Next event: September 5, 2024
Lincoln Park | 1817 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
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Chicago's premier local food festivalChicago's premier local food festival, Chef BBQ is back for its twenty-second year, celebrating the best of the Midwest. In a food festival unlike any other, 100+ of Chicago’s top restaurants, brewers, winemakers, and mixologists provide tasting portions of locally-inspired dishes and craft beverages highlighting ingredients from Green City Market’s local, sustainable farmers. Plus, Chef BBQ's not just about barbecue — featuring fresh, peak season flavors and vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free options, there's something for everyone. What's even more delicious? Your attendance benefits Green City Market’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit mission to secure the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community about where food comes from and why it matters, and expanding access to locally-grown food. Chef BBQ happens rain or shine. Refunds will not be processed for any reason. |
2023 Participating Restaurants
- Adorn Bar & Restaurant
- Amaru
- Antique Taco
- Apologue Liqueurs
- Arbella
- August Hill Winery
- Avec
- Begyle Brewing Company
- Big Delicious Planet
- Big Jones
- Big Shoulders Coffee
- Bistronomic
- BLVD Steakhouse
- Cafe Robey / Canal Street Market + Eatery
- Carnivale
- Chef's Special Cocktail Bar
- Cherry Circle Room
- Chicago Winery
- Chilam Balam
- Cira
- Coda di Volpe
- Cruz Blanca Brewery
- Cultivate by Forbidden Root
- Dablon Vineyards & Winery
- Daisies
- Dear Margaret
- Dell’Rooster
- Denuccis
- Duck Sel
- Dusek's Tavern
- Eden
- El Che
- Eli's Cheesecake
- Ella Elli
- Elske
- Esmè Chicago
- Evette’s
- Farm Bar
- FEW Spirits
- Flock & Forage
- Floriole
- Forbidden Root Restaurant and Brewery
- Formento's
- Frontera Grill
- Frontier
- Gaijin
- Galit
- Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese
- Gemini
- Honey Butter Fried Chicken
- Hoosier Mama Pie Co.
- Hopewell Brewing Company
- Inspiro Tequila
- Intelligentsia Coffee + Kilogram Tea
- Island Tings
- Itoko
- Jaleo
- Jeppson's Malort
- JK's Farmhouse Ciders
- Judson and Moore Distillery
- Kikwetu Kenya Coffee Company
- Komunity Kombucha
- KOVAL Distillery
- Lakeshore Beverage
- Lardon
- LeTour
- Lexington Betty Smokehouse
- Longman & Eagle
- Luella’s Southern Kitchen
- + many, many more