Fork

I took my 15 employees there for our annual Christmas dinner. Chef Tim Cottini and his staff were fantastic. Too many highlights to mention them all. But I will mention a few: the Smoked Half Chicken, Seasonally-​prepared Pork Steak and the Licorice-​glazed braised shortrib drew rave reviews. The butterscotch pot de crème was amazing. We had a great time. Very relaxed atmosphere in our own private dining area in the back room. The service was phenomenal and Tim even brought us out some very nice extras including a charcuterie plate that included fantastic local artisan cheeses. And while bacon-​wrapped dates are a fairly ubiquitous appetizer, Fork’s were anything but common. I don’t know what he does to them but they didn’t last very long on the table. Thanks for making our Christmas dinner memorable! Cheers!

My experience at Fork was okay. We called right after it opened on Sunday AM and the hostess said they had a ton of reservations so there is a 45 minutes wait. They don’t take your name down if you call ahead but you have to respect restaurant policy, what are you gonna do? We went in, put our name down and sat by the bar. The hostess said it would be 25 minutes but it was about 10. That gets brownie points in my opinion. We ordered the chilaquiles, the mushroom hash and warm olives. I am an olive freak but that dish was impossible to eat. The olives tasted awful! My husband said his dish was dry and I agreed with him, nothing to rave about but I absolutely loved my mushroom hash. I think they make their own english muffins and jelly. Both things I never eat but I inhaled yesterday. The portions were big but if my dish is that good then I am okay with that. I wish my husband’s dish was good otherwise this review would have more stars.
I plan on returning to Fork, and will attempt to eat something different even though that mushroom hash was perfectly good enough.

Our fav brunch spot in this area. Loved their duck confit and the pork belly hash from their harsh bar. Another fav is the duck Poutine.
Reservations is highly recommended not required during weekend brunch.
Tip:
If you’re a foodie, use your opentable account to reserve, no need to be on their wait list (which can be ½ hour) and get points for $ rewards.

Me and my daughter walked our dog by, every morning and we decide to give it a try.
Best chicken and waffles ever!
I was really pleased with the service and the food.
Our server was absolutely awesome.

This place is five stars all around. Fantastic food, great atmosphere, extensive drink menu, and superior service. In fact, I really wish I could remember the name of our server, he was excellent. The mushroom grits and the burrata should be seriously given some award. We also had the farm burger, which was done perfectly. My friend and I both enjoyed our wine flights and the crème brûlée was outstanding as well. Hats off to the chef here, honestly some of the best food I’ve had in a very long time. Prices are totally reasonable, go now and check them out. You won’t be disappointed!

Found street parking right around the corner without even having to look for one. Started the mood for the day! Came in, no wait on a Saturday afternoon, though was nice and crowded. Greeted by the owner and hostess and sat down. Followed with water by waitress and got tea with lemon. So far so good!
I was debating between the salmon Benedict or the mushroom hash, so I asked the server. She explained that the mushroom hash was her favorite on the menu, so naturally I went ahead with it. Food took about 15 minutes and smelled wonderful. It had a sweet sauce underneath the potatoes and tomatoes (tomatoes I asked to add). This dish was more so sweet and savory and was out of this world with the flavor and texture. The addition of the egg on top was out of this world. It also came with my choice of bread (I asked for cinnamon raisin) and came with butter and their homemade grape jam. So good! I’m coming back for dinner, wine and cheese, and more brunch!
Definitely recommend for welcoming and quick service. Very friendly staff and out of this world food!

Everything my friend and I had here was delicious! The servings are generous and the food is made with care. They also have beer flights which I don’t think enough Chicago restaurants with full bars have! Our server was super attentive and gave great recommendations. I would definitely go back to Fork if I was in Lincoln square. Four stars purely bcause we came
To watch a game and the tvs were super small! If you’re not at the bar it’s not happening

Put a fork in fork.
Drove all the way in from the west loop because they were voted best chicken and waffles in the city. I was craving it! Arrived around 1:45 on a Sunday for brunch.
Voted best chicken and waffle in Chicago and when you go in… guess what they don’t have… you guessed it Chicken and waffles… they also highlight the donut bites at the top of the menu… which shockingly… they also don’t have.
Clearly this restaurant has a problem with math and proportions because they serve a pretzel bites with cheese and give you 12 pretzel bites and just enough cheese for maybe three bites. Then they charge you if you want an extra small ramekin of cheese.
Eggs Benedict with brisket… the housemade English muffin was slightly under baked and rubbery. The eggs were cold and the smoked brisket resembles jerky, not soft like I had hoped. The side of potatoes was the highlight. I hope to find a better spot for chicken and waffles in the near future.

Came here for brunch and had the hangover helper. Very good but SO much food!
Only wish they had bottomless mimosas to go along with all that food!

Got carry out for dinner this slushy wintry evening and what a disappointment. I wish I could say the quality was affected by the food sitting in a box for 10 minutes but it was a mess and didn’t taste good. Everything was carelessly slopped together. My burger had something hard and boney in it. My husbands brisket was tough, rubbery, and inedible. Worst of all, I couldn’t even eat the cilantro garlic fries.
The second star is for the host who was friendly enough. But he lied to me and told me the fries were really good.

I finally got my charcuterie board!
Service was excellent, and provided plenty of A+ recommendations when they were out of the cava I ordered. The food, as I said up above, is worth the price. So glad I got to get the ol’ meat and cheese on a plank experience I’d been jonesing for.
We were sitting outside several months ago during the summer and we were our server’s last table (I heard him and the host talking about the possibility of letting us sit outside in his section or being put inside with a different server); not rushed whatsoever even as the patio was slowly closed, and courses were brought out in a timely manner. If I hadn’t heard the conversation between the host and server, I would’ve never known from his demeanor that we were the last thing between him and closing duties. It was like a total 180 from my last few experiences, when I felt kind of rushed out the door and not welcomed.
Just wanted to share the update and recommend stopping by!

Ok.
Today Fork earned all FIVE stars. On the special menu they offered a bone in rib eye for $ 48 meant for two people. I shared it with Andi and it was plenty for two. This rib eye was F’in FANTASTIC! Now, I can be critical of food,
I’ve been called worse than a food snob, and when I tell you this rib eye was as good as Jordan’s at HALF the price, I mean it.
The Really good news is that the same chef/​owner dude who came out to ask me how I liked the rib eye, told me he was gonna serve it at their new location across from Lou Malnati’s at the old Chalkboard which is opening next year. So, be prepared and be sure to visit them when they do.
Mellody and Nikki also liked their short ribs and seafood stew so it’s not like there isn’t a thin else on the menu. I’d also recommend the Bliss which is a cocktail made with Buffalo Trace and jalapeño. Try it.

My girlfriend and I came here yesterday for Brunch and we had a great time. I’ve walked by here a thousand times and thought it looked great inside but their dinner menu isn’t very vegetarian friendly. When I saw that they had some selection on their brunch menu I jumped on the chance to try it.
I had a house bloody mary and the tomato basil omelet with a side of hollandaise, toast and potatoes. I saw you can add hollandaise to anything for a dollar and as a connoisseur I had to try theirs. Everything tasted great!
The atmosphere was relaxed even with a full house and children sitting next to us. Our waiter was also a nice guy.
I’ll definitely come back here and recommend others to try it!

Came to Fork for brunch with two friends on Sunday around 11:30 am. They quoted us a 25 min wait for the 3 of us and I would say it was more like 30 – 35. The front staff was slow in clearing the tables and figuring out where we were going to sit. Service in general was pretty slow throughout the meal, that would be my biggest complaint.
We started with the house-​made donut holes which had a grape flavored glaze that day. Really good starter! There’s about 5 of them, so plan accordingly. It looked like they had some tasty brunch cocktails too but we didn’t order any. They do have a nice brunch menu overall. Two of us went with the breakfast melt, which has bacon and ham, egg, arugula, tomato, and cheese on some good Italian bread. It came out nice and hot and is a good size for the price. My other friend got their waffle which looked really good and came with a cherry syrup with real fruit in it.
Service was meh but the food definitely brings my review up to 4 stars. Would love to come back and try some of the things on their lunch/​dinner menu!

Reservations alert! They take reservations for weekend brunch! A necessity for us busy folk or when brunching with a group.
The menu offers some good brunch items, fans sweet or savory brunches have some great things to choose from. And who doesn’t love names like Hangover Helper for a possible choice.
We opened with an order of mini donuts to share… luckily we asked for them at a good time because we got the last order available! It was a perfect amount to give me the «sweet» option because I am usually a «savory» person when it comes to Brunch.
I opted for the Pork Belly Hash with eggs over easy. I love pork belly and I love hollendaise almost as much as pork belly so I figured the blood ORANGE hollendaise with make this dish a killer meal. And it was. Fork isn’t the place where your meal is going to be bigger than your plate so the serving was pretty perfect except I could have used a bit more hollendaise and I really would have liked my toast at the beginning instead of a the end.
Which leads me to the service. Although our server was really friendly, it seemed like everything was off. It took a while for us to order, all our meals were served in different times and sides like my toast almost never came. It seemed like when we asked for anything from the gent that was helping our server, we were met with a little attitude – and I don’t think we are demanding at all. When it’s like the basics (like missing food or refills) I don’t think it’s asking too much at all.
It’s a pretty space, very lively but only the service would have me questioning whether or not to return.

I just had brunch here today for the first time and it was great! I had the mushroom hash with assorted wild mushrooms and homemade hollandaise, yummy! It was served with fresh greens and an egg over medium. I’m telling, it was really good.
As for my friend, the duck confit hash. I tried this as well, unbelievably good! I will be back again, as I really like the area and the service was solid.

It’s been a week or two since I’ve been to Fork. I really liked the Pork Belly Hash with the blood orange hollandaise sauce.
I think everyone else in my group liked their meals too. I wanted to face plant myself in Ericka A.‘s macaroni & cheese, and even though she’s cool with a lot of things, I refrained.
A bottle of champagne was served with 3 juices, the peach was by far the best one. We did have to ask for refills on the juice, and they were a bit slow to deliver. The service was polite but slow. Our food came out somewhat staggered, and they seemed to forget about sides or toast. It didn’t completely ruin the experience though.
There’s a lot of shopping, eating, and drinking to be done in the area, so making your way to Fork is totally worthwhile.
Aside from my yummy brunch, I don’t remember much else about Fork, except that I saw my ex-boyfriend’s wife standing on the sidewalk with her mother and nearly crapped myself.

Hands down my favorite spot to take friends, family, and out of town guests when showing off Lincoln Square. It is adorable inside with plenty of seating (small intimate tables and larger half moon booths), great big windows looking out onto the busy corner of Wilson and Lincoln, modern décor, and a full bar. Right up my alley. The staff is always on point recommending their favorite cocktails and dishes (love this! do not understand when waiting staff cannot tell you about what they serve), elegantly breaking down the specials, always checking on you to see if you need anything else, and adorable to look at might I add!
The cocktails have always been superb– fun, creative, ever-​changing. You can tell most of these bartenders are (dare I risk sounding «hipster») really mixologists. They take their time while crafting the drinks and I can vouch for this considering I sit at the bar all too often. Their wine selection is probably about ½ the reason I come, maybe more. I’m a wino and I LOVE trying their wine flights. Protip: you can always mix and match the flights, substituting one glass for another. I usually end up finding one of the glasses I loved the most in the flight and having a full glass of that once I’m done. They also have a large beer selection.
They specialize in wine, New American food, and small plates. I’ve eaten here for brunch and dinner. Some of my favorite dishes are the beet salad, any of the flatbreads (they often feature seasonal ones), ANYT DISH WITH DUCK OR DUCK CONFIT, garlic cilantro fries, French cheese plate, mushroom and grits, and any of their brunch hashes. I’ve only ordered an entrée once or twice because I am a grazer and like to try as many things as possible, so that’s why I so adore their small plate selection– which is large!
Sit outside in the summer and people watch while enjoying a nice white wine flight :)

While visiting some friends in Chicago last month we were highly recommended to try Fork and it did not disappoint. It was so good that not only did we go there for dinner one of the nights we were there, we also went back for their Sunday brunch.
Service was great and it turns out that the GM was also from the Metro Detroit area which was pretty cool. They offer a lot of small plates which worked perfectly the night we had dinner there as we had a fairly large and late lunch that day.
The GM took his time to give us suggestions and ask us what we like and didn’t like food wise and we even trusted him to surprise us with a few items that he thought we’d like. Never would I have ever ordered beef tongue prosciutto on my own, which is one of the things he surprised us with, but it actually was really good.
When we came back for brunch I was egged on (no pun intended) to try and conquer the Showstopper challenge which is two Belgian waffles, a one pound prime beef patty, cheddar and swiss cheese, tomato, arugula, dijonnaise, maple braised short ribs, house cured bacon and ham. I was told many have attempted it and very few have actually succeeded.
Holy crapsticks was it good and yes, this fat kid conquered the beast in just under 30 minutes. The chef personally hand delivered it to me and praised me with a «not worthy» bow upon completion. I was stuffed to the gills, but it was worth it. Stick a FORK in me, because I was done (pun intended this time)!
Overall it was a great experience all around and we will definitely go back there the next time we are in the Chicagoland area.

And the award goes to…
Dish most likely to bring you back: the fork poutine! Fatty, flavorful, and full of plump duck meat! Drool. Great ratios of gravy and cheese too, and I liked the touch of rosemary.
Best quality of my duck confit hash: how perfectly diced the potatoes were under those 2 eggs! (Not the pile of arugula on top of the dish, and NOT the 2 pieces of toast that weren’t served with any jam or butter.)
Biggest nit pick: the dining area gets drafty if the window (s) is open and/​or if you’re seated at a table by the door (which is constantly opening and closing with customers coming in and out)!
Most memorable thing about the bathroom: the hook for your purse on the back of the door is WAY up high, like pretty much at the top edge of the door. What? Not suitable for the vertically challenged (me).
Coolest bean: that Metropolis coffee!
Best looking crust: that quiche!
Most unexpected perk: +100 on OpenTable!

I went here for a friend’s birthday on a Tuesday night with a pretty large group and it was all around a great time. Our server was extremely friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable.
I had the bourbon brown ale on tap and it was DIVINE. And, it wasn’t crazy expensive. Also, I love that they offer both small and large versions of some of their beer. It allows for the opportunity to taste more beer and/​or to not drink a ton on a weeknight.
I also had the pretzels with ale cheese sauce which were amazing. It was a perfect complement to the beer. I had already had dinner so I didn’t order any other food, but most of the folks dining with us did. There were a wide variety of mussels at the table, burgers, salads, steak, and probably other things I’m forgetting. Everyone seemed to love their food.
Also, I was able to snag free parking right in front, which was a bonus since I had no idea where I was going and would have been lost if I had to park far away.
I would definitely come back.