Chicago’s buzzing West Town neighborhood—stretching from Logan Square to River West—welcomes its first Restaurant Week from March 22 through 30, bringing tempting menu offerings from 23 restaurants along with it. Enjoy mouthwatering favorites—such as empanadas, Korean chicken nuggets, elote pizza and more—with tasting menus, discounts and exclusive offers.
Ready to sample your way through the neighborhood? From four-course prix fixe dinners to exclusive specials, we’ve rounded up the 5 best West Town Restaurant Week tasting menus to get your fix of flavors from across the globe—without leaving the Windy City (see a complete list of participating restaurants here).
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1814 W. Chicago Ave. / Website
Contemporary Mexican eatery Barcocina will offer a four-course tasting menu in honor of West Town Restaurant Week. To start, restaurant-goers can choose from elotes, truffle street corn guacamole, queso fundido or Barcocina’s signature guacamole—each served with chips and salsa. For their second course, visitors can try the quesabirria, hanger steak or brussel sprouts, moving on to a course that includes out-of-the-box taco selections, including cheeseburger tacos, tuna poke tacos, Jamaican jerk chicken tacos and more. For dessert, sample churro bites or the decadent dulce de leche cake roll. Barcocina West Town’s tasting menu is priced at $42 per person.
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1703 W. Chicago Ave. / Website
Sample empanadas, craft cocktails, slow-roasted pork and must-try specials from Puerto Rican restaurant and coffee house, Chicago Empanada Mama. The eatery’s handmade empanadas are crafted with flaky dough and indulgent fillings like pork, cheese and eggs, beef and roasted red pepper. Sip on Dark Matter Coffee, Forbidden Root Beer and inspired beverage offerings and dig into salads, arroz con gandules, ceviche and more. Chicago Empanada Mama will offer a prix fixe menu to celebrate West Town Restaurant Week with exclusive specials and favorites.
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1746 W. Chicago Ave. / Website
Botanic brewery Forbidden Root brings innovative beverage offerings to beer enthusiasts—and the indulgence doesn’t stop there. From small plates like oysters to daily specials and mains, visitors can treat themselves to tasty fan favorites such as the Ōra King salmon with sourdough crust, carrot purée, edamame, ginger-garlic dashi and pickled pearl onions and the Duck & Dumplings with duck confit, ricotta gnocchi, mirepoix, duck jus and crispy duck skin. The restaurant will provide a special prix fixe menu and exclusive beer offerings in honor of West Town Restaurant Week.
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1072 N. Milwaukee Ave. / Website
From wild boar to wagyu beef and tomahawk ribeye, Frontier goes above and beyond for meat lovers. Famed for its “Whole Animal Experience,” offering large format dinners with guests’ choice of meat, sides and customizable appetizers, desserts, cocktail pitchers and more, the eatery will introduce a premier three-course prix fixe menu during West Town Restaurant Week. Judging by Frontier’s vast selection of entrees—including slow-smoked, Carolina barbeque-smothered wagyu ribs, apple and butter jam-coated pork porterhouse chop, wild boar strip loin and more—the exclusive tasting menu is forecasted to impress.
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1461 W. Chicago Ave. / Website
From mouthwatering starters like grilled octopus, burrata and baked clams to decadent mains including filet minion, white wine-braised veal and calamari-topped seafood pizza, West Town hot spot Oggi Trattoria brings Italian favorites to Chicago, alongside wine pairings and creative craft cocktails. The neighborhood eatery will provide West Town Restaurant Week visitors with a three-course dinner menu, priced at $45 per person.
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