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Wave

W Chicago Lakeshore
644 N. Lake Shore Dr. (Ohio St.) Send to Phone
ChicagoIL 60611
312-255-4460 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Pulsating music, psychedelic projections and a hopping lobby offer a foray to wood-grilled steaks and whole roasted fish at this W hotel hang.

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Dining room at Wave, Chicago, ILWhen the ugly-duckling Days Inn transformed into the ultra-hip W Chicago-Lakeshore, this splashy sunken dining room began attracting a cool crowd. The space is a study in drama, from the glass-covered gray and blue-green walls to the strip of stretched red fabric sexily undulating over a central communal table. Pulsating music, psychedelic projections and a throbbing lobby bar add to the club-like setting at night, when the chic gather to sip fancy cocktails and wines while savoring exec chef Kristine Subido’s Mediterranean-fusion small plates. Options, though they often change, have included roasted prawns with fresh oregano and Greek feta and pan-roasted scallops with pea purée, Medjool dates and preserved lemons. Don’t miss main courses either: we like the grilled Berkshire pork tenderloin with dried apricot and cherry mostarda and the grilled flat-iron steak with raisin-caper relish. For dessert, the Honeycrisp and aged cheddar turnover delights.

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