News about The Bear, Chicago, and restaurants

Reviving his character, Chi-Chi, Christopher Zucchero is the real-life owner of Mr. Beef, the Italian beef shop that inspired The Bear. Chi-Chi begins the season as Carmy's meat and produce guy, bringing in boxes of microgreens that are “so expensive” and convincing Carmy to reopen The Original Beef window at The Bear.

That's because Ever is a real restaurant in Chicago that is “open for business and thriving,” Curtis Duffy, one of the owners, said in a statement. Duffy also said he was “honored to host so many of my peers from across the nation.”

Many of those guest stars — Jamie Lee Curtis, John Mulaney, Gillian Jacobs — are back in Season 3, as well as fan favorites Olivia Colman and Will Poulter, who play fictional chefs in Carmy's (Jeremy Allen White) orbit.

Season 3 of The Bear will premiere on Wednesday, June 26 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Hulu and Disney+, which is three hours earlier than originally scheduled.