Awards and Accolades

2005 Award of Excellence

2006 Best of Award of Excellence (one of 700 worldwide)

Check, Please!

2006 Appearance, Highly Recommended

WTTW-TV Thursday, March 23, 2006

Zagat

Rating and Review:

Food	Decor	Service	Cost
23	25	25	$59

North Suburban fans who "feel very lucky" to have this "local" New American "favorite" "so close" swear it serves the "best steaks in" the area, "excellent fresh seafood" and an "ample list of fine wines", all within a setting sporting "extra special and unique" decor " no wonder so few mind that it's "a bit pricey"; P.S. "the dessert list is satisfyingly sweet."

Wine Enthusiast

2006 Award of Unique Distinction

Chicago Free Press

"Enchanted Evening" August 11, 2004

"It was great...worth the drive" - Rick Karlin

2005 Golden Spoon Award, Best Suburban Restaurant

Daily Herald
Review, August 13, 2004

"The Tavern is a 45 minute drive from where I live, but it was worth every mile." - Laura Bianchi

"If my mom would have made vegetables the way the Tavern prepares them I would never had to forfeit my dessert." - Laura Bianchi

"Quirky Décor, Excellent American food, and attentive service make The Tavern my top pick of restaurants in 2004." - Laura Bianchi

North Shore Magazine
Award for Best Décor, April, 2006

"It's like walking into an outtake from the movie Moulin Rouge. Take the silky panache of a pasha's palace, crossbreed it with the candle-lit glass-and-brass elegance of a Montmarte bistro, then splice the results with an old-fashioned American steakhouse and you've got some idea of what's behind the front door of The Tavern in Libertyville." - Peter Gianopulos