Blackbird
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From Travel + Leisure, Jul 2005
“The buzziest place on this stretch off the Loop—known for big, jumpin' restaurants such as the French Marché and the Pan-Asian Red Light—is small, jumpin' Avec, next door to its sleek sibling, Blackbird....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Apr 2005
“Get ready for some big pig love, as restaurants across the country elevate the other white meat to haute cuisine status. Chef Paul Kahan serves a prairie-raised pork belly glazed with sun-dried cherries at Chicago's Blackbird....” MORE>>
From the Apr 2008 Food & Wine Go List
Paul Kahan (an F&W Best New Chef 1999) has built a reputation as one of the top cooks in Chicago and the country, with an expanding empire that includes the wine bar Avec and an about-to-open beer-focused place. At Blackbird, his New American flagship, he and new chef de cuisine Mike Sheerin create inspired combinations like fennel-and-sesame-seed soup with smoked eel. The food-friendly wine list boasts a large selection of Alsace whites.
We loved: Smoked lentil–stuffed guinea hen.
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