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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
30 S. Wacker Dr. (Madison St.) 
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Chicago, IL 60606
312-559-1515 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Cuisine
Open
Breakfast & Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner Mon.-Sat.Features
- View
- Kid-friendly
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Parking garage
- Casual
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 Just a few steps from the Civic Opera House, overlooking the Chicago River and quite the spot for opera-goers, this restaurant provides a pleasant atmosphere, plenty of space and enough mahogany to give the room a clubby look. But don't read stuffy into that remark. We like to begin a meal with the fresh-as-can-be Maryland crab cakes or roasted corn soup with onion confit and red pepper cream before digging into the pan-roasted grouper with smoky chipotle-butter sauce. Steaks come off nicely, as do the chunky mashed potatoes. Beyond the basics, however, there’s not much happening here. Lunch becomes electric---that is to say, a charged-up mob scene descends from the Mercantile Exchange housed in the building. In contrast, dinners are welcomingly quiet. During opera season, dinner also is served on Sundays. |
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