Results tagged “prixfixe”

        

605 W. 31st St. in the wunnerful Bridgeport area has been home to a succession of mediocre to downright awful Italian restaurant concepts over the years, most recently Trattoria 31, which came out of the gate like gangbusters only to be lapped by the field. So when we saw that a Chinese restaurant was opening in the space we thought, "It can't be any worse than what's been there before"

The economy may still suck, but it's been a banner year for restaurants, bars and their PR firms. At least from a marketing perspective. They've been able to smoothly segue from offering "economic stimulus" packages to "tax day relief" specials. To be fair, some of the offers are pretty damn good. Following is a list of some of the better deals around tomorrow for you to dole out what cash you didn't send to the IRS.

We recently visited the bright West Loop byob spot, The Grocery Bistro, and took advantage of their three course prix fixe dinner menu, choosing any shared plate, entrée, and dessert for $25. (We recommend the salmon sashimi with fried egg and caper-soy vinaigrette, lamb chops and banana bacon tiramisu). Grocery's Chef de Cuisine, Andre Christopher of Japonais and Pops for Champagne fame, recently started serving a three course lunch as well: soup/salad, sandwich, dessert, and drink for $15. Enjoy your meal while playing "guess the movie playing on the plasma TV." I won.