The city’s most buzzed-about restaurants this month include Eden, where eating gets super local at a new location of the plant-forward restaurant. Snack on bites like Burrata with roasted squash or Chili Cured Hamachi Crudo (pictured above).
Chief Culinary Officer Devon Quinn appeared on Chicago’s very own WGN9 segment, representing Eden Restaurant, which recently moved from its West Loop home to a brand new space in Avondale. Chef Devon joined WGN in their Studio 41 kitchen with a look at what’s on the menu – his very own Herb Ricotta Gnocchi dish.
The city’s most buzzed-about restaurants this month include Eden, where eating gets super local at a new location of the plant-forward restaurant. Snack on bites like Burrata with roasted squash or Chili Cured Hamachi Crudo (pictured above).
Fall seasonality is here at eden!
Eden in Chicago has one of Chicago’s best new private dining rooms, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Two different rooms offer different vibes. Selenite (seats 18) is a clean, bright, airy room with checkerboard-style tiles, a faux fireplace and brass kaleidoscope light fixture over the table. Slate (seats 22) offers a dark, sexy persona with a shadowy, foggy, forested theme on the walls.
Dinner service debuted this week at Eden in Avondale three months after the restaurant opened for breakfast and lunch. The restaurant morphs to full service in the evening, serving more composed dishes from the kitchen team of co-owner and chief culinary officer Devon Quinn and executive chef Tim Havidic.
Here’s something you don’t hear very often: a COVID-era restaurant closure with a happy ending. So it is with Eden, the passion project of events magnate Jodi Fyfe of The Paramount Group and partner/chief culinary officer Devon Quinn. At its pre-pandemic peak, the beloved West Loop restaurant lived up to its name: an inviting oasis of green—as in uberfresh, toothsome seasonal fare, much of it utilizing produce from the on-site greenhouse Quinn built himself, plus local ingredients from farmers and purveyors—along gritty Lake Street.
Chief Culinary Officer Devon Quinn joined Chicago’s very own WGN9 segment with one of the most lush, green and colorful kitchen setups the channel had ever seen. Chef Devon spoke to the importance of providing the freshest ingredients possible, touching on the new, on-site greenhouse and the value in buying from local farmers, all while preparing Eden’s Cashew Crunch Sesame Salad with both chicken and salmon.
It’s been an emotional journey and we’re overwhelmed with excitement to be reopening! While the location is new, Eden is still focused on the same approach of using garden-fresh, seasonal ingredients from our upgraded on-site greenhouse and local farms. We have also expanded our menu to include breakfast and lunch options to provide convenient and delicious options throughout the day.
Eden’s Partner & Chief Culinary Officer Devon Quinn, Executive Chef Miles Schaefer, and Mixologist Alex Rydzewski curated a one-of-a-kind menu on April 20th. Guests were treated to an elegant affair unifying the food and beverage expertise afforded by Quinn, Schaefer, and Rydzewski, with Eden’s refined approach to events – and pristine cannabis selections incorporated into the menu from Phil Cooper, owner of High-Minded Events.