Brasserie Jo
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 595-0800
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Dearborn Street
- Directions:
- El: Red Line to Grand
- Best of Citysearch:
- French Food 2004
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm
Editorial Review for Brasserie Jo – by Citysearch Editors
The Scene
With high ceilings, lively crowd and pleasant staff, sleek Brasserie Jo is bigger, louder and friendlier than most Parisian brasseries. White tablecloths, cherry-wood banquettes and a zinc bar give the airy space a '40s French feel. The sophisticated crowd buzzes; servers hustle between tables. It's a high-energy kind of place, better suited for dinner with friends than an intimate date.
The Food
Chef Jean Joho's menu boasts French classics, simply presented and impeccably executed. After devouring the complimentary baguette-in-a-bag, try garlicky, bubbling-hot escargots en cocotte or a steaming pot of dark, heady onion soup gratinee. Reliable entrees include tender steak with crispy frites, while sauteed walleye pike is flaky and sweet, bathed in light mustard sauce. Desserts are immense, but you still won't want to share the profiteroles, two huge mounds of vanilla ice cream between pastry, all drowned in rich chocolate sauce poured by your server.
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Insider Tips
Save MoneyEvery Tuesday, 5pm-7pm, enjoy free tarte flambee (Alsace-style pizza) at the bar, which also offers a selection of French beers. Thursday nights, wear a chapeau and get free dessert with your meal.
The ExtrasDogs are welcome on the terrace. Not only can Fifi take a seat, she'll get a complimentary serving of steak tartare served in a doggie dish, too.
User Reviews for Brasserie Jo
05/23/2008 Posted by rayemeyer
The meal was outstanding in every regard right down to the authentic French hard crust bread. The wine list was excellent in both quality of wines offered and value. The atmosphere was extremely nice and romantic, The only negative is the service staff. The bartender was not customer conscious, i.e. it took a while to get his attention and the waitress was very inattentive and slow. But overall we would highly recommend Brasserie Jo and deffinitely will be back.
01/12/2008 Posted by depaulgirl
I have been to Brasserie JO on social accounts many times and loved the food and the service! I decided to host a corporate event there recently and had great feed back! From booking the room, customizing a menu to the execution of the actual night, everything was right on! My colleagues were given choices of the lamb, skate and steak au poivre as entrée choices. The lamb was brought out a prefect med-rare and the skate was wonderful and fresh. The Sommelier paired the perfect wine choices with our food-free of charge. The server was there when we needed him and was able to be quiet while clearing places during our power point presentation. We will be back again!
Schedule
| 08/12/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 08/19/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 08/26/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 09/02/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 09/09/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 09/16/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 09/23/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 09/30/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 10/07/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm | ||
| 10/14/2008 | Tarte Flambee Nights | |
| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm |
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