The door at 113–125 N. Green St. belongs to Soho House Chicago, a private, members-only social club on Fulton Market's Green Street. Since Friday, October 2, it has also been the door to Berenjak, the London Iranian restaurant with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. According to Berenjak's own FAQ, that restaurant is open to the public, including people who are not Soho House members.
That one detail sums up West Loop's fall. Over about six weeks, Fulton Market and Randolph Street gained a sports bar, a coal-roasting kitchen, a Persian grill and a pizzeria, and a weekend bakery was announced. Several of them are in places a neighbor walking past would read as private or skip entirely.
The club that takes public reservations
Berenjak's Chicago location is its 12th in the world and its second in the U.S., Block Club Chicago reported. The menu covers the Persian staples, from black chickpea hummus to kababs, along with charcoal-grilled prawns and a fish stew. The bar pours an extended wine list and cocktails that, according to Eater Chicago, were previously served only at its U.K. locations. Eater's October heatmap recommends the salted yogurt doogh as a palate cleanser and pairs the chicken kababs with the spicy mezcal margarita.
How to get in, per Berenjak's Chicago pages:
- Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 5 to 10 p.m.
- Parties of up to five: Book online through SevenRooms.
- Parties of six or more: Email the restaurant.
- No booking: A limited number of walk-ins are accepted.
The steakhouse with a bakery out back
Over on Randolph, Susu at 652 W. Randolph St. already runs a steakhouse menu that draws on Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Asian cooking. This fall it announced a weekend bakery that doesn't use the dining room. Eater reported the bakery's planned opening for Saturday, October 17, with orders placed in advance and picked up at Susu's back entrance.
The headline item is a wagyu sujuk breakfast sandwich. It is built from house-made wagyu beef sujuk sausage, French scrambled eggs, American cheese, red shatta aioli and green chermoula on hand-rolled sourdough pita. The announced pastry menu has croissants, a chai-based Tea Tea Cheesecake, a shakshuka danish, tahini chocolate chip cookies and a tahini canelé, plus an occasional mystery item. Under that setup, pickup happens around back, away from the front door.
The pizzeria in Suite 200
Pizzeria Gabbo's address is 834 W. Fulton Market, Suite 200, so look for the suite number. Lettuce Entertain You opened it on Thursday, October 22. The concept comes from executive partner Marc Jacobs and chef partner Andrew Ashmore. Because the room is small, it's worth booking. There are 60 seats in the dining room and eight at the bar.
The kitchen makes two styles of crust, Chicago Thin & Crispy and New York Crispy. Lettuce's opening announcement lists these signatures:
- Fennel Sausage & Giardiniera
- Chicago Supreme
- Tomato Pie
- Golden Potato, Lemon & Rosemary
- Lemon fettuccine Alfredo and chicken Bolognese rigatoni for anyone skipping pizza
Soft-serve gelato finishes the meal. The wine list leans on family-owned Italian producers and has more than 20 pours by the glass, Eater Chicago reported. Lunch runs every day, which makes Gabbo a weekday option as well as a dinner one.
Two rooms with their own booking rules
Black Briar, 201 N. Morgan St. took over the former Bar Takito space. It is the first solo project from chef Jimmy Papadopoulos and Tim Anderson, who both worked at Bellemore. Eater announced the opening for Saturday, September 26. Most of the cooking runs through coal: ingredients are smoked or buried in glowing embers. The menu runs from truffled cavatelli to fat-washed martinis. It is open daily from 4 to 10 p.m., and reservations are on OpenTable.
Victory & Vice, 318 N. Carpenter St. opened Wednesday, September 9. It comes from the team behind Dearly Beloved, Machine Cocktail Bar and Headquarters Beercade. The room has 30 screens, including a custom 17-by-10-foot viewing wall, plus a 1,000-square-foot patio with more screens and a mobile app that lets guests control how they watch. The menu includes a margarita soft serve, a bulgogi cheesesteak and the Victory pizza puff. Booking works differently on game days. The bar's FAQ separates 90-minute, full-game and nightlife reservations, and game-day tables are requests, not instant bookings. Its posted hours run late: until 3 a.m. on Saturdays and 2 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
How each door works
Venue | Address | The door | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
Berenjak | 113–125 N. Green St. | Inside Soho House, open to the public | SevenRooms for parties up to five; email for six or more; limited walk-ins |
Susu weekend bakery | 652 W. Randolph St. | Back entrance | Preorder and pickup |
Pizzeria Gabbo | 834 W. Fulton Market, Suite 200 | Suite number | Through the restaurant's official site |
Black Briar | 201 N. Morgan St. | Former Bar Takito space | OpenTable |
Victory & Vice | 318 N. Carpenter St. | Carpenter Street address | Online tables; game-day tables are requests |
The office building on Fulton Street
The biggest name on the fall list fits the same pattern. Gibsons Tavern is going into a vintage-style space with vaulted ceilings inside an 11-story office building at 925 W. Fulton St. Block Club Chicago reported in August that it was slated for November. Eater put the space at 14,000 square feet with cathedral-vaulted ceilings. The menu is an updated take on classic American cooking, with steaks, seafood and the big desserts the Rush Street original is known for.
The move has been a long time coming. When the project was first announced in 2023, Gibsons CEO Steve Lombardo told Eater Chicago the group had looked for a Fulton Market location for about a decade. He called the site a "great spot, great deal, and great building." The August announcement, as Block Club reported it, describes a bar program that nods to the Prohibition era. Lombardo called the restaurant "a tribute to the great American tavern, reimagined through the lens of Gibsons Restaurant Group's commitment to hospitality and quality." Opening updates go to subscribers of the email list on the Gibsons Tavern site.
November 14 and 15, through the union hall doors
The fall's last unusual door is a union hall. The Randolph Street Market Festival brings its Holiday Market to Plumbers Union Hall at 1341 W. Randolph St. on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15, and again on December 12 and 13. More than 125 vendors from around the country will be there, according to the market's announcement. Founder Sally Schwartz describes it as "a space where people can discover something unexpected, connect with creatives, and celebrate the season." Tickets for both weekends are on sale now. The hall is farther west on the same street as Susu, at 1341 W. Randolph to Susu's 652.
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