June 2008

From: The Fun Zone-Great food is gettable near the city's famous parks.

Barbara Revsine
Front Desk

Tavern at the Park opened across from Millennium Park midway through last summer, and it's been crowded ever since. Enjoy the prime rib sliders topped with fontina cheese fondue or the Asian shrimp salad for lunch of dinner. Don't skip executive chef John Hogan's signature cherry-cola barbecue sauce, which goes well with the grilled, double-cut port chop and the grilled chicken sandwich made with applewood-smoked bacon. Steaks come topped with a choice of crusts(horseradish, wild mushroom, au poivre), a tip-off that this isn't a place for the faint of appetite. Even the grilled veggie sandwich is hearty, with avocado and portobello mushrooms. Sides are tempting( and sharable,) particularly the "straws and strings," comprised of shoestring fries and oinon straws. Everything on the menu can be ordered to take-out--call a half hour ahead to minimize wait time.

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