Cuisine: Goat (for lack of a better descriptor)
Location: 809 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL
Price: $$$
Food: 4.5*
Service: ****
Overall: 4.5*
Website: http://www.girlandthegoat.com/
Three months. That’s how long the wait is for a reservation
at Girl & The Goat. And that’s
only if you’re dining at off hours (Sunday night, first and last seating, etc.).
Otherwise the very instant seats are released on OpenTable, there’s a long list
of people waiting to try the food at Top
Chef winner Stephanie Izard’s restaurant who will snatch them up in a heartbeat.
In June, on an impulse, I decided the time was
right to make a reservation at Girl &
The Goat, for some far off date that might never come about, at least not
before the Mayans predicted the end of the world or the rapture befell us yet
again. For the duration of summer the thought of dining there was constantly in
the back of my mind, a subtle reminder that the days were ticking off before I
would be seated at one of the most talked-about, well-hyped, and
adoringly-reviewed restaurants in all of Chicago.
