Next event: September 4, 2025
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-third 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. Stay tuned for 2025 ticket info!
Chef BBQ happens rain or shine. Refunds will not be processed for any reason. |
2024 Participating Restaurants
- All Together Now
- Antique Taco
- Apolonia*
- August Hill Winery
- Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits
- Begyle Brewing Company
- Big Delicious Planet
- Big Jones
- Bloom Plant Based Kitchen
- BLVD Steakhouse
- Brasero and El Che
- Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
- Canal Street Market + Eatery*
- Carnivale
- Chicago Winery
- Chilam Balam
- Coda di Volpe*
- Cruz Blanca Brewery*
- Dablon Vineyards & Winery
- Daisies
- Dear Margaret
- DeNucci's*
- Dinky Delights
- Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop
- Duck Sel
- Dutchbag Brew Co.
- Eden
- El Che
- Eli's Cheesecake
- Evette’s
- Flock & Forage
- Forbidden Root Restaurant and Brewery
- Francois Frankie
- Frontera Grill*
- Gaijin
- Galit*
- Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese
- Gemini*
- Goose Island Pub
- Hawksmoor Chicago
- Honey Butter Fried Chicken
- Hoosier Mama Pie Co.
- Hopewell Brewing Company
- Irene's Finer Diner
- Itoko
- J Henry & Sons
- Jaleo
- Judson and Moore Distillery
- Kikwetu Kenya Coffee Company
- Kindling
- KOVAL Distillery
- Lardon
- Le Sud*
- Limelight
- Longman & Eagle*
- Luella’s Southern Kitchen
- Luna Bay Booch
- LYRA
- Maple & Ash
- Momotaro Restaurant
- Mon Ami Gabi
- Nettare
- NoMI at Park Hyatt Chicago
- Nude Dude Food
- Off Color Brewing
- Old Pueblo Cantina
- Pandan
- Parson's Chicken and Fish*
- PERILLA korean american fare
- + many, many more