Kinzie Chophouse

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Neighborhood steakhouse, offering exceptional beef, seafood and pasta $2.95 and $5.00 bar menus Private dining rooms available Tableside steak presentation

The restaurant, established across from the hustling Merchandise Mart, is as cozy as can be. The newly remodeled interior is set with warm, earthy tones, like the caramel-colored walls in the main dining room, highlighted by warm, wood-trimmed French doors (which open to the streets) and wooden floors. In the main dining room, white cloth tables complement the cozy, oversized mocha leather booths. Charming black-and-white prints of old Chicago framed simply in black adorn the walls, along with a chalkboard announcing the daily wine specials. Jazzy background tunes from musicians such as Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday play throughout. View Website View Menu Choices Editorial Review for Kinzie Chophouse

This River North spot draws a Merchandise Mart crowd for salads, sandwiches, steaks and after-work cocktails. In Short A plum location across from the Merchandise Mart keeps this dimly lit steakhouse buzzing. Lunch highlights include the classic Chophouse salad with mixed greens, sliced tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers, and the crab-cake sandwich served on a toasted onion roll with roasted red-pepper aioli. Steaks come in a variety of cuts and sizes, from a 12-ounce dry-aged New York to a 48-ounce porterhouse for two. Side dishes include sauteed spinach and mushrooms.

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Know Before You Go Expect to wait during peak hours, especially when conventions are in town. Or sit at the long bar, where the full menu is available. The Extras Party rooms and customized menus are available for large groups, as well as office catering. Call the event coordinator (312) 543-4405 to set something up. Save Money A $2.95 bar menu (including a Quarter Pound Cheddar Burger with steak fries, Crispy Calamari and a large Caesar salad) is available weekdays from 3pm-6pm.

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Restaurant Description: Regulars here are lawyers, designers & salespeople from the nearby Merchandise Mart & Chicago Apparel Center--and you have a chance of getting a caricature of yourself on the wall. This River North restaurant is well known for outstanding steaks, seafood, pasta, an extensive wine list & an excellent lunch menu. Kinzie Chophouse is very popular place for business lunches, pre-theater diners, conventioneers & neighborhood regulars. Providing comfortable surrounding full of black & white photographs of old Chicago. Three spacious rooms, including a bar, are outfitted with attractive & roomy dark wooden banquettes. Susan Frasca of Frasca Hospitality Group who purchased the restaurant in late 1998 has made some exciting changes to the menu, & received the Wine Spectator "Award Of Excellence" five years in a row.
Price: $31 to $50
Primary Food Type: American
Neighborhood Name: CHI - River North