Chicago Restaurant Week: Feb 17-26, 2012

I think a UYE should be in the works for this thang!

Going to Topolobampo and Boka. Maybe also Vie, The Lobby, or Blackbird?

Isn't there another restaurant week type of thing that starts sooner than this? I can't remember what it's called? Anyone know?

Love it, anyone interested in meeting up for lunch or dinner, maybe getting together a group?

Jennifer,

There is the First Bites Bash on Feb 1st, but the tickets are a little steep at $125. Although Stephanie Izard is hosting!   http://firstbitesbash2...

FYI, here are the Michelin restaurants:
Topolobampo
Vie
Blackbird
Naha
Boka
Sepia

Here are my top rankings, based on Zagat and Yelp ratings:
1. The Lobby
2. Topolobampo
3. Vie
4. Blackbird
5. Naha
6. Boka
7. Cafe Spiaggia
8. Sepia

Laura W. - you're right there is the kick-off to Restaurant Week on Feb. 2 at Union Station. Yelpers get $25 off using promo "yelp" -- sample sweet & savory from 50 of the participating Chicago Restaurant Week restaurants with net proceeds going to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Hope you can be there!

David L. - great list - your top 8 are fabulous!

Topolo, Naha, and The Lobby, Sepia booked so far!  Thanks for putting this up and thanks David for the truncated list!!!

Yahooo! I'm going to Vie!

sweet & savory reminder... if you want a *yummy* preview to Chicago Restaurant Week, come to First Bites Bash on Feb. 2 at Union Station... Yelpers get $25 off their ticket using promo code "yelp" at http://www.firstbitesb... -- we'd love to sell it out and show our support for the Greater Chicago Food Depository :)

Booked for Blackbird, Sepia, Vie, and Primehouse.

Anybody have a Boka dinner reservation on Saturday 2/18 at ~7pm that they are willing to part with or trade? We couldn't get anything later than 5:30.

I feel crazy because I booked:
Michael Jordan's Steak House
Table Fifty-Two
Vie
Blackbird
Cafe Des Architectes
Topolobampo
Le Colonial
NoMi Kitchen
Boka
I'm super excited for this week....I've been waiting since last year to try some new places~! :)

Spiagga and Topo for me!

Going to Boka, Mexique and Spiagga  - very excited!

I took too deciding where to go and Naha was completely booked.  I'm going to Roy's...yum!

The First Bites Bash was such a blast. It had 1,500 people, raised $40k for a good cause: Greater Chicago Food Depository. You can still support GCFD through "Eat It Up, Chicago" raffle at http://chicagorestaura...

Prizes include Year of Dining Out in Chicago, Dinner for 2 at Chef's Table at Girl and the Goat and Dinner for 4 at Next Restaurant. Yum!

7 reservations and counting!

Went to First Bites Bash last week and it was FANTASTIC. I'm very excited for Restaurant Week!

Holla!  Thinking about...

25 Degrees
Chicago Q (LOVE that place!)
Il Mulino
Mercadito
Nacional 27
Spiaggia

We'll see... =]

So many to choose from I can't decide. I definitely feel all late in the game with my reservations. Thanks for all the tips will keep you all posted! I hear Naha blows minds. And David Burke's is definitely in my top 3.

Went to Vie last night with Aimee M, Dina B and Joanne W. It's everything you can imagine and more. So amazing. There wasn't a single thing I didn't enjoy.

2 down and 1 more to go - so far Mexique and Boka were both FANTASTIC!

Table Fifty Two was amazing last night! 1 Down and 8 to go~! :D

Sepia kind of sucked for lunch on Friday. Sadness. My trout was completely raw inside - took forever to get back from the kitchen :( Porchetta  app was tasty though.

Went to Capital Grille in Rosemont on Friday and it was fantastic! Anybody looking to make a stop there during R Week or in general definitely get the Bone-In Kona and the mash potatoes!

So great to see all of these reco's! Was at Japonais today... Japonais fried rice (with egg) = awesome! Sorbet trio was delicious too! Happy Restaurant Week all!

So great to see all of these reco's! Was at Japonais today... Japonais fried rice (with egg) = awesome! Sorbet trio was delicious too! Happy Restaurant Week all!

Went to Aria for dinner last night and loved all the dishes. Way to have a Fat Tuesday by eating the meat courses! Especially loved that Top Chef contestant Beverly Kim Clark made it a point to visit every table.

Went to Ai Sushi last Sunday! But instead of the restaurant week deal we ended up opting for the All-You-Can-Eat deal for $32 which included practically everyone on the menu. See my review!

I had a fabulous lunch at The Lobby in the Peninsula Hotel.  The scallops were wonderful as well as the crab appetizer and apple cobbler.

Had lunch at Naha and Cafe Spiaggia this week. Going to Cafe des Architectes tomorrow.

For dinner, I highly recommend Ceres' Table. It has been one of my favorite restaurants for a while now, and they're doing a $33 menu with any appetizer, entree, and dessert from them menu. Amazing! Do *not* miss the arancini filled with braised goat and tallegio!

Some restaurants are extending their RW menus! Hooray!

http://www.chicagotrib...

Thanks for the tip, Yanyao!

I find this year's restaurant week rather upsetting.  I found many restaurants who, though required to have a $33 menu when you sign up with the CCTB, are only providing guests with a $44 per person menu.  That's not the requirements of the program with the CCTB.  

Then I go to Manny's for lunch today and their 2 1/2 Sandwich special is not 2 1/2 sandwiches - it is (and this is how they should have written it) 2 - Half Sandwiches (but they wrote it 2 1/2), 2 soups and 2 potato pancakes for $22 - the regular price is $23.90.  I would have saved a whopping 90 cents per person if I had continued with their special but thought better of it.  Spoke to their manager later and he doesn't understand that restaurant week gives back to the citizens of Chicago with some significant discounts.  He is only concerned with his dinner traffic rather than giving back to the dining community in the city.  It's sad how many restaurants took advantage of things this year.