumburg. In addition to burgers, the restaurant serves Neopolitan-style pizza, gelato milkshakes, and features a full bar. [EaterWire]   http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/01/06/suburban-pizza-maker-joining-paulie-gees-james-beard-winner-coming-to-nico-more.php

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