- Andrea Bauer
- Oyster ssaam with tasso ham, kimchi, pickles, and remoulade
Red Door
2118 N. Damen Ave.Chicago, IL 60647
Wicker Park/Bucktown
773-697-7221
reddoorchicago.com
Hours: Dinner: Sunday, Tuesday-Saturday
Saturday & Sunday brunch
Closed Monday
Open late: Tuesday-Saturday till 2
Our Review
At Troy Graves's gastropub in the former Duchamp, door number one leads to an elegant minimalist bar and a little dining area; door number two to a patio worth spending a summer on, with wood paneling and dangling lightbulbs and a convivial atmosphere. The conceit of the restaurant, “globally-inspired pub fare,” means shareable small plates, though if you're not careful you may end up with a meal—the lamb-neck sloppy joe was a full-on sandwich, and it came with fries or salad. But this is a kitchen that does right by its veggies. Among my favorites was a simple pile of greens dressed with a killer buttermilk-dill vinaigrette and bolstered by beets and Bohemian Blue, from Wisconsin’s Hidden Springs Creamery; also of note are the spicy kimchi and cool pickles that accompany a buttermilk-fried oyster ssam, and some grilled escarole that complemented buttery ricotta gnocchi. A hanger steak was rich and well cooked beneath its blanket of charred-ramp butter, but it was in another dish—a perfect lemongrass chicken thigh atop a pile of grilled spring onions—that Graves most successfully lives up to the promise in the restaurant’s tagline, with an easy, internationally flavored plate that lands just where it aims to. Read the full review >>
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Past Events
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Drinks and Dinosaurs
- Sat., Aug. 4, 6 p.m. 2012
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