Platter of Green Garlic Biscuits Romaine Lettuces, Smoked Ham, Hard-Cooked Eggs, Shaved Breakfast Radish and Buttermilk Dill Dressing Fried Chicken with Honey Butter, Butterkase Mac-N-Cheese and Spring Asparagus Slaw with Lemon Pepper Vinaigrette. Vanilla Bean Pudding, Bananas, Homemade 'Nilla Wafers, Whipped Cream and Strawberries (04/26/12)
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Smoked Trout Frittata, Fried Lemon and Ramp Aioli Morel Mushrooms, Aged Ash Goat Cheese on Toast, Basil, Market Greens and Sparkling Wine Vinaigrette Grilled Pork Ribs with Cumin Radish and Potato Chips Lamb, Red Chiles and Pistachios inside Squid with Toasted Cous Cous and Tahini Dressing Ricotta Blintzes with Rhubarb Jam and SarVecchio Crunchies (04/10/12)
Roasted Chicken Wings, Maitake Mushrooms, Sherry Gastrique and Fried Shallots Potato Gnocchi, Cauliflower, Bacon, Citrus Zest and Goat Cheese Sirloin Steak, Spinach, Shaved Watermelon Radish, Horseradish, French Lentils and Garlic Aioli Blood Orange Milk Shake with Homemade Graham Cracker and Dark Chocolate S'Mores (03/02/12)
Currently hosting Mexican dinners at the end of February. Here's da menu :Tostada: Homemade Tortilla, Duck Breast, Sweet Potatoes, Refried Black Beans, Red Cabbage and Pasilla Chiles Salsa Rich Chicken Broth with Summer Beans and Sweet Corn, Pepitas, Avocado and Cotija Cheese Enchilada of Woody Mushrooms and Poblano Peppers with House-Made Quesillo Oaxaqueno and Tomatillo Salsa Mole Rojo with Roasted Pork Loin, Peanuts and Cilantro Lime Rice Cakes Sweet Crema Fried Ice Cream with Peach Compote and Dulce de Leche (02/17/12)
Super-cute and super-tasty shishito peppers from Green Acres Farm on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/23. (07/28/11)
Spicy braised baby kale & goat munster cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/23. (07/22/11)
Spicy braised baby kale and goat munster cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/23. (07/20/11)
Spicy braised baby kale and goat munster cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/16. (07/20/11)
Spicy braised baby kale with a big shmear of smokey paprika aioli on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/16. (07/12/11)
Spicy braised baby kale & melty butterkaase cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 6/25. (06/24/11)
spicy braised baby kale and melty butterkaase cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 6/25. (06/23/11)
A lil' vanilla puddin'. A lil' 'nilla wafers. (04/26/12)
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Ice Cream Sundae! Cream Cheese Ice Cream, Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream, Market Strawberry Ice Cream and Hot Fudge (03/23/12)
Blood Orange Milk Shake with Homemade Graham Cracker and Dark Chocolate S'Mores. It's s'moretastic. (03/02/12)
Sweet Crema Fried Ice Cream with Peach Compote and Dulce de Leche (02/17/12)
Cassoulet’s right hand dessert, chocolate mousse, gets piped between layers of homemade puff pastry, a few cracked chestnuts and spoonfuls of lush honey (01/09/12)
Buttermilk doughnuts with panna cotta and satsuma gelee (12/26/11)
We opted to serve a cheese course and a vanilla dessert for our final course. Hook's Blue Paradise with honey croutons and roasted pears, AND dried cherry and cardamom clafoutis with vanilla bean caramel (12/12/11)
Milk chocolate hazelnut gelato with roasted pears and cinnamon sugar toast (11/15/11)
Concord grape float with peanut butter cookies (11/08/11)
chocolate cream puffs with hickory nuts (10/03/11)
goat's milk ice cream with crushed amaretti cookies, roasted Concord grapes and fresh peaches (09/23/11)
eggplant & doughnuts. yes- that is correct. we had a delightful potato beignet with eggplant for dessert at girl and the goat last year and it pretty much blew our minds. so much so that we were compelled to take a crack at sweetened up eggplant ourselves. (08/09/11)
eggplant and doughnuts. yes- that is correct. we had a delightful potato beignet with eggplant for dessert at girl and the goat last year and it pretty much blew our minds. so much so that we were compelled to take a crack at sweetened up eggplant ourselves. (08/08/11)
butterscotch milk shake, market peaches and homemade nilla wafers. (insert appropriate "in your face" phrase here) (07/20/11)
a little apricot, a little honey ice cream and a whole lotta homemade graham crackers (07/12/11)
yogurt panna cotta, fresh cherries & fried pork fat cookie. Yes- you read that correctly. (06/24/11)
yogurt panna cotta, fresh cherries and fried pork fat cookie. yes- you read that correctly. (06/23/11)
SDC's event manager, Bridgette, made everyone mix tapes. So we listen to those now. (04/10/12)
Black Keys. New Delta Spirit. Rihana. (Yep.) (03/23/12)
Justin Timberlake. Don't judge. (03/12/12)
FLAMING LIPS! (03/02/12)
SDC event manager Bridgette just made our crew Valentine's Day mixed tapes. So our kitchen is currently filled with every sound from Justin Timberlake to The Outfield. (02/17/12)
Metallica + George Michael + LCD Soundsystem = Sunday Dinner kitchen music success. (01/30/12)
Oh you know...a little Beirut...a little Atmosphere...A little Delta Spirit (08/09/11)
Oh you know...a little Beirut...a little Atmosphere...A little Delta Spirit. (08/08/11)
Bon Iver and Other Lives on heavy rotation. (07/28/11)
It is wrong that we like to have Jay-Z dance parties in our kitchen? (07/20/11)
SDC senior management went to the U2 concert last week. Yeah- we know. Don't judge. But Bono and Boys still got it. And we got Achtung Baby on heavy rotation. (07/12/11)
New bon iver. black keys. roots. Until josh makes us turn it off. :) (06/24/11)
new bon iver. black keys. roots. until josh makes us turn it off. :) (06/23/11)
Lately, the Nationals, The Roots and a little Bonnie Price Billie for good measure. (05/27/11)
lately, The National, The Roots and a little Bonnie Price Billie for good measure. (05/26/11)
More Vinejoy dinners at the end of May. In June -- another series of cookbook dinners, featuring a cookbook written by our HBFC biz partner Jen Mayer. (04/26/12)
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Our Honey Butter Fried Chicken will be available for purchase at this Sunday's Dose Market at the River East Arts Center. (04/10/12)
5 Vinejoy sparking wine dinners second half of April! (03/23/12)
Burger Dinners first half of April! Vinejoy wine dinners second half of April! (03/12/12)
Burger Dinners at the end of March and beginning of April. Let's usher in our spring properly with some fresh ground meat. (02/23/12)
Perhaps burger dinners in April? Stay tuned. (02/17/12)
We are frying chicken with Cleetus from City Provisions on Feb 13 and doing a V-day Dinner Club with Vinejoy Wines the next night. (02/06/12)
We are frying chicken with Cleetus from City Provisions on Feb 13 and hosting pig butchery demo dinners with Rob from Butcher and Larder and Virtue Cider in March. (01/26/12)
Cassoulet, our reigning heavy-weight champion, is back in January and February (01/09/12)
Menu and invite for cassoulet dinners going out the first week of January! (12/26/11)
Vinejoy wine dinners this week 12/14, 12/15, 12/16 (12/12/11)
Our Honey Butter Fried Chicken will be making its debut at Dose Market in December! (11/18/11)
Pizza dinner club this week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the week after Thanksgiving, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (11/15/11)
Chicago Homegrown Cookbook dinner club this week, followed by pizza dinner club next week (11/08/11)
"Tribute to Wisconsin" October Dinner Clubs (10/03/11)
Two artist series dinner next week (9/28 and 9/29), featuring art by artists curated by Azimuth Projects (09/23/11)
Two winemaker dinners with the guys from Vinejoy at the beginning of September. Which basically means trouble (08/09/11)
Two winemaker dinners with the guys from Vinejoy at the beginning of September. Which basically means trouble. (08/08/11)
mostly likely.... vegetarian dinner in August! (07/22/11)
mostly likely...vegetarian dinner in August! (07/20/11)
Next month: maybe...vegetarian dinner? Here's hoping we can part with our beloved bacon. (07/12/11)
5-course whole red wattle pig dinner next week. (06/24/11)
5 course whole red wattle pig dinner next week. (06/23/11)
Burger dinner club will run several nights in June. Three-course menu for $45 per person. (05/26/11)
FRIED CHICKEN BABY! May Dinner Club Menu: Platter of Green Garlic Biscuits Romaine Lettuces, Smoked Ham, Hard-Cooked Eggs, Shaved Breakfast Radish and Buttermilk Dill Dressing Fried Chicken with Honey Butter, Butterkase Mac-N-Cheese and Spring Asparagus Slaw with Lemon Pepper Vinaigrette. Vanilla Bean Pudding, Bananas, Homemade 'Nilla Wafers, Whipped Cream and Strawberries (04/26/12)
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things that go with sparkling wine. Namely, sparkling wine that Vinejoy is carrying from Illinois Sparkling Co. Here is the menu, paired with each wine: Smoked Trout Frittata, Fried Lemon and Ramp Aioli (ISC Brut) Morel Mushrooms, Aged Ash Goat Cheese on Toast, Basil, Market Greens and Sparkling Wine Vinaigrette (Heirloom) Grilled Pork Ribs with Cumin Radish and Potato Chips (Franken’s) Lamb, Red Chiles and Pistachios inside Squid with Toasted Cous Cous and Tahini Dressing (Stereo) Ricotta Blintzes with Rhubarb Jam and SarVecchio Crunchies (Dollface) (04/10/12)
BurgersBurgersBurgers. Menu Stuffed Mushroom of Slow Cooked Broccoli and Mornay Sauce Spring Asparagus, Radish, Rye Crunchies, Market Greens and Pickled Ramp Vinaigrette Sirloin, Short Rib and Chuck Burger with Green Garlic Mayo, Housemade Tumeric Pickles, Bacon, Smoked Gouda and Arugula on a Challah Bun with French Fries, SarVecchio, Lemon Zest and Fresh Herbs Ice Cream Sundae! Cream Cheese Ice Cream, Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream, Market Strawberry Ice Cream and Hot Fudge (03/23/12)
3 artist talk dinners in March! Menu: Menu Roasted Chicken Wings, Maitake Mushrooms, Sherry Gastrique and Fried Shallots Potato Gnocchi, Cauliflower, Bacon, Citrus Zest and Goat Cheese Sirloin Steak, Spinach, Shaved Watermelon Radish, Horseradish, French Lentils and Garlic Aioli Blood Orange Milk Shake with Homemade Graham Cracker and Dark Chocolate S'Mores (03/02/12)
Just announced two dinners with Rob Levitt from Butcher and Larder. Pig butchery demo followed by 5 courses of: Porchetta, Seared Cabbage, Tonnato and Pickled Mustard Seed Market Greens, Peppered Chicharons and Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette Pork Hot Dog, House-made Giardiniera and Braised Kale on Poppy Seed Bun Cannelloni, Pork Shoulder, Wild Mushrooms and Walnut Pesto Fried Sour Cherry Pork-Fat Pie and Pistachio Gelato (02/17/12)
Just announced 2 dinners with Rob Levitt from Butcher and Larder. Pig butchery demo followed by 5 courses of: Porchetta, Seared Cabbage, Tonnato and Pickled Mustard Seed Market Greens, Peppered Chicharons and Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette Pork Hot Dog, House-made Giardiniera and Braised Kale on Poppy Seed Bun Cannelloni, Pork Shoulder, Wild Mushrooms and Walnut Pesto Fried Sour Cherry Pork-Fat Pie and Pistachio Gelato (02/17/12)
Cassoulet dinners start 1/19! Menu features salt cod dumplings, carrot and celery root rosti and cassoulet with smoked bacon, garlic sausage, toulouse sausage, leg of lamb, duck confit, white beans and dijon mustard (01/09/12)
Short rib dinners this week! Menu features citrus-cured salmon with roasted beets, horseradish and pumpernickel croutons; artichokes, chickpeas and Meyer lemon; red wine-braised short ribs with potato dauphinoise; farm greens with sherry-duck fat vinaigrette; buttermilk doughnuts (12/26/11)
Our December Wine Dinners are here! Menu features coffee-braised pork pastie with celery root and beet salad; black pepper duck breast with satsumas and frisee; handmade pappardelle with wild mushrooms, ribeye steak and cream sauce; Hook's Blue Paradise with honey croutons and roasted pear; dried cherry and cardamom clafoutis with vanilla bean caramel (12/12/11)
Pizzas for this week's Pizza Dinner Club: broccoli, bagna cauda and homemade ricotta pizza; leeks, bacon, goat cheese, thyme and potato pizza; pickled chard stems, sauteed chard, nutmeg, creme fraiche and sarvecchio pizza; heirloom tomato sauce, guanciale, Italian sausage, fennel and mozzarella pizza. Plus fall antipasti, a salad and dessert! (11/15/11)
Menu for this week's Chicago Homegrown Cookbook Dinner Club: onion soup with pork broth, Wisconsin gruyere, garlic croutons; roasted beets with fennel, watermelon radishes, creamy tarragon vinaigrette; free-form lasagna with housemade ricotta, kale, heirloom squash, chile brown butter; roasted pork loin with braised leeks, apples, Brussels sprouts; Concord grape float with peanut butter cookies (11/08/11)
Menu for Fish Fry October dinner clubs: elk tartare; fried cheese curds and fried Brussels sprouts; beer squash soup with kielbasa and black kale; fish fry with fall apple and cabbage slaw, dill remoulade, warm potato salad; chocolate cream puff with hickory nuts (10/03/11)
Menu for artist series dinners 9/28 and 9/29: carrot soup; butter lettuce and frisee salad with pickled fennel, pears and prosciutto; ragu of San Marzano tomatoes with rigatoni pasta; ragu sausages and meat with brown butter, market squash and sage; goat's milk ice cream with crushed amaretti cookies, roasted Concords and fresh peaches (09/23/11)
We are hosting two dinners featuring works/art talks with local artist inspired by travel. Our menu, inspired by our own travels: Oysters from PNW with Green Chili, Tomato, Lime and Thai Basil Mid-Summer Spring Roll with Crab, Mango and Pickled Red Onion Fried Chicken Wings with Lemongrass, Cabbage Slaw, Heirloom Cucumbers and Mint Shaking Beef Filet served with Chile-Lime Sauce, Scallion Cellophane Noodles and Japanese Eggplant Butterscotch Milkshake, Market Peaches and Homemade 'Nilla Wafers (07/20/11)
Big Ol' Steak Dinner Club this month! Here is the full menu, complete with said big ol' steak: Sungold Tomato Toast Crepes with Ratatouille, Fresh Sheep Cheese and Squash Blossom Buerre Blanc Big 'Ol Grilled Steak with lots of Black Pepper, Frites, Summer Beans and Balsamic Butter Market Lettuce with Heirloom Cucumbers and Carrots, Avocado, Soft Herbs and Lime Vinaigrette Apricots, Honey Ice Cream and Graham Crackers (07/12/11)
One red wattle pig, five courses, four dinners in July: Porchetta, Fennel Dressing, Leeks and Broccoli Rabe Shaved Baby Zucchini, Salad Greens, Cracklings and Sheep's Milk Feta Spicy Sausage and Shrimp, Sungold Tomato, Green Garlic, Arugula and Grilled Bread Pork Leg Ragu, Polenta, Peas and Pecorino Yogurt Panna Cotta, Cherries and Fried Pork Fat Cookie (06/24/11)
One red wattle pig, 5 courses, 4 dinners in July: Porchetta, Fennel Dressing, Leeks and Broccoli Rabe Shaved Baby Zucchini, Salad Greens, Cracklings and Sheep's Milk Feta Spicy Sausage and Shrimp, Sungold Tomato, Green Garlic, Arugula and Grilled Bread Pork Leg Ragu, Polenta, Peas and Pecorino Yogurt Panna Cotta, Cherries and Fried Pork Fat Cookie (06/23/11)
Chopped Salad of Spring Peas, Breakfast Radish, Farm Eggs, Pumpernickle Croutons and Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing. Short Rib, Sirloin and Chuck Burger with Prairie Fruits Farm Angel Food Cheese, Spring Onion Remoulade and Bacon served with Onion Rings and Sriracha Aioli (05/26/11)
Spring menu for 5/19, 5/20, 5/22 includes sea bass crudo; roasted asparagus with green garlic mayo, farro, fried farm egg; artichoke-black olive-goat cheese pizza; and spring leg of lamb with roasted new potatoes (05/19/11)
Fried Chicken Dinner Club invite just went out. Too soon to tell if it will sell out. (04/26/12)
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Burger dinner club seats. We just added an extra dinner on Tuesday 4/17! (04/10/12)
Burger dinner club seats. We may need to add an extra dinner! (03/23/12)
We don't know about early, but if you get here late we like bourbon. (02/17/12)
Egg Sandwich at Green City Market on Saturdays has been getting a lot of love lately (08/09/11)
Egg Sandwich at Green City Market on Saturdays has been getting a lot of love lately. (08/08/11)
Burgers at Green City Market on Saturdays. Seriously, who doesn't want a burger smothered with brunkow horserasdish cheddar in the morning?Get thee there! (06/24/11)
Burgers at Green City Market on Saturdays. Seriously- who doesn't want a burger smothered with brunkow horserasdish cheddar in the morning?Get thee there! (06/23/11)
Burgers at Green City Market on Saturdays. Get thee there! (05/27/11)
burgers at the Green City Market on Saturdays. Get thee there! (05/26/11)
Josh has been tinkering with Asian food lately. We needed the bright, spicy, fish saucy flavors after two months of cassoulet. (03/23/12)
Using our pickly and preserved foodstuffs from last season before the fresh ingredients come in season. It's like a great opening band before a greater headlining band. (03/02/12)
Bright, clean flavors to pep up the palette in winter - lime, cilantro, hot sauce, vinegars, pickly things. (02/17/12)
Cassoulet! (01/16/12)
Short ribs are a solid opening act for our headliner: cassoulet (12/26/11)
Vinejoy wines, aka big red juice bombs from small-batch CA central coast winemakers. (12/12/11)
Chicago Homegrown Cookbook (11/08/11)
Wisconsin! (10/03/11)
Getting closer to actually opening a restaurant: Honey Butter Fried Chicken! We've been keeping busy testing fried chicken recipes and looking at potential spaces. (09/23/11)
Getting closer to actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned :) (08/09/11)
Getting closer to actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned. :) (08/08/11)
Yep. Still working on actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned. :) (07/12/11)
Still working on actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned. :) (06/24/11)
still working on actually opening a restaurant someday. Stay tuned. :) (06/23/11)
working on actually opening a restaurant someday. Stay tuned. :) (05/26/11)
working on actually opening a resturant someday. Stay tuned. :) (05/26/11)
Illinois Sparkling Co.'s Franken's. It will melt your face. (04/10/12)
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all wine? (03/23/12)
Vinejoy dry Rieslings. Just arrived in the market. Gonna pair 'em with our Honey Butter Fried Chicken at our tasting party on March 20th. (03/12/12)
Sans Liege "The Offering" Stupid good with chocolate and olives. And Cassoulet. (02/17/12)
Sans Liege "The Offering" Stupid good with chocolate and olives. At the same time. Trust us, it's rad. (01/26/12)
Sans Liege 2009 En Gnedi. When we tried “En Gedi” with Hook's creamy blue cheese, it left a distinct vanilla flavor on the palette. Which is something you need to experience in your life. After our minds were collectively blown, we opted to serve the wine with a cheese course AND a spiced, vanilla themed dessert. (12/12/11)
anything is that is chilled and rose. (07/20/11)
The Field Recordings wines that we're pairing with a 5 course meal in September- the wine maker is coming to the dinners too! Best part though- getting to taste the wines next month and make the menu. FUN! (06/24/11)
the Field Recordings wines that we are pairing with a 5 course meal in September- the wine maker is coming to the dinners too! Best part though- getting to taste the wines next month and make the menu. FUN! (06/23/11)
Local asparagus and rhubarb. In March. In Chicago. Yay global warming! (03/23/12)
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Yay global warming! (03/23/12)
We are pretty stoked about (03/12/12)
Pig, pig and more pig. What else are we gonna do in March? (03/02/12)
February brings Mexican food to our menu. Lime + Cilantro = Success. (02/17/12)
Meat. Seriously. It's the Midwest, it's sort of all we got in January. (01/26/12)
super serious about peaches right now (08/09/11)
super serious about peaches right now. (08/08/11)
Pickling cukes! (07/20/11)
omg. CHERRIES!!! Specifically, the sour variety. We have plans for cobblers and pickling. (07/12/11)
kinda obessed with Sungold tomatoes. Even though they aren't at market for another week or so. doesn't stop us from checking every single day. so you could say "this just in...soon." (06/24/11)
kinda obessed with sungold tomatoes. even though they aren't at market for another week or so. doesn't stop us from checking every single day. so you could say "this just in...soon." (06/23/11)
kinda obessed with sungold tomatoes. even though they aren't at market until. doesn't stop us from checking every single day. so you could say "this just in...soon." (06/23/11)
If you haven't tried San Liege's The Offering with our cassoulet, you haven't truly lived. (02/17/12)
We don't typically do a lot of food-beverage parings BUT we are announcing a V-day Dinner Club with Vinejoy Wines today. Here is a sneak peek at the menu and pairings: Rabbit Fricassee with Homemade Puff Pastry Cerdon Sparkling Rose NV Mussels, Smoked Hocks, Pork Broth and Grilled Bread Field Recordings Fiction White Buckwheat Crepe with Wild Mushroom Ragout and Swiss Chard Folkway Bien Nacido Spiced Duck Breast, Chorizo, Figs and Parsley Field Recordings Fiction Red Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting, Candied Black Olives and Marcona Almonds Sans Liege "The Offering" (01/26/12)
No food/bev pairings for us. BUT Christine had a lovely glass of whiskey last night w/ some beef fat fries at Longman and Eagle. It was pretty can't-miss. (08/09/11)
No food/bev pairings for us. BUT Christine had a lovely glass of whiskey last night with some beef fat fries at Longman and Eagle. It was pretty can't-miss. (08/08/11)
