Windy City Media Group

Dish List

By Andrew Davis

RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT: Sola, 3868 N. Lincoln, has a lot to offer customers: a cozy atmosphere, an attentive staff and consistently impressive food. Executive Chef/Owner Carol Wallack ( who hails from Los Angeles, where she once worked for Jack Nicholson ) aims to impress with her contemporary American fare—and does, with appetizers such as artichoke fritters and entrees like scallops and hoisin-mustard-panko-crusted tuna. However, the best part may be the desserts, which include items such as braised pineapple and s'mores with chocolate stout syrup ( the former being one of Wallack's favorites ) . In addition, Sola offers a $30 prix fixe menu that revolves around a different item each month: For February, that item is bacon—and the menu items include surprisingly tasty bacon-brittle ice cream. Oh, yeah: Don't forget the snazzy cocktails, which come with names like Love Potion No. 9 and Winter Blues.

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Hungrymag.com

Sola Trumps Restaurant Week

Bites: News and Miscellany
By Michael Nagrant

Last week I dubbed Chicago’s restaurant week corporate garbage intent on serving up a batch of uninspired French food to tourists. I’m sure chef Carol Wallack didn’t hear my rant, but, she and Sola, a true Chicago independent restaurant, came through with an inspired $30 pre-fixe tasting. Not only that, but the tasting isn’t some one time thing, but rather a regular weekly series. You can even email chef Wallack at dine@sola-restaurant.com, to let her know what you’d like to see on the menu.

Details:

Chef Carol Wallack of Sola, 3868 N. Lincoln, is introducing an affordable Three-Course Prix-Fixe menu beginning Tuesday, February 19th, which will be available every Tuesday and Wednesday for dinner, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The new menu is priced at $30 per person and highlights a featured ingredient, which will change each month. What a great way to save and splurge at the same time!

This month’s menu, available February 19th -21st, will feature Chef Wallack’s personal favorite, bacon! The first course is a Bacon and Grilled Pineapple Salad, pineapple, rosemary, black vinegar, pineapple coulis followed by the main course, which is Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin, Hawaiian sweet potato puree, Chinese broccoli, sczechwan peppercorn jus finished with a Taffy Apple Pie with Bacon Brittle Ice Cream, apple cider five spice syrup.

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