Big
Jones
Features Coastal
Southern Cooking with a focus on locally-grown, sustainably-farmed food,
and Progressive American kitchen techniques. It is forward-thinking cuisine
grounded in the traditions of Lowcountry, Floribbean, Cajun, and Creole
cuisines served with gracious hospitality.
The Chicago
Diner
Chicago's favorite
and oldest vegetarian/vegan restaurant diner.
The Diner also offers vegan bakery catering. It has been voted best vegetarian
restaurant in Chicago numerous times.
City Provisions
Our Mission is
to Connect Our Community with Food. A delicatessen, catering company, and farm
dinner series, City Provisions work with local farmers, artisans, brewers, and
distillers to drive their mission of eating seasonally. Located in Ravenswood,
we are open 6 days a week and feature coffee, pastry, in-house butchering &
charcuterie, booze, and more.
Duke's Ale House and
Kitchen
Our chef and cooks have learned to pick and cook some of the
most amazing food products you can buy and we get it from our own backyard (so
to speak). We go out of the way to seek out products that are not only organic,
but that are sustainable as well.
Mana Food Bar
The creators of MANA desired a meatless dining option in
a warm tasteful environment. Mana loosely translates to "the life force in
nature" or "the things magic is made of".
Marion Street
Cheese Market
Marion Street Cheese Market, founded in 2004, is renowned
for offering amazing artisan cheeses, fine wines, super premium spirits, craft
brewed beers, and gourmet items for your home and kitchen. The eco
friendly Bistro includes a 60 seat café that features delectable Contemporary
American dishes made with local, organic and sustainable ingredients by
Executive Chef Leonard Hollander. Shop our award winning market for
artisan cheeses, fine charcuterie, locally made chocolates, spreads and gourmet
items for all of your entertainment needs. Shop local at Marion Street
Cheese Market, and support small businesses, family farms and entrepreneurs
throughout the region.
Nana
Nana is a family-owned, organic restaurant offering choices
for those who are not only passionate about great tasting food, but who are
also passionate about where their food comes from. We source the finest of
mostly locally produced ingredients from farmers and artisan producers who meet
and maintain USDA National Organic Program standards.
Nonna Santi's Biscotti
Nonna Santi’s Biscotti is Chicago’s source for authentic
Italian biscotti. Every loaf of biscotti made is hand shaped and baked from
simple, organic ingredients.
Nonna Santi’s Biscotti is available at retailers like Whole
Foods Market and great retailers throughout Chicago including fine Italian
markets.
Old Town Social
We are unpretentious and blue collar. Assembling an eclectic menu that is
unpretentious and blue collar should insist that our overall concept is approachable
by those living in and outside of Chicago and should appeal to grandparents all
the way to college graduates. Forging relationships with our local suppliers
allows us the opportunity to parse through their products to find the pearls
that will contribute substantially to the surprising quality of food in our
local neighborhood bar.
Osteria Via Stato
Founded on Chef DiGregorio’s travels throughout Italy,
Osteria Via Stato, a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant, follows the Italian
tradition of seasonally-prepared dishes featuring local ingredients and paired
with an all-Italian wine list with more than 300 Italian labels. In 2007, he
opened Pizzeria Via Stato. Nestled within Osteria Via Stato, the cozy,
Roman pizzeria extends the restaurant’s warm, gracious hospitality.
prasino
prasino is the Greek word meaning “green.” We serve clean
food in modern, environmentally conscious settings. Located west of the city in
LaGrange and St. Charles, IL, prasino also debuts in Chicago’s Bucktown/Wicker
Park in Spring 2011.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner selections celebrate artisanal
flavors with a nod to local growers. Eat Green, Live Well.
The Signature Room
Located atop the John Hancock Center, The Signature Room at
the 95th® offers diners exquisite food, superb service, and a dazzling skyline
view. Many of the ingredients at the Signature Room come from local producers.
SugarToad
SugarToad is a regional American restaurant featuring a
farm-focused menu inspired by the passion and care that goes into bringing the
highest quality products to market. Because indigenous ingredients bring
something very special to the table, SugarToad personifies the uniqueness of
origin and celebrates the importance of place.
Trattoria No. 10
Classic Italian dishes with a contemporary flair have made Trattoria
No.10 a Chicago favorite since 1989. In May of 2010, Trattoria No.10 became
one of the first restaurants in Chicago to become "Guaranteed
Green". A distinction that recognizes us as a restaurant
that has been independently certified by the Green Restaurant Association as
having achieved a high level of environmental responsibility in all aspects of
our operation - from our water and energy conservation efforts, to the
sustainable local food we serve.
Uncommon Ground
Uncommon Ground is committed to purchasing seasonal, locally
produced food without herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones or genetically
modified ingredients for our menu whenever possible. Over the years we have
developed many relationships with the farmers that we buy from. Both of our
restaurants have a dedicated green manager that is assigned to continue seeking
ways in which we can be most efficient in our purchasing decisions.
Ruth and Phil's
Gourmet Ice Cream
An all-natural frozen dessert company, specializing in
seasonal and unique flavors with less fat and more flavor! We use organic
grass-fed dairy and work with local farmers and local ingredients to give you
the very best ice cream and sorbet.
Big Bowl
Using the freshest and highest quality ingredients and
starting from scratch are the only ways to authentically prepare Asian cuisine.
Big Bowl roasts its own, peanuts, chiles and spices, which are ground daily to
prepare a variety of curries. Fragrant jasmine rice, Shaoxing wine, first-press
peanut oil, quality brewed soy sauce and artisan wheat noodles are all a part
of the authentic Big Bowl pantry.
Naturally raised chicken and beef as well as sustainable and
responsibly caught seafood are now staples on the menu. The restaurants all
serve fair and direct trade coffee and organic teas. Organic and fair trade
wines are also offered.
With Executive Chef Marc Bernard at the helm, stronger ties
are being established with local farmers to ensure that the Big Bowl menu
continues to feature the freshest products.
Province
Province is an American restaurant with cuisine inspired by
Central and South America and Spain. Located in Chicago’s West Loop, the
restaurant has achieved Gold Level LEED
certification. Province incorporates green building materials and equipment,
farm-to-table cuisine from Executive Chef Randy Zweiban, and a true blending of
old world and new world culinary sensibilities.
Alliance Bakery
& Café
Situated in the picturesque Wicker Park neighborhood in
Chicago, Alliance Bakery features fine European pastries and desserts,
custom-designed cakes to suit any occasion, and a full espresso bar.
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