First there was Chicago Restaurant Week. Then there was Chicago Originals Restaurant Week. Now there's one more: Chicago Chef Week, and it might be our favorite of the bunch.
Running from February 22-27, the idea is the same — three-course prix fixe dinner menus for $32 per person (plus a few places offering $22 lunches), but the participants are a laundry list of the best chef-owned (or chef-driven) restaurants in town — Province, Mado, Lockwood, Sepia, and plenty more. If you've been reading about these praise-grabbing joints but haven't managed to muster the will to check them out, three courses at a discounted price should be enough to light a fire under your backside.
As with other Weeks, OpenTable runs the online reservations — full list of participating restaurants after the jump.
• Adobo Grill (at both locations)
• Boka
• Green Zebra
• Landmark
• Lockwood
• Mado
• Old Town Brasserie
• Perennial
• Province
• Topaz (in Burr Ridge)
• Vie (in Western Springs)
• Vinci
[Photo: Paella at Province/Laurie Proffitt Photography]
