Quadrangle Club

The University of Chicago College Honor Award ceremony is held here every year. As a recipient of the 2011 Bernard O. Brown Service Award, I had the high honour and privilege of coming here for the ceremony. It was a great reception, with waiters and waitresses doling out all kinds of fancy food, drinks, and snacks. Their Sloppy Joes were delicious, and so were their assorted fruit plates. At the end of the reception, University President Robert Zimmer and the Dean of College John Boyer gave great speeches to all the award recipients, congratulating us for our achievement. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience at the Quadrangle Club.

My wedding reception was held here, and my husband and I have gotten reports that it was a wonderful night.  So despite a few issues, in the end everything paid off.
The place is perfect for the low maintenance couple because they take care of quite a bit for you.  They do the meal and bar, they do furniture and furniture coverings, they have a contractor that does the cake so you can take care of all of these aspects at the club.  Just come in a couple of times, have some tastes and make some choices.  We held our cocktail hour in the cozy library, our 150 person dinner in the main dining room, and the pool table lounge downstairs was open at no extra charge for the kids and teenagers who needed just a little space from their partying parents.
The small issues occurred in the planning phases - my sister, who was pretty much managing most of my wedding planning, had some scheduling and communication weirdness with the coordinator.  It was all resolved in the end though.  Then one face-scruncher was the issue of chairs - they tell you upfront that chair covers and other cloth items cost extra.  What they don't tell you is that you're pretty much gonna have to have chair covers and "extras" because the chairs are old and kind of ugly.
But.  Okay, you pony up for the chair covers and you square everything away in advance.  What matters is the guests enjoy themselves, and the apps were hearty, the meals were yummy, and the drinks were flowing.  The cake was soft, sweet and tasty.  Many of my guests left full and tipsy, so IMO a successful evening.

This private club is not just for faculty and staff of the University of Chicago. It is open to the Hyde Park community as well. They have three well-maintained Har-Tru clay tennis courts, and new outdoor furniture. There are a variety of tennis lessons for adults and children, and as I rank somewhere in-between, I may write more about that soon!

The three-story clubhouse is a welcoming place on the University of Chicago campus. The lounge is home to lively academic (and not so academic) conversations over drinks. Upstairs, is the main dining room and private meeting rooms.

Dining, the reason most of you will have contact here. Executive chef Chris Turano is a great addition, the food used to taste bland and uninspired in years past. Some of the vegetables are from the garden right next to the clubhouse, how's that for fresh?

The library is a place nearby to read, relax, or have a private conversation, and I've taken a short nap or two sitting on the sofa. Further upstairs, there are 17 guest rooms that were recently renovated, but they still retain some of the "charm" they had previously.