City Porch

The food was not great. The beverages in plastic cups. Not a very good experience but the view is great.

Disappointing.  I love the concept of revolving chefs and was excited to actually eat something other than toasted nuts and a Vienna Beef at Navy Pier.  Plus the outside seating is really nice, like eating along the beach in South Carolina.  Unfortunately, that was where the pleasantness ended.

I had the Coq Au Vin sliders from the guest chef (don't remember who it was and it's not on the website - hello, that's the big selling feature, advertise!)  They were good, but not great.  Certainly not $14 for two little sliders overwhelmed by bun.  My friend had the margherita flatbread which was WAY under-seasoned.  She kept turning around looking for a waiter to ask for some salt or pepper (my pet peeve is when they assume their food is so good it's an insult to add S&P) but there was no one to be found.  We were one of maybe six tables at 5:30pm on a Thursday, so there's no excuse for spotty service.

Its proximity to the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre is what drew us, but next time I'll eat in River North and then head to the show.  Big disappointment, City Porch.

I think the first time I was here I was having a great day, the sun was shining, birds were singing...

So I went back to grab a bite before seeing a play.  It truly was "meh".  Disjointed really.  I think the specials are supposed to be a guest chef but that was not highlighted or even low lighted.  

We were seated right away and our server came with water quickly, but then he went away.  I made eye contact with him several times before he came over to take our order.  I hate feeling antsy before a show!  

So I got the flat bread pizza which wasn't bad but totally lacked seasoning.  They don't have salt & pepper on the tables and we never saw our waiter again so I had a bland dinner.  Its a shame b/c the ingredients were fresh.

My friend had the slider special.  I hate it when the meat is much smaller than the bun and it looked like it was just bread and meat.  Boring!

Then a really friendly woman came out of nowhere to get us our check.  I wish she had been our waiter the whole time!

Too bad.  Another great concept that's poorly executed.