Guide: Where to Eat During Restaurant Week

With Chicago Restaurant Week just around the corner, there will be plenty of opportunities to feed your stomach while still keeping your wallet happy. Running from Feb. 16 to 27, over 200 restaurants will be offering special prix fixe lunch and dinner menus every day. Whether it's an old favorite or a new experience, it's hard to go wrong with so many options to choose from. While some spots are already fully booked, here is a list of places that can still satisfy your taste buds.

1) The Bristol
Where: 2152 N. Damen
What: Dinner; a four-course menu of persimmon salad, tajarin, beef osso bucco, and vanille crème dessert.
Cost: $44
Call: 773-862-5555

2) Cafe Ba Ba Reeba
Where: 2024 N. Halsted
What: Dinner; four courses of pinxto, tapas, paella and dessert options from the regular menu.
Cost: $33
Call: 773-935-5000

3) Carnivale
Where: 702 W. Fulton Market
What: Lunch and dinner; for lunch or dinner choose from soup or salad to start, Spanish seafood stew, lechon asado or vegetable paella for a second course, and an ice cream sandwich or sticky bun dessert.
Cost: $22 lunch, $33 dinner
Call: 312-850-5005

4) The Drawing Room
Where: 937 N. Rush
What: Dinner; three courses whose options include tempura avocado and beef tartare as starters, spice rubbed pork loin and mahi mahi as mains, and Black Dog gelato, pistachio mousse and chocolate panna cotta for dessert.
Cost: $33
Call: 312-266-2694

5) Japonais
Where: 600 W. Chicago
What: Lunch and dinner; for lunch choose from shared appetizers such as lobster spring rolls and maki, then select an entrée including miso barbeque chicken and Japonais fried rice, and finish with a chocolate mascarpone mousse cake or an assortment of ice creams for dessert. The dinner menu offers a similar selection as well as including Wagyu carpaccio, salmon Japonais, and Japanese ribs as some of the options.
Cost: $22 lunch, $33 dinner
Call: 312-822-9600

6) Leopold
Where: 1450 W. Chicago
What: Dinner; a three-course menu of mixed greens or beet salad, moules and frites or braised short rib, and Belgian waffle or orange and vanilla bean panna cotta.
Cost: $33
Call: 312-348-1028

7) Mercadito
Where: 108 W. Kinzie
What: Lunch and dinner; Choose three types of guacamole, two types of ceviche, four types of tacos, and one side for the table.
Cost: $33
Call: 312-329-9555

8) Mercat a la Planxa
Where: 638 S. Michigan
What: Lunch and dinner; the dinner menu includes three courses starting with opening options such as Serrano ham and chorizo croquettes or Spanish style omelet, entrees of shrimp and chorizo with garbanzo bean puree or butternut squash dumplings with lamb ragout, and milk chocolate croquettes for dessert.
Cost: $22 lunch, $33 dinner
Call: 312-765-0524

9) Mexique
Where: 1529 W. Chicago
What: Lunch and dinner; for lunch or dinner try a trio of soups, stuffed Chile poblano, grilled flank steak, pan seared lake trout filet, apple tart or a dessert enchilada.
Cost: $22 lunch, $33 dinner
Call: 312-850-0288

10) Nightwood
Where: 2119 S. Halsted
What: Dinner; Four courses including Meyer lemon and garlic bread, Michigan char roe, foie gras agnolotti, spit-roasted pork loin and salty caramel sourdough pudding as some of the selections.
Cost: $44
Call: 312-526-3385

11) Paris Club
Where: 59 W. Hubbard
What: Dinner; Three-course meal includes lamb meatballs or tuna tartare for the first course, paper bag snapper or steak frites as entrees, and lemon crème or dark chocolate mousse as dessert choices, among others.
Cost: $33
Call: 312-595-0800

12) Piccolo Sogno
Where: 464 N. Halsted
What: Lunch and dinner; for lunch the selections include pear salad, spinach and potato gnocchi, and housemade gelato. Dinner choices include Roman style braised oxtail, baked east coast cod wrapped in pancetta, and panna cotta.
Cost: $22 lunch, $33 dinner
Call: 312-421-0077

13) q
Where: 1160 N. Dearborn
What: Lunch and dinner; lunch includes smoked dry-rubbed wings, pulled pork, sliced Kobe brisket, half slab of ribs, and a trio of dessert options. Dinner choices offer barbecue shrimp with lemon-infused frits, a barbecue flight, or a hominy, smoked corn and black bean salad.
Cost: $22 lunch, $33 dinner
Call: 312-642-1160

14) Roka Akor
Where: 456 N. Clark
What: Lunch and dinner; lunch includes Wagyu beef and kimchi dumplings, salmon teriyaki, and cumin barbecue pork loin as starter and entrée selections. Dinner includes steamed edamame, crispy fried squid, glazed pork ribs, prime skirt steak, and spiced poached pear and tapioca pudding options.
Cost: $22 lunch, $44 dinner
Call: 312-477-7652

15) Sunda
Where: 110 W. Illinois
What: Lunch and dinner; for lunch choose a sushi to start, then choose from a selection including rock shrimp tempura, grilled petite NY steak, chicken katsu curry, or eggplant and tofu toban. Dinner options offer oxtail potstickers, adobo braised pork belly, miso bronzed black cod, honey-ginger braised beef short rib, and sides of rice.
Cost: $22 lunch, $44 dinner
Call: 312-644-0500

Eater Chicago intern Jeffy Mai contributed this article.