Food

Set Menu

• Set Menu115
• Wine Pairing55
• Juice Pairing25

• Tea of lightly smoked fruits and vegetables
• Daikon radish with sorrel butter on rugbrød
• Kombu cured fluke with fried potato
• Duck liver tart with salted ramp and toasted buckwheat
• Confit king trumpet mushroom with trout roe, salted apple, and puffed barley
• Roasted sablefish with shrimp, cauliflower, and marigold
• Grilled duck breast with dried fruit sausage and fennel
• Frozen anise jelly with mint
• Toasted yeast ice cream with date molasses, apples, and a chicory cruller

A La Carte Menu

• Publican Quality oat porridge sourdough and cultured koji butter10
• Aged gouda with honey, plum jam, and crackers15
• Salt-cured anchovies with fennel pollen, lemon, and grilled bread15
• Belgian endive with creamed sherry dressing, pickled raisins, and walnuts 21
• Hanger steak tartare with pickled beets, amaranth, and toasted miso 24
• Charred leeks vinaigrette with clothbound cheddar, toasted oats, and fried capers24
• Annatto zucca with roasted squash, egg yolk, and pecorino 27
• Sunchoke tortellini with matsutakes, pancetta, and pine nuts 27
• Celeriac ‘risotto’ with apple, candied hazelnuts, and black truffle 28
• Roasted skate wing with parsley root, brown butter, and lemon29
• Smoked eel with marinated cucumber, spinach, and curry oil29
• Stuffed chicken leg with turnips, tarragon, and roasted chicken velouté29
• Grilled venison with sweet potato, ginger, and buckwheat 32
• Hay custard with grapefruit, buckwheat, and brown sugar 14
• Meringue with parsnip-coconut cream, pear, and cardamom 14
• Sunflower seed parfait with sour honey, licorice, and bee pollen14
• Dark chocolate cake with black olive and lavender15

Drinks

Cocktails

• Bar Manager ~ Monica Casillas-Rios
• Gin
  orange liqueur, quince-rosemary honey, lemon14
• Mezcal
  genepy, velvet falernum, lime14
• Vodka
  salers, cucumber-dill vermouth14
• Bourbon
  calvados, sweet vermouth, walnut14

Non-Alchoholic

• Drinks
• Floral
  verjus, hibiscus grenadine, apple cider vinegar11
• Amaro
  seedlip grove, ginger beer, lime11

About

Elske Accolades

• 2017-2021Michelin One Michelin Star
• 2020Jean Banchet Award Chefs of the Year
• 2019James Beard, Finalist Best Chefs: Great Lakes
• 2019OpenTable Diner's Choice
• 2018James Beard, Finalist Best Chefs: Great Lakes
• 2018Jean Banchet Award Best New Restaurant, Nominee
• 2017Bon Appetit #2 Best New Restaurant in America
• 2017Eater Best New Restaurant, National
• 2017Zagat
• 2017The Tastys (Taste Talks) Best New Restaurant: North

Anna Posey

• 2018Jean Banchet Award Pastry Chef of the Year
• 2015StarChefs Rising Pastry Star
• 2014Zagat 30 Under 30
• 2013TimeOut Chicago Best New Pastry Chef
• 2013Food and Wine Nominee People’s Best New Pastry Chef

David Posey

• 2015Waldorf Astoria A Taste of Waldorf Winner
• 2010-2014Michelin Star for Blackbird Restaurant, Chicago
• 2014James Beard Award Finalist Rising Star Chef
• 2014Bill of Fare Chefs to Watch
• 2013Jean Banchet Award Chef de Cuisine
• 2013James Beard Award Finalist Rising Star Chef
• 2012Eater Young Guns
• 2012Zagat 30 Under 30