The Sitdown Café is a unique sushi bar and restaurant. The inside of the little bistro is cozy and comfortable, reflecting all of the neighborhood charm of a local diner. The staff here is friendly and helpful, always ready to offer a recommendationnn or answer any questions guests might have.
The Sitdown Café offers a wide variety of dishes. The menu is broken up into appetizers, soups, salads, sushi, sandwiches and pizza. This kind of variety is unique, as most restaurants do not offer both sushi and pizza. Popular sushi rolls at The Sitdown Café include the Chicago Fire with tuna, salmon, white tuna, jalapeno and cilantro, as well as the drunken tiger with crab, avocado and cucumber topped with tiger shrimp and mango tobiko sauce. The pizzas are completely customizable, with guests adding ingredients as they want, like mozzarella, tomato, basil, mushrooms, feta, peppers, onion, black olives and prosciutto
Aba is a Mediterranean restaurant with locations in Chicago, IL, Austin, TX, and BalHarbour, FL. Aba, meaning father in Hebrew, incorporates Chef CJ Jacobson’s lighter styleof cooking with influences from the Mediterranean, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, andGreece. The bar program showcases rare Mediterranean-inspired wines and spirits.Signature dishes include Smoky Garlic Hummus, Muhammara, Heirloom Crispy ChickenThigh, Shawarma-Spiced Skirt Steak, Grilled Salmon Kebab and more. The bar programshowcases rare Mediterranean-inspired wines and spirits.
From Executive Chef Chris Pandel - Cira is a modern, Mediterranean restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. The menu features large and small, shareable plates inspired by the 22 countries that comprise the Mediterranean Basin and their symbiosis over the years.
avec, un bar à vins conçu par l'équipe primée qui a créé le One Off Hospitality, a ouvert ses portes en 2003 avec le partenariat du chef exécutif Paul Kahan, Donnie Madia et le sommelier Eduard Seitan. Le menu rustique, qui comporte des classiques méditerranéens aux influences du Midwest, prend exemple sur les régions viticoles du sud de la France, de l'Italie, du Portugal et des côtes de l'Espagne. avec reflète les arômes, saveurs et couleurs de la Méditerranée dans sa cuisine, mais propose aussi une carte des vins à prix modéré qui met l'accent sur les petits vignobles du sud-ouest de l'Europe. Ce bar à vins est fier d'être devenu le restaurant partenaire de Blackbird, The Publican, The Violet Hour, Big Star et Publican Quality Meats.
Mediterranean & California Restaurant inspiré de la méditerranée et de la Californie servant des petites assiettes et une cuisine légère dans la River North de Chicago.
Elia features Mediterranean inspired cuisine, in contemporary atmosphere. Elia - a stunning new Modern Mediterranean restaurant - is now open in the heart of Wicker Park.Elia (Greek for “olive tree”) pulls inspiration from Greece, Italy, France, Spain, and other Mediterranean countries and translates those flavors and techniques into Elia’s soups, salads, spreads, small plates, mains, sides, and desserts.Beverage-wise, Elia boasts 12 handcrafted specialty cocktails, 24 wines sourced from around the world available by the bottle and glass, 10 craft draft beers,100+ spirits spirits, and non-alcoholic offerings as well.Elia features 90 interior seats - including a glassed-in private dining room that doubles as the restaurant’s wine cellar - along with 60 seats on the restaurant’s sidewalk patio.Sprawling imported Mediterranean wall murals of golds, blacks, and off-whites; original imported artwork; and mid-century modern lighting round out the restaurant’s stunning interior.
located in the heart of River North, avec features Midwestern takes on Mediterranean classics under the culinary direction of James Beard award-winning chef, Paul Kahan and executive chef Dylan Patel. pair your meal with an incredible array of carefully chosen wines curated by wine director Bret Haire, or simply stop by for a delicious cocktail at our expansive bar.
Located in the historic Fulton Market district of Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, Rose Mary is Chef/Owner Joe Flamm’s debut restaurant inspired by his Italian heritage and the bold, bright flavors of Croatian cuisine. The boisterous space—named for Flamm’s grandmothers, Mary and Mary Rose, and the herb rosemary, which grows natively along the Italian and Croatian coastlines—offers a seasonal menu of rustic yet refined dishes that encapsulate what Flamm has coined “Adriatic drinking food”.
