Carriage House

Given the various types of seating at Carriage House, including outdoor options, there may be additional availability. Please call the restaurant directly to check for reservations. From its origins as a tack room to its contemporary incarnation as a hospitable retreat, the Lowcountry Carriage House has evolved from its rustic roots to offer genteel repose-much like Southern culinary culture...

Loving the celery-infused cocktail trend, namely the low-country gin gimlet with celery bitters and sweet pearl onion vermouth at Carriage House...just the right amount of booze and savory bite.

Delicious cocktails by acclaimed mixologist Michael Simon. Love Mark Steuer's crusty bottom cornbread and new take on low country boil with shrimp and rabbit. Great for groups looking to share.

In rather surprising news, Mark Steuer will no longer be involved in operations at both Carriage House and The Bedford. Mike Galen, who is executive chef at The Bedford, will take over the same position at Carriage House. Steuer will continue to be a partner at the restaurant, but will not have involvement in daily operations.

Partner Matt Mering states that Steuer asked to pursue other...

"Delicious, hearty Southern food" is what it's about at this Low-country concept in Wicker Park from Mark Steuer and The Bedford team; the midpriced offerings are served alongside signature craft cocktails and punches in a funky-rustic space with homey whitewashed wood, leather banquettes and communal seating, and there's a sheltered front porch with rocking chairs.

Chicagoans aren't exactly experts on Southern Food; forgive us, we've got deep dish pizza and catsup-free hot dogs to keep track of! But that means that we're always pleasantly surprised when we discover something new, like Chef Mark Steuer's latest take on "low country" cuisine at Carriage House. Step from hip Wicker Park into a ramped up version of the old south, with wrought iron fixtures and some damn good shrimp and grits. This isn't your standard "southern" soul food - Charleston specialities like She-Crab soup and a low country seafood boil with sausages and corn on the cob set this...

After being shut out last year, Chicago is represented not once but twice on Esquire's annual Best New Restaurants list. Carriage House and Embeya—both opened in September 2012—are among the 20 honored by the magazine.

Esquire writer John Mariani lauds Carriage House's "communal tables and farmhouse accents that avoid Epcot Center phoniness" and describes Embeya as "that rare, beautifully...

Given the various types of seating at Carriage House, including outdoor options, there may be additional availability. Please call the restaurant directly to check for reservations.

From its origins as a tack room to its contemporary incarnation as a hospitable retreat, the Lowcountry Carriage House has evolved from its rustic roots to offer genteel repose-much like Southern culinary culture...