Chicago Food &#38; Restaurant Reviews

Been wanting to try the newest burger chain in town. Dinner is an especially good deal, including appetizer, soup or salad, burger and side, and dessert.

312 Chicago

Interesting choices such as roasted beet carpaccio and cornish hen.

3^rd Coast Café & Wine Bar

$44 menu for two! Great deal.

676 Restaurant & Bar

Lots of great locally sourced items. Very customizable menu.

Adobo Grill Old Town

Includes 1 margarita or sangria. Great entrée choices such as pork tenderloin, skirt steak and half chix

Ai Japanese Restaurant & Lounge

Nice size menu with lots of choices, though they always have great deals

Aja

Anna’s Asian Bistro & Sushi Bar

I usually stay away from places that serve all kinds of Asian food, but their menu includes Laotian, Malaysian and Indonesian dishes in addition to the usual Chinese/Thai/Sushi items. Don’t see that everywhere!

Aquitaine

Sometthing for everyone on this menu.

Aria

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Atwater’s

SUBURBS

Lunch and $33 dinner menu are the same; all 3 menus sound delicious.

Atwood Café

Take a break from shopping on State St for a tasty lunch.

Bar Toma

Not many choices. But it’s the new cool place!

The Bedford

Short but sweet menu.

Bella Bacino’s

Benny’s Chop House

Whole month of Feb!

Berghoff

yummy

Bijan’s Bistro

Bistro Bordeaux

SUBURBS

Ooh la la, this menu sounds tasty!

Bistro Campagne

Classic French

Bistro Voltaire

(BG) bistronomic

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Small plates french

Bistrot Margot

yummy choices – snails, pate, moules, veal

Bistrot Zinc

Black Steer Charhouse

SUBURBS

(*) Blackbird

Fancy lunch!

Bleeding Heart Bakery & Cafe – West Town

Wait…what? Bleeding Heart is open for dinner?! And serves savory food?! Hell yeah they do and the menu sounds tasty!

BLT American Brasserie

Blue 13

(*) BOKA

Definitely a CFW favorite!

Bombay Spice

Branch 27

(BG) The Bristol

No choices on this 4 course menu.

Café Ba-Ba-Reeba

A fave, but not necessary for Resto Wk

Café des Architectes

Café Spiaggia

Cantina 46

Cantina Laredo

Cape Cod Room

The Capital Grille Lombard

SUBURBS

Lunch & Dinner Menu

steak!

The Capital Grille Rosemont

SUBURBS

The Capital Grille

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Carlucci Rosemont

SUBURBS

Carmichael’s Chicago Steak House

Carmine’s

Love this place but only good menu is $44 dinner

Carnivale

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Carson’s BBQ Ribs

Catch 35

Nice lunch, lobster for dinner

Catch 35 Naperville

SUBURBS

(BG) Ceres’ Table

Great build your own menu with lots of yummy choices for $33. Aside from some service issues, a nice dinner.

Chicago Curry House

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Chicago Firehouse Restaurant

Chicago Prime Steakhouse

SUBURBS

3 nice steak options for $33, including 2 surf & turf choices.

Chicago q

less choices than last year

Chizakaya (Harold’s Restaurant)

MMM, Japanese pub food!

C-House

Nice seasonal menu

Cite Elegant Dining

Coco Pazzo

Despite a not-so-great Restaurant Week dinner 2 years ago, both of these menus still sound really good. Worth another look.

Currents on the River

Never heard of this place? Cheaper menus – $30 & $40 – with some nice options such as braised short rib.

D.S. Tequila Co.

$33 dinner for 2 – great deal.

David Burke’s Primehouse

CFW’s fave “non-traditional” steakhouse, but their Resto Week offerings have been disappointing for the last few years. Save your pennies and do it up right with kobe beef sashimi and their dry-aged steaks.

(BG) De Cero

Dinner Menu

(BG) deca Restaurant & Bar

Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

$22 lunch for 2, including a beverage. $33 dinner for 2, $44 with a bottle of wine.

Devon Seafood Grill

A CFW fave. $44 options are lobster or steak, nice!

The Dining Room at Kendall College

Choose any first, main and dessert. Your meal could be prepared by a future Michelin-starred chef!

Dinotto Restaurante

Dinner Menu

Ditka’s Restaurant

A bit heavy for lunch but great for dinner

The Drawing Room

Love The Drawing Room! Even though the price is a little high for what you get, the food is quality. The cocktails are not to be missed – the $18 cocktail pairing is a good bet.

Duchamp

Vegetarian items available upon request, which will expand menu options. Keep in mind Duchamp also has a $25 prix fixe every Tuesday.

Elate

Lunch & Dinner Menu

EPIC

Not many options but solid menu

Farmhouse Chicago

Dinner Menu

Feast Restaurant & Bar

You can only choose 2 courses for lunch?

Filini Restaurant & Bar

Interesting and unique menu options. If you haven’t been to the Radisson Blu, it’s gorgeous!

Fiorentino’s Cucina

Lots of menu options, and some interesting items too – octopus carpaccio!

Fleming’s

The Florentine

Not many choices but a hearty meal

Fornetto Mei

$33 3 course dinner, $40 with a glass of wine.

Francesca’s Bryn Mawr

Only 2 choices per course, but a great deal for a 4 course lunch and 5 course dinner

Francesca’s on Chestnut

Francesca’s on Taylor

(BG) Frontera Grill

No choices but sounds delish! I can never say no to mole. Feb 21 – 25 only.

Fulton’s on the River

Not a fantastic menu, but nice to have oysters as an option!

The Gage

The menu could be more exciting, though duck confit BBQ for lunch sounds tasty.

Geja’s Café

Wow, great deals! Each meal includes cheese fondue, salad, choice of protein for entrée (Beef tenderloin & scallop for $33? Yay!) and chocolate fondue and coffee! If you’ve never had fondue, people, now’s the time!

(BG) Gemini Bistro

My meal was perfectly good, but I expected a bit more from a Bib Gourmand.

Gioco

Grange Hall Burger

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Will you really spend $33 at dinner if you order a burger?

Green Zebra

No options on this $33 4-course menu. Great choice for vegetarians. Don’t be scurred, carnivores – you’ll hardly miss the meat!

Grillroom Chophouse & Wine Bar

They say Lunch menu, but only menu listed is $33

(BG) GT Fish & Oyster

Nice lunch offering

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Restaurant

Kalbi? Kobe beef? Yes please!

Halsted’s Bar & Grill

Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse Chicago

Wow, great lunch options! Steak or scallops! Even dessert sounds fab – orange ricotta almond tart. Dinner sounds nice, but only 3 courses for $44.

Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse Rosemont

SUBURBS

Wow, each location actually features different menus, how interesting. Dinner sounds better at this location.

Hearty Restaurant/Hearty Boys Catering

Hub 51

$33 seems a bit high for salad, tacos and dessert

Hubbard Inn

Not a bad menu, though somehow I was expecting more.

Hugo’s Frog Bar

Some of the freshest seafood in town.

III Forks

Il Mulino Chicago

Indian Garden Restaurant

Lots of great vegetarian dishes!

ING Restaurant

A great experience restaurant. Definitely the most unique Restaurant Week menu. $44 for 3-course menu, $15 for wine pairings.

IPO

Interesting ingredients

Italian Village Restaurants (Vivere)

Itali-Asia

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Japonais

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Menu is meant to be shared, lots of choices but the portion sizes for the appetizers seem a bit small. On the plus side, can sub in a glass of wine instead of dessert.

Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab

Stone crabs – need I say more?

Keefer’s Restaurant

Keefer’s serves pho? Nice dinner options – duck or skate wing.

Kinzie Chophouse

Nothing exciting, but a good meal, especially at lunch. Does adding calamari to dinner merit an extra $11?

Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club

Dinner & a show!

La Madia

Lunch & Dinner Menu

La Sardine

Dinner Menu

Lawry’s The Prime Rib

Le Colonial Restaurant

Leopold

Dinner Menu

LM Restaurant & Catering

Lunch on weekends only; same menu for both lunch & dinner, with different prices? Boo.

The Lobby at The Peninsula Chicago

Not available on Sundays. First course is a selection from Antipasto Bar, and Dessert is your choice from the Dessert Bar! I love a buffet…

Lockwood Restaurant & Bar

Macello Ristorante

Wow, hefty dinner – pizza as a second course!

Manny’s Cafeteria & Deliacatessen

Lunch & Dinner Menu

I love Manny’s but seems like an odd choice for Resto Week.

Market Restaurant & Sports Bar

Mini hot dogs, yummo!

Markethouse Restaurant

Not a ton of choices, but the options sound delish – wild mushroom truffle soup with pork ravioli to start, also a truffle risotto with lobster for a main? Woo!

McCormick & Schmick’s

Mei’s Corner

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Mercadito Chicago

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Mercat a la Planxa

They have a regular lunch deal every day, so skip lunch for Resto Week and go for dinner.

Merlo on Maple

Dinner Menu

The Metropolitan Club

Nice appetizer selection – scallops and beef carpaccio are among the 5 choices!

(BG) Mexique

Exact same menu for lunch & dinner – nice menu, great deal for lunch, less so for dinner. CFW favorite!

Mia Francesca

Nothing super exciting, but a great deal with 5 courses for $33

Michael Jordan’s Steak House

Lunch Menu

Love this place. Garlic bread is TO DIE FOR.

Mid-America Club

Nothing exciting on this 3 course for $44, but steak frites is an option.

Midtown Kitchen & Bar

Very limited choices, but does include 1 glass of wine.

minibar

No options on this 3 course dinner, but you will be stuffed – trio of salads to start, jalapeno gnocchi to 2nd course, and surf & turf for main!

Mirabell Restaurant

WOWEE! Big heavy meal, but sounds delish! Went here years ago, very cute German place.

Mirai Sushi

Dinner Menu

Mon Ami Gabi Lincoln Park

No-frills French menu, but oh-so-delish choices – french onion soup, escargots, and steak frites with your choice of sauce, yummo.

Mon Ami Gabi Oak Brook

SUBURBS

Lunch also sounds great at the Oak Brook location!

Morton’s The Steakhouse – Chicago (The Original)

Love Morton’s! Also love a steak dinner for $44.

Morton’s The Steakhouse – Wacker Place

Morton’s The Steakhouse – Northbrook

SUBURBS

Nothing exciting on the menu, but Morton’s is always a great experience

Morton’s The Steakhouse – Schaumburg

SUBURBS

N9NE Steakhouse & ghostbar

Not bad $33 and $44 menus, plus $10 “accessory” courses you can add on. This place also has a regular 3 course prix fixe for $39.

Nacional 27

If you go with more than 5 ppl, you have to do a family style dinner.

(*) Naha

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Had a great dinner here for previous Resto Week, highly recommended.

Nia Mediterranean

Good for people who want alot of options. However, the menu comes with rules: Menu Served Tapas Style – One Course Choice For Every Two People; 5 Course Lunch Menu –Same Menu Except For One Choice on Fifth or Sixth Course; Two Person Minimum & Full Table Participation Required

Nick’s Fishmarket

Yummy dinner menu!

(BG) Nightwood

Dinner Menu

NoMi Kitchen

Fancy lunch! Desserts sound fab

O’Brien’s Restaurant & Bar

Oceanique

SUBURBS

One North Kitchen & Bar

Not many choices, but I must say I like the ingredients I’m seeing – humboldt fog, spanish anchovies, bacon grits, abita braised shortrib, caramel fondue…all good things.

Orso’s

An old classic. Menus include 1 drink, and you can choose from any entree on the regular menu.

Osteria Via Stato

An old CFW fave from back in the day! Sad not to see any of their delish pastas on the menu.

The Palm

Nice meaty options for dinner!

Paris Club

Maybe it’s time to see what all the fuss is about at Paris Club.

Park Grill

Nice and appropriate options for both lunch & dinner.

Pazzo’s Cucina Italiana

Lunch & Dinner Menu

(BG) Perennial Virant

Loved the OG Perennial, love Vie. Sounds like I will love Perennial Virant too!

Petterino’s

$33 dinner that includes vino

Phil Stefani’s 437 Rush

Piccolo Sogno

LOVE THIS PLACE! If you haven’t been, book a table for Resto Week, you won’t regret it!

Porkchop

For the meatlover.

Prairie River Restaurant at Eaglewood Resort & Spa

SUBURBS

Primebar Chicago

Prix Fixe

Dinner Menu

Prosecco

Previous years offered many more options. $44 sounds the best of the bunch.

Province

Public House Chicago

Fairly straightforward dishes for lunch, dinner gets more creative. The thing that got my attention as the Maker’s Mark gelato that comes with the bread pudding!

Quay Restaurant & Bar

Choose any menu item you want for lunch. Dinner has a scaled down menu and a price of $35?

Quince Restaurant

Nice seasonal menu.

R.J. Grunts

Wowee, dinner includes a burger, all you can eat salad bar AND a glass of vino! Plus app & dessert!

The Red Canary

Krispy Kreme bread pudding, are you KIDDING ME?!?! I’m there. Other fatty options include fried mac & cheese and stuffed lobster tail.

Rhapsody

Lunch & Dinner Menu

(BG) Riccardo Trattoria

Lots of delizioso and authentic choices as this charming trattoria. Try the stuffed calamari or the tripe. Would also love to try the spaghetti bottarga or the porchetta! They have a prix fixe every week, so don’t fret if you miss this one for Resto Week.

Riva Crabhouse

Fairly unexciting menu – let’s hope the views make up for it.

Roka Akor Steak & Sushi

Haven’t tried Roka Akor yet? Perfect opportunity.

Rosebud Italian Specialties & Pizzeria

SUBURBS

Rosebud on Rush

Rosebud Prime

Friggin delicious burger.

Rosebud Steakhouse

Rosebud Theater District

Rosebud Trattoria

The Rosebud

Roy’s Chicago

an oldie but goodie

Rustic House

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Interesting that there are more options for lunch than for dinner.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House – Northbrook

SUBURBS

Sable Kitchen & Bar

Lunch Menu

No menu yet – the food here is good but the cocktails are the real stars.

Sabor Saveur

Saigon Sisters

Menu sounds interesting and delish – confit octopus? Oxtail pho? Yum.

The Saloon Steakhouse

Salpicon

An under the radar Chicago treasure that’s been doing upscale Mexican since before it was cool.
Great options on both menus.

Sam & Harry’s Steakhouse

SUBURBS

Scoozi

Includes a glass of wine.

Seasons 52

SUBURBS

This place sounds interesting, plus lots of local ingredients.

(*) Sepia

Sepia has quietly been awesome for years now.

Shaw’s Crab House

Your choices are crab or crab. But it’s a crab house!

Shula’s Steak House

Dinner Menu

Smith & Wollensky

I love when steak places don’t put steak on their menus. Why would I go to a steakhouse to order chicken? (Ok, ok. So you can get a filet for an additional $11. Weak sauce.)

South Branch Tavern & Grille

South Water Kitchen

State and Lake Restaurant

No options on this menu, but dinner sounds tasty!

Sullivan’s Steakhouse

That’s what I’m talkin’ about – 3 steak options on $33 menu with 3 more meaty options on $44

SushiSamba Rio

Fun atmosphere.

Table Fifty-Two

Chicken fried short rib!

Tapas Valencia

You only get to choose your entrée. Dessert comes with a glass of cava.

Tarantino’s

Tavern at the Park

Taverna 750

Haven’t heard of this place. Dinner includes 2 of their housemade “cellos”, ie limoncello. Menu sounds a bit small.

Terzo Piano

Lunch Menu

Texas de Brazil – Downtown Chicago

Stuff yourself silly! Regular dinner price is $46.99

Tokio Pub

SUBURBS

What a deal – Resto Week price is a meal for 2. Dinner even includes 1 cocktail each!

Topo Gigio

Same menu for lunch & dinner.

(*) Topolobampo

Lunch Menu

Townhouse Restaurant & Wine Bar

Trattoria Isabella

Come and be stuffed! All menus are 4 courses.

Trattoria No. 10

Don’t have a sweet tooth? Sub out your dessert for a glass of wine.

Trattoria Trullo

Tuscany on Taylor

Wild goat ragout for lunch, anyone?

Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar

Lunch OR dinner for $22.

Vermilion

Taste some of the dishes from Iron Chef, Next Iron Chef, and Chopped

Viand American Bistro

(*) Vie

SUBURBS

Add wine pairings for $20.

Vinci

Lots of menu options.

Vivere (Italian Village)

Vivo

Wave

Lunch & Dinner Menu

The Weber Grill

Lunch & Dinner Menu

Wildfire Chicago

Wildfire Glenview

SUBURBS

Wildfire Lincolnshire

SUBURBS

Wildfire Oakbrook

SUBURBS

Wildfire Schaumburg

SUBURBS

Yoshi Café

Dinner Menu

Zapatista – Lincoln Park

Choose anything off the regular menu for each course, yay!

Zapatista – Northbrook

SUBURBS

Zapatista – South Loop

Zealous

Cash only, and 20% gratuity added?

Zed 451

Unclear how many dishes you can choose, but Chef Selection section does say unlimited samplings…

Zocalo Restaurant & Tequila Bar