Landmark Grill

(312) 587-1600

1633 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60614 41.9119 -87.64827

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Neighborhoods: Lincoln Park, North Side

Hours:

M-Th 5:00-close

Friday 5:00-2:00

Saturday 5:00-3:00

Sunday 5:00-close

Price:

$$$

Last updated 10.15.11

Category:

Restaurants, Bars & Clubs

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Late Night Dining, Theater District Dining, People Watching, Date Spot, Bar Scene

Cuisine:

Pizza, New American, Traditional American, Italian

Bar & Club Special Features:

Specialty Cocktails

Smoking Permitted:

Yes

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Landmark Grill

The Owner

Landmark Grill

Owner

Landmark Grill & Lounge, part of Boka Restaurant Group, has established itself as one of Chicago's great restaurants. The dazzling 10,000 square foot space is centered around the food of Corporate Chef Giuseppe Tentori, who was named one of Food and Wine's Best New Chef's 2008. Conceptually, the menu is built around the hard wood grill and brick oven, and uses the finest ingredients from local farmers. Landmark was built to be a dynamic party space with 3 kitchens and three bars. It can host 15-500 people and has several rooms, each uniquely designed by world famous designer Warren Ashworth.…

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Featured Review

Fred Schlatter

Contributor

The Scene – The recessed entrance to this theater-district restaurant is marked by luminous blue signage, with a foyer clad in faux zebra hide. The first-floor bar area is flanked by booths upholstered in vinyl and a soaring opening revealing dual cat-walks. Linen-clad tables dot the downstairs dining room, and the upstairs dining rooms features cushy leopard print chairs, turquoise tables, unfinished wood, Persian rugs add other eclectic touches. – – The Food – Boka's head chef handles the kitchen, favoring updated classic American flavors. Start with house-made…

Editor's Tips

What to Drink:
A specialty cocktail list features old favorites like a potent cosmo made with Orange Grey Goose, and refreshing non-martini options like the Bellini---equal parts Prosseco and peach puree.
When to Go:
Avoid weekend nights for dinner when the large space fills with enthusiastic bar patrons.
Where to Sit:
Either cat walk offers terrific bird's-eye people-watching. Space, however, is limited, and coveted when busy.
ambiance
81.66999816894531% positive
  1. “Drinks are overpriced but atmosphere is good”
  2. “Not a bad location and it was easy to get to.”
  3. “The food was outstanding and the ambiance was wonderful.”
  4. “Beautiful location and great food”
  5. “find Landmark to be a bit overpriced but you are paying for the atmosphere and ambiance.”
  6. “This place has a great atmosphere and a great crowd, but the food was not that great!”
  7. “Plenty of romantic nooks for a cozy dinner for two.”
  8. “overall, enjoyed the atmosphere and the food was excellent, but don't think i'll go again because it was just too expensive for me.”
  9. “The waitstaff is very professional and the atmosphere is very hip.”
  10. “The decor and seating is nice, however looks can be deceiving.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “The food was pretty good, but I enjoyed the drinks the most!”
  2. “She attempted to serve it in a DIRTY wine glass and was outwardly annoyed when we asked for a clean glass.”
  3. “think this is a good place for drinks and appetizers, but I would recommend other great restaurants in the area for dinner!”
food quality
72.45999813079834% positive
  1. “Eh, I hear it is a good drinking place but avoid the food”
  2. “This place has a great atmosphere and a great crowd, but the food was not that great!”
  3. “excellent food”
  4. “The food was outstanding and the ambiance was wonderful.”
  5. “went here with a $25 off coupon- food is WAY too pricey for an average night out (most entrees were around $25) but delicious.”
  6. “The service was impeccable, but the food (other than the pizza) was very disappointing.”
  7. “However the food is great too.”
  8. “The tomato gazpacho they brought out to cleanse the pallette left a weird aftertaste in our mouths- we agreed that it had a meaty taste to it.”
  9. “The music was great, the service was great, the food sadly, was not up to par.”
  10. “The skin of the chicken was a little gross to pick through.”
  11. “The salads are unique, the pork chop large and delicous, the halibut light and refreshing.”
  12. “My husband had the double cut pork chop which he loved and I had a great halibut dish which was cooked perfectly.”
  13. “Great food, amazing room, and really nice people that work there.”
  14. “Beautiful location and great food”
  15. “Even if the food wasn't good, it would be worth a try just to see how beautiful a space this is.”
  16. “We had excellent service from the staff and the food was outstanding.”
  17. “It had a great unique/great flavor and the shrimp was perfectly cooked.”
  18. “overall, enjoyed the atmosphere and the food was excellent, but don't think i'll go again because it was just too expensive for me.”
  19. “The food is excellent.”
  20. “The food was pretty good, but I enjoyed the drinks the most!”
  21. “The food and service is great!”
  22. “The buns on my sliders were cold, and the meat was barely warm.”
  23. “They beef came accompanied with some type of bitter green stuffed phyllo dough rings.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “Eh, I hear it is a good drinking place but avoid the food”
  2. “great place to experience Chicago”
  3. “think this is a good place for drinks and appetizers, but I would recommend other great restaurants in the area for dinner!”
service
73.08000087738037% positive
  1. “It is truly a unique place physically, and the customer service was some of the best I've ever had.”
  2. “The entire staff made us feel as if we had been dining there for years and were their favorite patrons.”
  3. “will reiterate that the staff was friendly and attentive.”
  4. “The female bartender who was working the night we were in was BAD.”
  5. “The music was great, the service was great, the food sadly, was not up to par.”
  6. “The food and service is great!”
  7. “The service was impeccable, but the food (other than the pizza) was very disappointing.”
  8. “Once at our table, our server was helpful and courteous, but the damage had largely been done.”
  9. “Mediocre service.”
  10. “We had excellent service from the staff and the food was outstanding.”
  11. “The service was friendly but those porkschops were not even cooked all the way, and fatty too.”
  12. “The service mediocre at best.”
  13. “Great food, amazing room, and really nice people that work there.”
value
30.0% positive
  1. “find Landmark to be a bit overpriced but you are paying for the atmosphere and ambiance.”
  2. “Drinks are overpriced but atmosphere is good”
  3. “Even if the food wasn't good, it would be worth a try just to see how beautiful a space this is.”
  4. “went here with a $25 off coupon- food is WAY too pricey for an average night out (most entrees were around $25) but delicious.”
  5. “overall, enjoyed the atmosphere and the food was excellent, but don't think i'll go again because it was just too expensive for me.”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/13/11

Love Wine Wednesday

by Court792 at Citysearch

Wonderful flat breads and great deals

1 Star Rating: Poor

10/18/09

Don't go unless it's for the pizza or discounted wine Weds

by Thaicharm7 at Citysearch

A girl friend and I wanted to grab some dinner and drinks somewhere with a happy hour scene yet that still had quality food. So we both decided to try Landmark. The service was impeccable, but the food (other than the pizza) was very disappointing. We ordered a bottle of cabernet sauvignon, which I thought wasn't that great, it had a lingering bitter aftertaste. We ordered the mushroom pizza with truffle oil. It was a perfect thin crust, crisp,flavorful, with just the right amount of truffle oil. I ordered the Kobe beef sliders with foie gras & shoestring potatoes with moroccan ketchup as my entree and she ordered the braised beef dish with barley. The buns on my sliders were cold, and the meat was barely warm. The meat was skimpy, it was mostly bread, and I could barely see or taste any foie gras. The shoestring fries came alongside little squiggles of ketchup on the plate. The fries were all cold and very unappetizing. My friend's braised beef was tender, but bland. We had to ask for salt and more ketchup. They beef came accompanied with some type of bitter green stuffed phyllo dough rings. Sadly, my friend enjoyed the barley the most. The downstairs bar was empty when we came in at 8pm, but by 10pm, there were people downstairs, and the music was a great mix of hip hop and R&B. The music was great, the service was great, the food sadly, was not up to par. I'd maybe consider going back for pizza and wine, but that's about it.

  • Pros: impeccable service, pizza, good music in the lounge area
  • Cons: the rest of the food
3 Star Rating: Average

07/09/09

Fun

by NatalieL at Citysearch

I went to a friend of a friends birthday party here, it was fun. We payed $20 for open bar for 2 hours. They had a private room with a private bar, so the drinks cam fast. The room that we were in was beautiful. I would recommend it for drinks, I haven't tried the food.

3 Star Rating: Average

01/22/09

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by lakhanik at Citysearch

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  • Pros: 521532
  • Cons: 521530
4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/20/09

I likey

by DanielVidakovich at Citysearch

I would go again! Not a bad location and it was easy to get to. The food was pretty good, but I enjoyed the drinks the most!

  • Pros: good date place
  • Cons: don't sit near the back

The Details on Landmark Grill

Place Categories:

  • excellent food
  • mediocre service
  • great atmosphere
  • cool space
  • beautiful location
  • fantastic great everything
  • flavorful perfect thin crust
  • beautiful room
  • overpriced drinks
  • great restaurant
  • bitter aftertaste
  • overpriced landmark
  • attentive staff
  • enjoyed barley
  • great glazed porkchop
  • not that good cheese
  • not that good mac
  • great uniquegreat flavor
  • wonderful ambiance
  • great crowd
  • very professional waitstaff
  • nice decor
  • good drinking place
  • helpful server
  • suggest table upstairs

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Message from Landmark Grill

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  • Reservations Recommended
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Landmark Grill & Lounge, part of Boka Restaurant Group, has established itself as one of Chicago's great restaurants. The dazzling 10,000 square foot space is centered around the food of Corporate Chef Giuseppe Tentori, who was named one of Food and Wine's Best New Chef's 2008. Conceptually, the menu is built around the hard wood grill and brick oven, and uses the finest ingredients from local farmers.

Landmark was built to be a dynamic party space with 3 kitchens and three bars. It can host 15-500 people and has several rooms, each uniquely designed by world famous designer Warren Ashworth. Enjoy the voyeuristic catwalk stretching over the bar area. Landmark received three stars from Mobil Travel Guide and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and ABC News.

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