Have a fabulous Independence Day weekend, everyone! Here’s how four Chicago chefs are celebrating:
- Chef David Richards serves a Family BBQ Sweets & Savories Style in Lincoln Park: deviled eggs with summer black truffle, tomato aspic with market vegetable and herb creme fraiche, butter-poached lobster potato salad, Sweets’ summer corn on the cob with basil butter, mini Sweets & Savories American Kobe burgers, grilled half chicken with fennel slaw, braised pork ribs with mango BBQ sauce, watermelon granita, chocolate peanut butter torte and Granny Smith apple tart tatin, $24 per person.
- Chef Martial Noguier does dual duty with American and French Independence lunch duos on the Gold Coast at Cafe des Architectes: Nichol’s Farm chilled heirloom tomato soup and grilled Swan Creek BBQ chicken breast sandwich with homemade savoy cabbage coleslaw, $17.76, or chilled vichyssoise with Capriole Farm goat cheese and a croque madame with sunny-side up Swan Creek Farm egg and homemade brioche, $17.89. Noguier’s taste-off starts Saturday and continues through Bastille Day, July 14.
- Chef Mario Santiago at Pilsen’s BYOB May St. Cafe is grilling this Independence Day: chipotle BBQ ribs, salmon glazed with jalapeno and honey, Mexican-style burgers and prime beef from Allen Brothers.
- Chef Andrew Alcid at Andersonville’s La Tache kicks off an all-you-can-eat crab boil with fresh Virginia blue crab, whole prawns, potatoes, corn and house-made sausage. The market-priced feast will be offered Saturdays all summer.
