Rivers Restaurant Review
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
30 S. Wacker Dr. (Madison St.) 
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Chicago, IL 60606
312-559-1515 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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, this seasonally inspired restaurant provides a pleasant setting, plenty of space and enough mahogany to give the room a clubby look. But don't read stuffy into that remark---it’s a happy hour go-to for a reason. We like to begin a meal with the fresh-as-can-be Maryland crab cakes with wasabi citrus sauce or roasted corn soup with onion confit and red pepper cream before digging into pan-roasted grouper with smoky chipotle-butter sauce. Steaks come off nicely, as does the chicken farfalle with ancho sauce. For dessert, expect what’s familiar: flourless chocolate cake, tiramisu and apple crisp. Beyond the basics, however, there’s not much happening here. Lunch becomes electric, when traders from the Mercantile Exchange descend. By contrast, though, dinners are welcomingly quiet.
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