Blackbird Restaurant in Chicago

619 West Randolph Street

Chicago, IL  60661

Phone:              312-715-0708

Located at the intersection of Desplaines and Jefferson Streets

Take Bus 56 to Desplaines

Hours:              Mon-Thurs – 11:30am to 2pm & 5:30pm to 10:30

                        Fri – 11:30am to 2pm & 5:30pm to 11:30pm

                        Sat – 5:30pm to 11:30pm

Credit Cards:            American Express

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Cuisine:            American, Fine Dining, Seafood

The decor is minimalist, with unadorned white walls, cherry floors, and a banquette spanning the room at the Blackbird Restaurant in Chicago, but the atmosphere is comfortable and relaxed, and the service is fast and friendly.

The Chef (Paul Kahan) of the Blackbird Restaurant in Chicago offers a menu that is changing seasonally, with delicious favorites including a spicy-sweet venison salad or short rib of beef with spaetzle.  For a starter, try a salad of endives, crisp potatoes, basil, Dijon, pancetta, and poached egg.  A lunch staple is the bouillabaisse, filled with clams, fish, shrimp, and mussels in fennel broth.  For dessert, follow up with the amazing bread pudding – spongy chocolate covered with vanilla ice cream and accented with caramel, or dive into the delectable gingerbread blinis with spiced anglaise, brandied cherries, and buttermilk ice cream.  The Blackbird Restaurant in Chicago is, named after the French slang term for a Merlot grape, also boasts a notable wine list (not surprisingly)  and, if weather allows, fabulous outdoor dining.  A selection of cheeses (munster gerome with quince paste or ossau-iraty – raw sheep’s milk – with mejool dates) is offers at $6.00 per person for a single selection or $14 each for a five sample selection.