{"id":402596,"date":"2021-08-06T10:02:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=402596"},"modified":"2021-08-06T11:48:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:48:22","slug":"steak48-chicago-premiere-contemporary-steakhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/steak48-chicago-premiere-contemporary-steakhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Steak48 Pushes the Boundary of Tradition and Reimagines What a Contemporary Steakhouse Should Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steak is best eaten with yearning in your heart and a big smile on your face.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

From the moment you step into your car, the genesis of your journey is an afterthought. How could you wish for anything in your past when food heaven is on your horizon? Steak48 has this way of creating that sense of yearning, imprinting an indelible smile on your face as your car reverses out of the driveway. You could call this another steakhouse, but that’d be giving other steakhouses in Chicago too much credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steak48 is a destination. An experience. It can only be described as Chicago’s premiere contemporary steakhouse. In fact, you can call 615 N Wabash Ave a microcosm of the allure of the city itself. In a way only the City on the Lake can shine amongst its peers of the metropolii, Steak48 has a way of radiating brighter than other steakhouses in Chicago in a<\/span>\u00a0competitive culinary landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n

It isn’t easy to stand out amongst the culinary titans in River North. The luminous Steak48 on the facade<\/a> certainly aids it visually as the backdrop of the barren stone of the Medinah Temple stares back. The warmth of a perfectly done steak, the freshest seafood flown in daily, and a bottle of red wine beckons as the chilling freeze of one of Chicago’s most historic structures slips into irrelevance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Entering Steak48 in and of itself is a memorable stroll. The large wooden doors of this Chicago steakhouse protect a mystifying walkway lined with cleavers and knives that would make an aged butcher wish to come out of retirement. A glass enclosure of a 3,000-wine vault greets you alongside a smile from the hostess stand. Atmosphere and service is the true sixth sense when it comes to your culinary experience, and by way of appetizers, your first 90 seconds inside Steak48 sets the tone for the rest of your evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The venue is large, yet intimate. As you pass by sections of tables nestled in private rooms and a large wrap-around bar serving premium cocktails to patrons, all 12,000 square feet of elegance at Steak48 is drowned out by one thing\u2014a light beaming from a distance, there to ask you all of the right questions. What is back there? Who is in there? Why am I drawn to this, attracted by it? Any steakhouse in Chicago brave enough to beg its patrons to gaze beyond its pass with an exposed kitchen is a restaurant operating with a level of confidence that permeates through every single aspect of your experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The atmosphere at Steak48 is designed to make you feel important. It suppresses the delusion of inflated self-worth with the portrait of true value. You’re supposed to be here. Tonight. This is your destination, and it’s going to be one you speak about to anyone willing to listen. There’s no shortage of individuals\u2014celebrity or everyday person\u2014willing to endorse this steakhouse with equal pride.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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