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Just when you are recovering from the weight that you gained during Restaurant Week, you should start thinking about making reservations for the

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6th annual Chicago Chef’s Week 2014 extravaganza.

WHEN: March 16th – March 21st

Top-notch Chicago restaurants will offer special menus and signature dishes.

For more information visit: www.chicagochefweek.com

Here is a list of the 2014

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participants:

Celebrate Chicago chefs during Chicago Chef Week 2014

Lunch: 3 courses for $22 | Dinner: 4 courses for $44

<!– BOKA – Dinner only –><!– Vermilion – (L) (D) –>

2014 Participants:

720 Bar & Grill — Ada St. – Dinner only — Antique Taco*** – Lunch only — Atwood Café – Dinner only — Autre Monde – Dinner only — Avec – Dinner only — Azzurra – Dinner only — Balena – Dinner only — Barbakoa — Bistro Bordeaux – Dinner only — Bistronomic — Blackbird – Lunch only — The Boarding House – Dinner only — Bread & Wine – Dinner only — The Bristol – Dinner only — Browntrout – Dinner only — Carriage House — Carlucci — Chez Moi – Dinner only — Chicago Q — Cicchetti — Cyrano’s*** – Dinner only — Coppervine – Dinner only — The Dawson – Dinner only — De Cero — Embeya — Epic

Frontier – Dinner only — Gather*** – Dinner only — The Gage — Gemini Bistro – Dinner only — Graham Elliot Bistro — Grange Hall Burger Bar — Green Zebra – Dinner only — GT Fish & Oyster*** — Homestead on the Roof – Dinner only — Hot Chocolate — Howells & Hood – Dinner only — iNG – Dinner only — Jam — Jellyfish — Las Palmas – Dinner only — Le Colonial — Libertad – Dinner only — Little Market Brasserie — The Lobby — Local Root — Lockwood — Macku Signature – Dinner only — Mercadito — Mexique — MK*** – Dinner only — Mott Street – Dinner only — Nana

Nico Osteria – Lunch only — Nightwood – Dinner only — North Pond – Dinner only — Oceanique – Dinner only — Perennial Virant – Dinner only — The Publican*** – Lunch only — Riccardo Trattoria – Dinner only — Roka Akor — Roka Akor Old Orchard — Rustic House – Dinner only — Sepia — Siena Tavern — Slurping Turtle*** — Sol de Mexico — Sophie’s at Saks Fifth Avenue – Lunch only — Table Fifty-Two – Dinner only — Table, Donkey and Stick – Dinner only — Takito — Tanta – Dinner only — Tavernita — Telegraph – Dinner only — Tesori — Tortoise Club — Troquet River North — Vermilion — Vie – Dinner only

* 2 lucky guests will be chosen at random to win 52 $50 gift cards from participating restaurants. ** Beverages, tax and gratuity not included in pricing. Participation depends on each restaurant’s hours of operation. *** Offer different than regular Chicago Chef Week promo pricing. Please inquire with individual restaurant.

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Make your reservations ASAP at www.opentable.com or directly at the restaurant’s website.

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Many noteworthy Executive Chefs will prepare outstanding meals at bargain prices. A three-course prix fixe lunch will set you back $22 and dinner will be $44.

Buon Appetito from your “Foodie Friends” @ www.vino-con-vista.com.