Restaurant Lineup for Green City Market BBQ 2012

Last year, when the Green City Market Chefs' BBQ Benefit hit Lincoln Park, the mercury was ready to pop out the top of thermometers. The humidity was nearly 100 percent. And chefs had to down copious amounts of Goose Island Sofie just to stay hydrated. There's no promise the weather will cooperate this year for a more pleasant and less sticky affair on July 12, but one thing is for sure: No matter how hot or wet it is, the food is still going to kick ass.

Many of last year's restaurants, like Urbanbelly, Boka, City Provisions, Leopold, The Gage/Henri, Hot Chocolate, Balsan, Nightwood/Lula Cafe, Franks N Dawgs, Osteria Via Stato, Naha, Province, Sepia and more will return. So far, nine new restaurants have joined the roster: Anteprima, Browntrout, C-House, Telegraph, The Trenchermen, Vera, Vincent, Yusho and La Sirena Clandestina.

As always, a number of beverages will be on hand to help quench your thirst. Watch for Wirtz Beverage to host a tent, North Shore Distillery, Koval Distillery, local brewers like Half Acre, Two Brothers, Metropolitan and Piece (as well as Bell's from Michigan), Virtue Cider, Crop to Cup Coffee and various wineries like Candid Wines, Illinois Sparkling Co. and Midwest Wine Selections.

Tickets for the July 12 affair are already on sale and they usually sell out well in advance of the event. General admission tickets cost $125 (Friends of the Market members pay $100) and VIP tickets cost $250; kids 12 and under cost just $25.

The full restaurant lineup (so far):

The Bedford
Belly Shack / Urban Belly
Benny's Chophouse
Big Bowl
Big Jones
Bistronomic
BOKA
The Bristol
Butcher and Larder
Café Ba Ba Reeba
Café des Architectes
Capriole
Carnivale
The Chopping Block
City Provisions
Convito Café and Market
David Burke's Primehouse
Dirk's Fish
Eli's Cheesecake
Balsan/Ria
Four Seasons
Fox & Obel
Franks 'n' Dawgs
Frontera Grill
The Gage/Henri
Girl and the Goat
Goddess and Grocer/Feast
Goose Island
GT Fish and Oyster
Hot Chocolate
Inovasi
Kendall College
Leopold
Limelight
Lockwood
Lula Café / Nightwood
Marion Street Cheese Market
MK
Mon Ami Gabi
Naha
NoMI Kitchen
North Pond
Old Town Social/Nellcôte
Osteria Via Stato
Park Grill
The Peninsula
Perennial Virant/ Vie
Prairie Grass Café
Prasino
Province
Publican / Big Star / avec / Blackbird
Rhapsody
Deca @ Ritz Carlton
Sable Kitchen & Bar
Seedling
Sepia
The Signature Room
Smoque BBQ and Ina's
Socca
Sola
South Water Kitchen
The Southern
Spiaggia
Sprout
Sunday Dinner
Table 52
Terzo Piano
Uncommon Ground
Pecking Order
West Town Tavern
Zealous
Scoozi
676 @ The Omni Hotel
Chipotle

NEW FOR 2012
Anteprima
Browntrout
C-House
Telegraph
The Trencherman
Vera
Vincent
Yusho
La Sirena Clandestina

· Green City Market BBQ: Lots of Food. Even More Sweat [~EChi~]
· Green City Market Chefs' BBQ [tickets]

GCM BBQ 2011 [Photo: Gapers Block]