Park Grill sets the table for remarkable experiences and breathtaking views

About the Restaurant:

• Chicago's world renowned lakefront has a new attraction: Park Grill. Park Grill is located at the entrance of the recently opened Millennium Park and steps from Michigan Avenue.
• Park Grill offers a variety of dining and entertainment experiences in Millennium Park. The 375-seat indoor restaurant features a comfortable, classic atmosphere with floor-to-ceiling views of the Park. Executive Chef Bernard Laskowski brings a chef's interpretation to classic American cuisine, infusing it with complex seasonal ingredients and distinctive Chicago flavor.
• The Plaza at Park Grill is the city's largest al fresco dining venue. It is the ultimate room with a view, and an experience like no other in Chicago. The outdoor menu delivers a chef's interpretation to classic ethnic grill items and other classic summer fare. The Plaza at Park Grill also serves up some of the city's finest live entertainment.
• Adjacent to Park Grill, Park Café is a perfect grab-and-go spot for a picnic in the park or lunch back at the office. Customers can reserve Chef Laskowski picnic bags for a gourmet picnic in the park by calling Park Café at 312-521-7280.
• Adjacent to Park Grill is Park Shop. Park Shop features park-related products, including Frank Gehry limited-edition fine art, Chicago art, history and architecture books, maps and guides, gifts, apparel, botanic spa products, stationary and souvenirs.
• Park Grill concessions are located throughout Millennium Park, offering non-alcoholic beverages, Chicago-style pizza and hot dogs, ice cream, and other treats for snacking in the park.
• Park Grill opened its doors as the first official resident of Millennium Park on November 24, 2003. It is open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Average costs for lunch is $13-$15; average costs for dinner is $20-$30. The restaurant also features an extensive wine and spirits menu.
• Park Grill is located in Chicago's Millennium Park at 11 N. Michigan Avenue, between Monroe and Randolph streets. The restaurant's phone number is 312.521.PARK; web site is www.parkgrillchicago.com.
• Park Grill is available for private dining parties. Contact 312-521-7289 for private party information.

About the Team:

• Jim Horan and Matthew O'Malley have more than 33 years of collective experience in entrepreneurial ventures with particular expertise in launching and growing a portfolio of successful restaurant and hospitality Chicago-based businesses—Blue Plate, Chicago's premier boutique-style catering company; Applause Food Services, Inc. (which provides exclusive food service to Chicago's Symphony Center and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and includes the fine-dining restaurant Rhapsody); bluprint restaurant & lounge, an imaginative American restaurant located in the world famous Merchandise Mart; The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant on South Michigan Avenue (located in an actual historic Chicago firehouse); and Grace O'Malley's on the city's south Michigan Avenue.
• Chef Bernard Laskowski has over a decade of experience with established marquis Chicago restaurants such as Red Light, The Four Seasons, BIN 36, Marche, MK and The Pump Room.

About The Park:

• On July 16, 2004, the City of Chicago formally opened Millennium Park. The 24.5-acre park is located at the northwest corner of Grant Park and provides an impressive park setting where residents and visitors can admire gardens, watch a performing arts presentation or listen to a concert performance.
• Millennium Park's design includes the Jay Pritzker Pavilion - a performing arts pavilion designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry, as well as the AT&T Plaza featuring Anish Kapoor's 110-ton Cloud Gate sculpture. Commonly known as "the Bean", the sculpture is forged of a series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. The Crown Fountain, designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, features two 50-foot-high glass block towers projecting the faces of 1,000 Chicagoans as water gushes from their mouths into a shallow reflecting pool. In addition, the Park showcases many other works of public art, fountains, landscaped walkways and green space.

Honors and Awards:

• Crain’s Chicago Business named Park Grill a “Top Spot” for soup,” February 2008.
• Chicago Collection named Park Grill one of Chicago’s “Favorite Restaurants,” Fall/Winter 2007.
• TimeOut Chicago named Park Grill with the number 3 “Best Burger,” February 2007.
• Zagat's Chicago Restaurant Guide ranked Park Grill in the top 5 of its “Top Newcomers” category, July 2004.
• Chicago Magazine named Park Grill one of the "Best New Restaurants," May 2004.
• Chicago Magazine ranked Park Grill at the top of its monthly "Hot List," September 2004.

Reviews:

• “This American Grill has beautiful interiors and terrific food, including one of the city’s best burgers.” Chicago Tribune, November 2007.
• “The menus (dinner and lunch) offer extensive choices, a wealth of good-cooking ideas that cause a whole lot of mulling as to what to order.” Chicago Sun-Times, July 2007.
• “Totally urban, totally delicious parklike setting. This is what summer in this city is all about. Ideal spot for an alfresco family outing under ‘The Bean.’” Chicago Sun-Times, May 2007.
• Park Grill “has become a smart choice for a business lunch or dinner, or for a quick meal before a ballet or symphony performance. And if you’re entertaining out-of-towners, it’s a must-stop, both for the views its window tables provide and for the opportunity, even in passing, to glimpse the park’s gems.” Crain’s Chicago Business, April 2006 Click to read the full article.