Moody, sophisticated decor details in Dearly Beloved's dining room An ultra-luxe cocktail restaurant has just arrived between River North and Old Town-and it's already challenging the status quo.

Chireal Jordan and Brian Galati, who also own Machine, the Instagram-friendly floral phantasmagoria in Wicker Park, have spent more than two years creating Dearly Beloved, which opened Friday ...

Three years later, Dearly Beloved opened in the 6,000-square-foot space steps from Jordan and Galati's existing arcade bar, Headquarters Beercade. The new spot is "edgy and elegant," they say ...

But at long last, the duo behind Machine Hospitality is preparing to introduce Chicago to their latest project: Dearly Beloved, a cross-genre spot they describe as a “cocktail restaurant ...