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Les Nomades

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Street Address 222 E Ontario
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone312-649-9010
Website URL www.lesnomades.net/

With a chef search under way, the kitchen continues with the inventive fare that Chris Nugent deftly created. Stunners have included a squab breast and crispy veal sweetbreads with sherry gastrique. Rare French vintages on hand. Prix fixe option: a $65 early menu (before 5:30 p.m.).

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Price: $50-plus

Cuisine: French

Neighborhood: Streeterville

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All dishes listed are part of a prix fixe meal; $115, four courses; $130, five courses: assorted house-made pâtés; crispy poached egg, asparagus, frisée, mâche, morels, and Iberico ham; hiramasa with preserved truffle and Cognac jus; duo of squab breast and crispy veal sweetbreads; passion fruit soufflé

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