Grand Lux Cafe

A world of food awaits at Grand Lux Cafe featuring internationally inspired cuisine.Located on the corner of Michigan Avenue at Ontario above AT&T. The entrance is on Ontario.

Valet parking is $11 for three hours. The valet stand is on the Ontario side of the building.

Ask for a window table, where you can peer down on busy Michigan Avenue.

A more “upscale” version of the Cheesecake Factory, this River North Eclectic offers a similar “monstrous-sized menu” in “glitzy” grand cafe-style environs “overlooking Michigan Avenue”; it’s “touristy, yes”, but “fair prices” given the “oversized portions” earn favor as does “fast”, “genuinely friendly” service, so as with the original, “plan to wait and wait.”

As the name implies, everything is on a grand scale at this bi-level spot (entrance at 111 E. Ontario St.) from the creators of The Cheesecake Factory. Medieval meets Art Nouveau meets Art Deco in the second floor dining areas, which practically explode with Klimt-like curlicues, mosaics, murals, stylized light fixtures, plush booths and banquettes and inlaid-marble floors. The glassed-in...

In Short
Above the Ann Taylor store on Michigan Avenue, this huge restaurant offers shoppers and business types roomy, comfortable relief from the Mag Mile bustle. Grand Lux boasts a...

Casual yet refined. Relaxed yet Grand.