Green City Market Chef BBQ Restaurant List Continues to Grow; Secure your tickets now.

Green City Market’s 15^th annual Chef BBQ benefit, taking place this Thursday, July 16 from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (VIP entry at 4:30 p.m.) in Lincoln Park, continues to add high-profile restaurants to their ever-growing list of participants. Complementing the BBQ’s 100+ chefs and restaurants are more than 30 of the Midwest’s best brewers, distilleries, wineries, and mixologists will feature locally made craft beer, wine, hand-crafted cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages.

Green City Market Chef BBQ Attendees.
Photo credit: Cindy Kurman, Kurman Communications, Inc.

With the BBQ only days away and Thursday’s forecast looking bright, now is the time to secure your ticket to Chicago’s most exciting food fest of the summer. Tickets to the benefit go a long way in helping Green City Market cover operating costs year-round. Green City Market Chef BBQ tickets can be bought online here. For more information on the BBQ including pictures from last summer’s benefit, visit the Green City Market Newsroom.

New additions to the fabulous roster include chefs from hotels such as the Waldorf Astoria Chicago to Girl & the Goat Executive Chef Stephanie Izard’s upcoming Chinese restaurant Duck Duck Goat. Hospitality groups such as Element Collective (Nellcote, Old Town Social, Leghorn Chicken, RM Champagne Salon, Owen + Alchemy, Kinmont ) and One Off Hospitality Group (Blackbird, Nico Osteria, The Publican, Ladies of Pastry) also will be taking part in the highly-anticipated benefit.

Below is a complete list of the restaurants and beverage providers partaking in the 2015 Green City Market Chef BBQ:

Restaurants

312Chicago

676 Restaurant and Bar                

Ada St.

Arbor

Armour & Swift

Atwood Restaurant

Balena   

Bar Takito / Takito Kitchen          

BellyQ

Big Jones            

Bistronomic                       

Boka

Boltwood           

Bottlefork / The Duck Inn            

Cafe des Architectes     

ceres' table        

CH Distillery

Chilam Balam / Shaman by Chilam Balam              

Cochon Volant 

Cookies & Carnitas

Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop

DMK Burger Bar / Fish Bar / MK

Element Collective: Nellcote / Old Town Social / Leghorn Chicken / RM Champagne Salon / Owen + Alchemy / Kinmont

Eli’s Cheesecake              

Embeya

Farmhouse Chicago       

Feast / Goddess & Grocer

Fork       

Formento's

FOUND                

Frontera Grill / Topolobampo / XOCO    

Frontier

Gather  

Girl & the Goat / Little Goat / Duck Duck Goat    

Prairie Grass Cafe's George Bumbaris and Sarah Stegner.
Photo credit: Cindy Kurman, Kurman Communications, Inc.

Goose Island Beer Company

GT Fish and Oyster         

HaiSous

Haymarket Pub & Brewery

Heartland Meats Inc.

Highflier Provisions        

Homestead on the Roof              

Japonais by Morimoto                  

Knife & Tine

La Sirena Clandestina  and the upcoming El Che Bar

Lillie's Q / LQ Chicken Shack

Limelight             

Lockwood Restaurant & Bar

Lula

Maddy's Dumpling House

Madison & Rayne           

Maple & Ash                     

Momotaro

North Pond Restaurant

One Off Hospitality Group: Blackbird / Nico Osteria / The Publican

One Off Hospitality Group: Ladies of Pastry

Osteria Via Stato             

Park Grill at Millennium Park      

Perennial Virant

Piece Brewery

Prairie Grass Cafe           

Red Door

River Roast

Sable Kitchen & Bar        

Salero Restaurant           

Seedling              

Sepia

Seven Lions       

Shaw's Crab House         

Smoque and Ina              

Sofitel Chicago Water Tower

Sunday Dinner Club / Honey Butter Fried Chicken

Table, Donkey and Stick               

Taus Authentic                 

Terzo Piano       

tesori trattoria and bar

TÊTE Charcuterie             

The Betty           

The Bristol          

The Chopping Block

The Dawson

The Gage / Acanto

The Glunz Tavern            

The Kitchen

The Nomad Food Co.                    

The Peninsula Chicago

The Radler

The Signature Room at the 95th®

The Terrace at The Conrad

Three Floyds Brewpub 

Trenchermen / Pub Royale

Uncommon Ground & Greenstar Brewing

Uncommon Ground on Devon  

Vie Restaurant 

Villains Chicago

Waldorf Astoria Chicago               

White Oak Tavern & Inn               

Wood Restaurant

Beverages

Bell’s Brewery

Blaum Bros. Distilling Co.

Candid Wines

CH Distillery

Columbia Street Roastery

Dablon Vineyards Winery & Tasting Room

Forbidden Root Brewery

Fresh Coast

Goose Island Beer Company

Grand River Spirits

Half Acre Beer Co.

Hickory Creek Winery

Illinois Sparkling Co.

Intelligentsia Coffee / Kilogram Tea

KOVAL Distillery

Lakeshore Beverage

Lehmans Orchard

Lush Wine & Spirits featuring Chateau Nomad

Metropolitan Brewing

Midwest Wine Selections

Moody Tongue Brewing Company

New Holland Brewing and Artisan Spirits

North Shore Distillery

Off Color Brewing

Oppidan Spirits

Quincy Street Distillery

Three Floyds Brewpub

Two Brothers Brewing Co.

Vitani Spirits

Wirtz Beverage Group

Last Chance to Purchase Tickets for Tomorrow’s Green City Market Annual Chef BBQ Benefit

With perfect July weather in the forecast for tomorrow and a fantastic chef line up, the 14^th Annual Green City Market Chef BBQ Benefit is sure to be a spectacular evening you will not want to miss, so purchase your tickets now. The Green City Market Chef  BBQ Benefit begins 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Lincoln Park; Tickets may be purchased online until 4 p.m at http://www.greencitymarket.org. Tickets are not available for sale at the door. The benefit showcases Chicago’s best culinary talent cooking food with fresh and local ingredients from the Green City Market. To complement the irresistible food served, locally made craft beer, wine, hand-crafted cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages will be available. Tickets are still available for purchase on the Green City Market website.  General admission tickets are $125 and can be purchased until 4 p.m. day of the event.

“The Chef BBQ is one of the most anticipated events of the summer and a great time to celebrate all of the amazing food and talent this city has to offer,” said Sarah Stegner, co-president of the Green  City Market board and chef/partner of Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook. “The Chef BBQ is very important to the operations of the market. It raises much needed money to support our operations. The market is funded by such donations and grants. We are thankful that it has grown to be one of Chicago’s most popular summer events. Our guests get to experience what truly ‘local farm to table’ is while helping to make it all possible.”

Some of the most anticipated additions to this year’s lineup include:

• Ina Pinkney; Barry Sorkin, Smoque; and Rob Levitt, Butcher and Larder are teaming up for the first time.
• New additions to the chef lineup this year include: Tremaine Atkinson Co-founder/Distille and JP Doiron, CH Distillery; Giuseppe Scurato, Ceres’ Table; Michael Sheerin, Cicchetti; Ken Carter, Gather; Nathan Sears, The Radler.

“The Green City Market BBQ is the not to be missed event of the year for almost every single person I know,” said Jason Hammel, chef and co-owner of Lula Café and Nightwood. “Sous chefs, pastry chefs, executive chefs, cooks, managers, artisans, farmers—so many who contribute to our great Chicago restaurant scene will be there. Look around that night and you'll see a community paying homage to the mission and vision of Abby Mandel, who saw so much potential in our city and the bounty of our local farms.”

See Below for a full list of some of Chicago’s top restaurants and breweries that will have a presence at the BBQ:

676 restaurant Atwood Cafe August Hill Winery/Illinois Sparkling Co. Bar Toma Bar&Kitchen	Gather Goose Island Beer Company GT Fish & Oyster Half Acre Beer Company Haymarket Pub & Brewery Henri	Quince at the homestead Red door Sable Kitchen & Bar Seasons Soda Seedling Sepia
Bell's Brewery	Hickory Creek Winery	Shaw's Chicago
Benny's Chop House	Honey Butter Fried Chicken &	SmallBar Division
Big Jones	Sunday Dinner Club	Smoque and Ina's
Big Star	Intelligentsia Coffee & Kilogram	sola
Bistronomic/LM  Restaurant	Tea	Sparrow Coffee Roastery
Group	KOVAL	Spiaggia/Cafe  Spiaggia
Butcher & Larder Cafe des Architectes	Lakeshore Beverage Laughing Bird	Table, Donkey and Stick Tekla, Inc
Capriole, Inc. & Tekla, Inc.	Limelight Catering	Terzo Piano
Ceres’ Table	Lula Cafe	The Bristol
CH Distillery	Metropolitan  Brewing	The Chopping Block
Chilam Balam, Shaman by	Midwest Wine Selections	The Dawson
Cicchetti	mk The Restaurant	The Gage
Convito Cafe & Market	New Holland Brewing Co.	The Goddess & Grocer
Cookies and Carnitas Crop To Cup / Asi Tea	Nico Osteria Nightwood	The Publican The Publican
Roastery	NoMI Kitchen	The Radler
deca restaurant	North Pond Restaurant	The Signature Room at the 95th
Eli's Cheesecake	North Shore Distillery	Three Floyds Brewpub
Farmhouse Tavern	One Off Hospitality Group	Trenchermen
Forbidden Root Brewery	Park Grill at Millennium Park	Two Brothers Brewing Company
Fox Valley Winery, Inc Fresh Coast Distributors,	Pecking Order Perennial Virant	Uncommon Ground Vera
Lehman's cider, Quincy St.	Piece Brewery	Virtue Cider
Distillery	Prairie Grass Cafe	Wood
Frontera Grill	prasino

About Green City Market

Green City Market is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization celebrating its 16th anniversary. The mission of Green City Market is to provide a marketplace for purchasing sustainably grown food and to educate, promote and connect farmers and local producers directly to chefs, restaurateurs and the greater Chicago community. Green City Market values education about quality food and its source. Green City Market is funded by individual donations, corporation sponsorships, grants and fundraising events

Get ready for Green City Market's Summer BBQ Festival Thursday, July 17, 6-8 pm

Don't miss Chicago's best bbq food feast ! It's the annual Green City Market Summer Barbecue taking place Thursday, July 17 from 6-8 pm in Lincoln Park! Sample delicious tastings featuring a bounty of market products prepared by more than 50 of Chicago's top Chef's.

Day of Event:
$60.00 (adults)
$15 (children)

One of the best summer events in Chicago, this grand picnic is held in the lovely Lincoln Park, with the fabulous Chicago skyline as a backdrop. This beautiful venue is ideal to showcase some of Chicago’s finest chefs. All of their dishes are prepared using the bounty of the market.

Locally made wine, beer and other tasty beverages are all included. Indulge all of your senses with Chicago’s best food, gorgeous views and great music.

Please visit the Green City Market Summer BBQ for all sorts of information about the Green City Market events.

The following prominent Chicago chefs will be participating in the Summer BBQ:

Rick Bayless - Frontera Grill and Topolobampo
Nancy Brussat and Noe Sanchez - Convito Cafe and Market
Helen Cameron - Uncommon Ground
John Caputo - A Mano
Greg Christian - Greg Christian Catering and Events
Federico Comacchio - Phil Stefani's 437 Rush
Terry Crandall - Peninsula Hotel
Christopher David - NoMi at the Park Hyatt
David DiGregorio - Osteria Via Stato
Kendal Duque - Sepia
Herb Eckhouse - La Quercia in Dubuque, IA
Kevin Erving - Ritz Carlton Hotel
Paul Fehribach - Big Jones
Tim Graham & Meg Galus - Tru
Susan Goss - West Town Tavern
Roger Herring - Socca
Kevin Hickey - Four Seasons Hotel
Stephanie Izard - Chicago Top Chef
Paul Kahan & Koren Grieveson - Blackbird and Avec
Bill Kim - Le Lan
Christine McCabe - Park Grill
Shawn McClain - Custom House, Green Zebra, and Spring
Mark Mendez - Carnivale
Carrie Nahabedian - NAHA
Martial Noguier - 160 Blue
Ina Pinkney & Barry Sorkin - Ina’s and Smoque BBQ
Freddy Sanchez - Adobo Grill
Mindy Segal - Hot Chocolate
Debbie Sharpe - The Goddess and Grocer
Bruce Sherman - North Pond
Brian Shustrick - Limelight: Food Illunminated
Pamela Fitzpatrick - Fox and Obel
Sofia Solomon and Judith Schad - Capriole Farms Goat Cheese and Tekla, Inc.
Mark Sparacino - Prosecco
Sarah Stegner and George Bumbaris - Prairie Grass Cafe
Jason Stern, Christine Cikowski & Joshua Kulp - Sunday Dinner / Eat Green Foods
Giuseppe Tentori, Ryan Poli & Benjamin Browning - Boka, Perennial, and Landmark Grill
Heather Terhune - Atwood Cafe
Paul Virant - Vie
Carol Wallack - Sola
Eric Young - Scoozi!
Shelley Young - The Chopping Block
Dean Zanella - 312 Chicago
Bennison's Bakery
Eli's Cheesecake
The Plitt Company, Premium Seafood
Purdy Family Fisheries