Michael Jordan at a golf tournament last year. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/MCT)

A Michael Jordan-branded restaurant is returning to Chicago after a 12-year absence.

Michael Jordan’s Steak House will open in late summer in the second-floor dining room and ground-floor bar area of the InterContinental Chicago on North Michigan Avenue.

Chicago-based Strategic Hotels & Resorts, which owns the hotel, will own the restaurant. InterContinental will manage it, while licensing the Michael Jordan name from Jump Higher LLC, which is based in Chicago and managed by The Cornerstone Restaurant Group. Get the full story »