Category: | Restaurant, |
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Address: | 640 N LaSalle Dr 8th floor, Chicago, IL 60654, USA |
Zip code: | 60654 |
Website: | https://baravec.com/ |
Good food, good drinks. We ordered two small plates, a pasta, and a big plate, which was more than enough for 2. Was able to walk in at 7.45 on a Thursday. Their espresso is awful, but strangely my espresso di notte was great?
Great menu, atmosphere, food and drinks! Service was a bit slow but who wants to rush through a weekend brunch? Only thing I would suggest is lower the music a bit, had trouble talking without yelling and smaller plates. The food was great and we would have like to share more options.
Fun experience. Great views, bar tenders are very nice and knowledgeable. Door man was a little confused but he was just doing his job. Overall great experience.
I was pretty disappointed with this spot. From the description and the association with the avec name it seemed like an airy, romantic spot for great drinks and food inspired by coastal Spain. In practice, my husband and I couldn't wait to pay our bill and leave to go somewhere else. My main qualm with this spot is that it can't seem to decide what it's going for. The food and prices suggest fine dining but the blaring early 2000s R&B was completely at odds with that. Don't get me wrong, I love a good party atmosphere, but not from a nice bar/restaurant where I'm looking to have a conversation with my partner. To make matters worse, the service was bizarre. Our waitress was great and it didn't seem like her fault, but all of our food (snack, app, entree) were brought out at the same time onto a small table so we had to start with the entree so it wouldn't get cold. Were they trying to get rid of us faster? I'm not sure. I will say that the food was good and the drinks were pretty good as well. However this spot needs to spend a little more time honing in on what they're going for to be successful.