|
The Melting Pot: Love at first dip! |
|
|
|
Written by KATHLEEN ELLSWORTH / Photos by BARRY BRECHEISEN
|
|
Thursday, 27 October 2005 |
Looking for a place to have long intense conversations about anything and everything? The Melting Pot is your place!
| | |
The Melting Pot
|
609 N. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(Between Ohio and Ontario)
Valet parking: $9
(312) 573-0011
Hours: Noon to 2 a.m. daily.
Live Music: 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily
|
| | |
ATMOSPHERE
Upon arrival at the Melting Pot, you look around and think, “Wow this is a nice place.” The lounge sports live music nightly and the bar reminds you of one of those old fashioned hotel bars you see in the movies. Each table has its own fondue warming plate, each waiter is more than happy to put make a show of putting all the ingredients together right at the table.
CROWD
Be prepared to make a night of it! Quickest turnover of tables for a meal is an hour and a half. I spent three and a half hours there. Wide ranges of people swarm to this swanky classic restaurant. There were children wrapping up their evening with chocolate fondue when we arrived. Melting pot is definitely a place to sit and chat for hours. Lots of couples, and groups of quiet celebrations. You will want to make reservations, online reservations available, especially on a Friday or Saturday evening.
ENTERTAINMENT / EVENTS
There is live music every night in the lounge.
SPIRITS
Wonderful martinis for ten dollars, incredible wine! Five pages of the menu boast wines from light to medium to full bodied white, reds, and champagne.
GRUB
Oh my God, the food was love at first dip! We went for the big night out and started with the Wisconsin Trio Cheese Fondue that comes with little pieces of bread, apples, and vegetables. My favorite was combining the cheese with the apples. Then we moved onto the salad course—I highly recommend the California. Main course was incredible and they gladly accepted substitutions for my carnivores self and my vegetarian friend. But! This review would not be complete without talking about the chocolate fondue! We went for the original, but they have several varieties, including Amaretto, Baileys, White chocolate, S’mores and turtle chocolate.
PRICES
You might want to save up for a few weeks or months depending on your budget. You can save some dough if you go for just the cheese and/or chocolate. Both the cheese and chocolate fondues run $16. A full meal including drinks can run you $50-100 dollars for two people.
WHY IT'S UNIQUE
Where else can you enjoy over 250 different kinds of wine, and dip incredible food, each piece cooked exactly to your liking? Filet mignon, Portobello mushrooms, lobster tail, red bliss potatoes, shrimp, and scallops paired with great dipping sauces…seriously just check it out!|
More
Written by Guest on 2006-10-20 14:57:08
I expect more from Lumino. I expect Lumino to show me those off-the-beaten-path restaurants, and not the chains that provide (more or less) the same dining experience in every suburb and city in the US. | Thanks
Written by Guest on 2006-10-23 10:41:10
Thanks for the suggestion. We try to do both with Lumino...eventually we want to review as many restaurants and joints as possible. |
Powered by AkoComment 2.0! |
