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Chicago Restaurant Week is the ultimate foodie dream. There really is no better week to visit your old favorites or test out a new hot spot. Restaurants from all over the Windy City have created prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus to enjoy a taste of the Chicago culinary world. This year, many restaurants are also new offering brunch menus, so there are even more opportunities to nosh. Forks up, let’s get planning!
Tanta
Take a vacation to Peru for Restaurant Week thanks to Tanta’s {118 West Grand Avenue, Chicago; 312.222.9700} Executive Chef Jesus Delgado’s culinary tour of the country. Their lunch offerings include Salmon Anticuchero with quinoa salad and avocado mousse as well as Arroz Con Pollo with cilantro rice. For dinner, you can dig into the signature dishes of the restaurant, like Cebiche Criollo with seasonal fish, scallop, shrimp, and aji amarillo or Anticucho Carne with New York strip and potatoes. The dessert for both lunch and dinner is Alfajor (shortbread cookie) with dulce de leche and lucuma ice cream. Don’t know what to choose? Let the staff guide you through this culinary adventure!
Prime & Provisions Steakhouse
This dinner menu might be one of the best deals for Restaurant Week, thanks to the decedent options from DineAmic Group’s Prime & Provisions Steakhouse {222 North LaSalle Drive, Chicago; 312.726.7777}. Start your meal with their signature House-Flared Thick-Cut Bacon topped with dark chocolate, then really go for the beef with a six ounce Petit Filet, and finish with Banana Cream Pie or Chocolate Caramel Cake. The lunch menu is lighter, but still delicious, and includes their Dry-Aged Prime Burger or Chicken Club. Pair any menu item with one of their signature cocktails, and sit back and enjoy.
Cindy’s Rooftop
The rooftop restaurant pairs their three-course lunch menu with sweeping views of Millennium Park and Lake Michigan, making it the perfect mid-week stop. The lunchtime prix fixe menu at Cindy’s {12 Michigan Avenue, Chicago; 312.792.3502} even includes the kid-and-adult-friendly Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese as an appetizer. For the main course, you can select from the Braised Pork Sandwich or Rigatoni with charred broccoli and mushroom. Dessert gets creative with Citrus, Tea & Honey featuring orange, gingerbread dream cake, lemon yuzu, and honey ice cream. You can also pair the menu with Spirit Guide Nandini Khaund’s non-alcoholic mocktails like the refreshing Reanimator devised of blueberry, ginger, and activated charcoal or the delightful Golden Lime made with calamansi, honey, and tarragon.
Coco Pazzo
Enjoy a taste of Tuscany at River North’s iconic restaurant, Coco Pazzo {300 West Hubbard Street, Chicago; 312.836.0900}. In celebration of its 25 Anniversary this year, Coco Pazzo has expanded their Restaurant Week offerings with a special lunch and dinner menu. Highlights from the lunch menu include Salmone alla Griglia with grilled salmon, Tuscan farro, winter vegetables, and saffron as well as Rigatoni alla Buttera, made with sausage, peas, tomato, Parmesan, and cream. The evening crowd can enjoy delectable menu items including Maiale Milanese made with crispy breaded pork chop, arugula, and tomato as well as the Merluzzo alla Carlofortina, a dish made with roasted cod, winter vegetables, and saffron.
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