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    Schwa

    1466 N Ashland Ave
    Bucktown/Wicker Park, Chicago  | Map

    773-252-1466

    El: Blue to Division. Bus: 9, 50, 70  | Directions

    http://www.schwarestaurant.com

    Prices

    Average degustation: $75.

    Description

    After closing for a couple of months and skipping town for a break, chef-owner Michael Carlson is back, and he's determined to remind people just how he earned his nod as a 2006 Food & Wine best new chef. Not much about the cozy, simple, hip-hop filled room has changed, though there are some new faces in the kitchen and new dishes on the menu. Go for the full-blown tasting menu and you'll be rewarded with an insanely rich beer-cheese soup, smoked trout roe with pumpernickel blini, sumptuous venison paired with a white chocolate foam and a dessert called "meat and vegetables"—a sweet parsnip custard brilliantly topped with candied sweetbreads.
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    Dinner (closed Sun, Mon).


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