A 30,000-square-foot combination of restaurant, winery, event space, and concert hall,
City Winery opened a Chicago location in August. The restaurant can seat 175 or hold 350 for receptions; the concert hall seats 300. The private barrel dining room, complete with audiovisual equipment for meetings, can seat 30. The winery seats 45, while the concert hall seats 320. The entire mezzanine can seat 175, and a smaller mezzanine dining room can host dinners for 18. The restaurant also has a private wine garden, which can seat 150. Billed as the city's sole fully operating winery, the venue offers 18 wines on tap and a menu of Mediterranean-inspired small plates such as eggplant, tomato, and feta paninis; main courses include burgers topped with broiled goat cheese, tarragon, and apricot-fenugreek ketchup.