Restaurant Review: Inaugural Andersonville Autumn Restaurant Week a moveable, eclectic feast of fall colors

Andersonville is known for its diversity, its Scandinavian beginnings, and its great restaurants. Through November 9, there’s another reason to know Andersonville, by tasting the autumnal flavors of their inaugural Andersonville Autumn Restaurant Week.

Already famous for its annual Winter Restaurant Week, this Autumn Restaurant Week boasts 17 participating restaurants, offering multi-course brunch, lunch, and dinner options ranging from $35 to $60 (prices vary by location). 

For example, Anteprima, 5316 N. Clark, is featuring a $45 prix fixe menu, with your choice of a Kale Salad with roasted butternut squash, Grilled Polenta, or Chicken Meatballs for your first course, followed by your choice of Mushroom Risotto, Chianti-Braised Beef, or Seared Salmon, and for dessert, your choice of Lemon Panna Cotta, Tiramisu, or Chocolate Hazelnut Torte. For reservations, click here. 

Genteel Southern cuisine is on the docket at nearby big jones, 5347 N. Clark.  Chef Paul Fehribach is preparing such starters as Blackened Cauliflower, charred in a spicy rub, served with wild black walnut, romesco sauce and pea greens. Or Cajun Boudin Balls with homemade Fischer Farms pork and Cahokia Farm rice sausage croquettes served with cayenne mayonnaise and piccalilli. Main courses include Fried Chicken served with reezy-peezy and chili sauce, choose light or dark meat.  #beatbobbyflay Breakfast Sandwich, with soft-griddled eggs, house-cured chaurice sausage, Jarlsberg swiss cheese, and spicy apple chutney on a buttery biscuit, and choice of side,  or Shrimp & Grits, which has Texas Gulf shrimp in house-cured tasso ham gravy with shiitake mushrooms and creamy Anson Mills grits. For dessert, your choice of Beignets, smothered in powdered sugar and served with a tangy puree of Klug Farm raspberries, or an  Heirloom Apple Galette Nichols Farm apples stewed in compote with Bourbon whiskey, baked atop hand-rolled puff pastry, finished with salted caramel sauce. For reservations, click here. 

At the whimsical Kopi Café, 5317 N Clark, their $25 prix fixe menu choices includes their Salmon Davis, Jr., a fortified twist of the classic Reuben sandwich, with pastrami, flavoured smoked salmon, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and chipotle aioli, and served with boiled potatoes.Or, a Roasted Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Focaccia Sandwich, withbasil pesto and organic field greens, followed by a Carrot Cake or Peanut Butter Torte for dessert. For reservations, click here. 

There are many more restaurants throughout Andersonville participating. For a complete list of restaurants and menus, click here. 

Alison Moran-Powers and Dean’s Team Chicago