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North Pond Restaurant will be hosting a dinner and discussion about the current economic situation on Wednesday, March 18th. While we can see the irony in spending money on nice food during a recession, the price is reasonable, the menu looks great and you might just learn something. The menu is 1929-inspired, and includes such tasty-sounding morsels as Caramelized Pineapple-Toasted Almond Upside-Down Cake, Lobster and Quail "a la King" Style and a North Pond "Bathtub Gin" cocktail. Speakers from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, as well as a banker and a Chicago Tribune reporter will discuss the current economic situation and then sit down to dinner with guests. The price is $59/person for 5 courses - at North Pond, a real bargain. Call the restaurant at 773-477-5845 for more information and reservations.

There are a thousand reasons why summer dining in Chicago is so fantastic. One of the best being fresh, locally grown ingredients and it doesn't get any fresher than when chefs grow their own ingredients in restaurant or home gardens. An increasing number of chefs are doing so including some of our faves: Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill, Paul Kahan of Blackbird, George Djurovic of August Grocery, (just to name a few.)

North Pond Restaurant, overlooking Lincoln Park’s North Pond, has become one of our absolute favorite restaurants in Chicago. We’ve dined there three times in the past six months, and have never had anything less than a perfect dining experience.

After voting in the Chicago Way, the 2008 James Beard Award nominees were announced today (via). The list is filled with some familiar names (Grant Achatz for outstanding chef, Rich Melman for Outstanding restaurateur) and encompasses a good cross section of the city's dining scene. For the coveted "Best Chef: Great Lakes" category, the inclusion of North Pond's Bruce Sherman, Naha's Carrie Nahabedian and Graham Elliot Bowles gives Chicago a 3-in-5 chance that the winning chef will be located here. The one section where Chicago's restaurants were notably absent was in the "best new restaurant" category, where Sepia was snubbed.