Eat your way across Chicago’s North Shore with nummy deals on dreamy meals! North Shore Restaurant Month 2025 brings you freebies, discounts and prix fixe specials from 70+ restaurants. Follow your taste buds to fine dining steak and seafood locations, bustling breakfast spots, and the freshest faster food. Check out a new place or visit your favorites throughout the entire month of March. (Note, offers exclude the cost of alcohol, tax and gratuity; additional restrictions may apply.)
Stefani Prime, Lincolnwood
Develop a Taste for New Restaurant Month Players
If you love the flavors of sunny Italy, welcome these upscale players and test drive their prix fixe menus. Utterly authentic Mino’s Italian (Winnetka; Prix Fixe Menu) is home to some of the best antipasti, pizzas and pastas. Among their three-course menu options, order the Tagliatelle Alla Bolognese celebrating prosciutto, pancetta, beef and parmigiano Reggiano. Stylish Stefani Prime (Lincolnwood; Prix Fixe Menu) serves up a mix of steaks, seafood and Italian fare with full bar. Your options on their three-course spread include a mouth-watering Bistecchina, that’s 10 ounces of grilled Long Island New York Strip. Generous portions and exquisite flavors are a hallmark at Rosebud (Wheeling; Prix Fixe Menu). Along with your choice of entrée, side and dessert, open with a Caesar Salad, Signature Meatball or mouthwatering Jalapeno Corn Chowder.
Ema, Glenview
New Locations, New Favorites
Expanding their coffeeshop chops into Mediterranean-inspired dining, CUPITOL the Restaurant (Skokie; Prix Fixe Menu) introduces themselves with choices in three courses. Give the Pistachio Pesto Linguini with Aegean pistachio pesto and grilled asparagus a spin on your fork (upgrade to any protein or vegan). Celtic Knot Public House (Evanston) celebrates their reopening with a Free Appetizer with Entrée Purchase (offer not available Mar. 14–18) so you can indulge in their Bacon-Wrapped Dates or addictive Chips and Curry to accompany your Fish and Chips or Shephard’s Pie. Mix it up with a lunchtime special at Ēma (Glenview; Prix Fixe Menu; Mon.–Fri. 11:30 am–4:00 pm) where marvelous Mediterranean fare meets a lighter California cooking style. Choose one each from five Spreads and Mezze like Hot Honey Halloumi with crispy garlic dukkah and five Lunch Plates like Romanesque Cauliflower Kebab with labneh, honey, Aleppo pepper, lemon.
Convito Cafe & Market, Wilmette
Get Your Prix Fixe Fix
A classic spot on Chicago’s North Shore, Convito Cafe and Market (Wilmette; Prix Fixe Menu) extends a wine add-on option with their dinner choices like classic Spaghetti & Meatballs ( pork-beef spinach meatballs with fresh tomato basil sauce) and Betise Salad (organic mixed greens, cucumber, radishes, crispy sweet onions, roasted garlic vinaigrette). Oceanique (Evanston; Prix Fixe Menu) seamlessly fuses French, Modern American and Japanese influences. Your choice of starter and entrée — consider the Organic Mexican “Pacifico” Striped Bass with creminis, eggplant and bacon in a porto reduction — wraps up with the Chef’s Pastry Selection. Pretty brewpub Hangar Two by Tangled Roots Brewing (Glenview; Prix Fixe Menu) sports a chef-crafted, locally-grown menu complementing their craft beers. An extensive lunch or dinner menu with optional add-on flights awaits. Pair their Ancient Grains Salad with Carne Asada Vampire Tacos or Chicken Schnitzel.
Evanston Corner Bistro, Evanston
Tasty Samplers to Woo Your Senses
Aromas for American flavors with tasty twists inspire cravings. Evanston Corner Bistro (Evanston, Prix Fixe Menu) focuses on approachable contemporary dishes with selections for three courses ranging from Corn and Cheddar Fritters to start, Milk Stout Braised Short Rib (slow braised beef short ribs, creamy white cheddar polenta, braised Swiss chard), and crowned with their Salted Caramel Bar. EvaDean's Bakery & Café (Wilmette, Prix Fixe Menu) practices the art of handcrafted culinary delights. Options for this two-course meal (or add dessert!) include six choices of entrée, such as Eggy Mushroom Toast, a griddled brioche with roasted garlic and black pepper, whipped cream cheese, chives, soy-glazed mushrooms, poached egg, and a garlic honey drizzle. Sample the soup (pick your cuppa), latkes and choice of classic sandwich — maybe Tuna, Chicken or Egg Salad served on your choice of toast with lettuce and tomato — at soon-to-be-legendary Mensch’s Deli (Evanston, Prix Fixe Menu).
Boston Fish Market, Wheeling
Save Room for Dessert
Sweeten your outing with a Free Dessert with Entrée Purchase. La Cocinita (Evanston) serves up Venezuelan street food where you can obsess over their Flan with Venezuelan-style quesillo or Churros served with warm chocolate sauce. Boston Fish Market (Wheeling) gives supporting players to their seafood specialties star treatment with homemade desserts like Mama’s Apple Pie, Seven Layer Carrot Cake, Cheesecake and more. A charming coffeeshop with friendly vibes, Will’s Place (Skokie) builds incredible sandwiches made even better with a free home-baked Chocolate Chip Cookie. Wrap up your tour with 15% off guest check at Fondita Miguel (Winnetka) for fast-casual Mexican where you can top it off with Pastel de Tres Leches (Three Milk Cake), Churros or Flan.