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Restaurant Week: 16 Wicker Park, Bucktown Eateries Pack in Deals, Decadence

By Alisa Hauser | February 2, 2015 9:57am
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Restaurant Week in Wicker Park, 2015
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WICKER PARK —  Snow did not stop people from descending on local eateries for Chicago's eighth annual Restaurant Week, which kicked off Friday and runs through Feb. 12.

Citywide, more than 250 restaurants are offering prix fixe menus, including 16 in the Wicker Park and Bucktown area.

Prix fixe menus start at $22 for brunch and lunch and $33 for dinner.

Three New Wicker Park Restaurants:

Izakaya Mita, which opened in December at 1960 N. Damen Ave., has racked up rave reviews.   The Bucktown eatery, specializing in traditional Japanese pub food, is offering a four-course dinner with spicy marinated miso tuna, rice sliders, and Yosenabe, a hot pot with chicken balls and snow crab, among other ingredients. Apple rolls are for dessert. View the full menu.

MAX's Wine Dive, 1482 N. Milwaukee Ave., which opened in April, is offering a three-course brunch with a choice of fried chicken wings or kale salad; pork belly benedict or brioche French toast; and either cheesecake or Texas chocolate sheet cake for dessert.  View MAX's Wine Dive menu.

Chef Rick Bayless's Xoco Bistro, 1471 N. Milwaukee Ave. opened in AugustFor lunch, the newly-renamed Mexican bistro is serving up a guacamole starter with house made chips, a choice of a mushroom torta, red pozole; or pork meatballs. For dessert, there's churros with bean-to-cup hot chocolate. View the full lunch and dinner menus.

Other participating restaurants in the Wicker Park and Bucktown area:

Bar Bar Black Sheep, 1415 N. Milwaukee Ave.; The Bedford, 1612 W. Division St.; The Bristol, 2152 N. Damen Ave.; The Carriage House, 1700 W. Division St.; Enso Sushi, 1613 N. Damen Ave.; Janik's Cafe, 2011 W. Division St.; Mariano's, 2112 N. Ashland Ave.; Nando Milano Trattoria, 2114 W. Division St.; Red Door, 2118 N. Damen Ave.; Trenchermen, 2039 W. North Ave.

View menus for all restaurants on Choose Chicago's restaurant finder.

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