Restaurants
Smyth
177 N. Ada St., Chicago, 60607, USA
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Contemporary, Creative
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Smyth
177 N. Ada St., Chicago, 60607, USA
$$$$
·
Contemporary, Creative
Three Stars: Exceptional cuisine
The very chic Smyth with its lounge styling and open kitchen is helmed by Chefs John Shields and Karen Urie-Shields. Their cooking is bold and often pushes boundaries, all the while impressing. Sheer creativity is applied to seasonal produce, some of which comes from their garden. The chef's creativity is on full display in dishes like a kelp tart filled with an English pea butter and trout roe; a croustade topped with a poached, miso-cured quail egg; or a decadent doughnut filled with foie gras and set with an egg yolk fudge and shredded Dungeness crabmeat. Raspberry butter gives a vibrant boost to a savory lobster custard, and sweets, like a tangy, tropical goat yogurt sorbet with woodruff granita and mamay sapote seeds, raise the bar.
Location
Monday
closed
Tuesday
5 PM-9 PM
Wednesday
5 PM-9 PM
Thursday
5 PM-9 PM
Friday
5 PM-9 PM
Saturday
5 PM-9 PM
Sunday
closed

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