Chicago's Chef Week

Did you miss out on Chicago’s Restaurant Week? Well, you have two days left for Chicago’s Chef Week!

Chef Week features prix-fixe three course lunch menus for $22 and three course dinner menus for $33 (you will have to pay for booze and gratuity separately). This is a great way to taste test Chicago’s finest and most popular restaurants without breaking the bank. If you are unsure where to eat this weekend, see if you can make a reservations at a participating restaurant for a delicious experience. These specials only run through tomorrow (3/26) evening, so make your reservation soon. Here are a few personal recommendations…

Nightwood
Spend your evening in the hip Pilsen neighborhood in this rustic cafe that brings a little creativity to its menu. Nightwood is a fantastic neighborhood restaurant that welcomes everybody looking for good food into its unpretentious environment. Here you will enjoy fried artichokes, rigatoni with ricotta cheese, mint, chilis and almond, and toffee and rum bread pudding.

Tocco
If you are looking for sleek, modern, yet casual feel, Tocco is perfect. Serving up amazing Italian food in the heart of Bucktown, Tocco is brimming with trendiness and thin crust pizza. Their menu will offer an antipasto platter, grilled radicchio tortelli with truffles or pappardelle genovese or chicken, chocolate cake or apple tart or ice cream with espresso.

Sepia
This unique restaurant is truly a classic, offering a warm, vintage feel and is decorated with memorabilia from Chicago’s bygone eras. Sepia was constructed from an 1890 print shop and features a beautiful Art Nouveau tile floor. Their superb menu changes seasonally and focuses on fresh, sustainable ingredients, and tradition. The Chef Menu will include p.e.i mussels in bouillabaisse broth and crostini, grilled rainbow trout with citrus, fennel, black olives, and garam masala chocolate mousse with chocolate flourless cake, caramelized pears, and yogurt cream.