Chicago - March 23, 2010

Law-Abiding Citizen

Sable Kitchen & Bar Opens

When it comes to your drinking habit, you plead the Fifth.

Exercise your right to the 21st amendment at Sable Kitchen & Bar, opening tomorrow in the new Hotel Palomar Chicago. 

Relive the postprohibition 1940s with mixologist Mike Ryan’s (Violet Hour) crazy awesome drink program: handcrafted cocktails (Jamaican julep, State Street smash, scotch bonnet), 26 beers, and a 300-bottle library of spirits. Sommelier Emily Wines (that’s her real name) contributes the hefty wine list (65 in all). 

Chef Heather Terhune (Atwood Cafe) cooks soul-satisfying small plates like corned beef Reuben strudel, bison short rib sliders, spicy buttermilk fried quail, and sweet creamed corn crème brulee. Crispy brick-oven flatbreads round out the menu.

As for dessert?

Let’s just say it rules.

Sable Kitchen & Bar at Hotel Palomar Chicago, 505 North State Street, at Illinois Street (312-755-9704 or sablechicago.com).

Photo: Cris Molina / The Photographer’s Gallery