avec river north
small plates
endive salad
endive and shaved apple salad with roasted garlic and parmesan yogurt, orange stuffed gordal olives, and crushed pistachio$20.00
medjool dates
our signature chorizo-stuffed medjool dates with bacon and piquillo pepper-tomato sauce all prepared in our wood fire oven$20.00
heirloom tomatoes
heirloom tomato with stracciatella cheese, cucumbers, peanut dukkah and pomegranate molasses$24.00
nicoise salad
nicoise salad with heirloom vegetables, whipped taramasalata, soft egg and kalamata vinaigrette$24.00
roasted salmon
roasted Faroe Island salmon: urfa chili, sweet corn, and crispy garlic$30.00
salt cod brandade
potato and salted cod brandade baked and served with garlic crostini and chives$18.00
mexican prawns
oven roasted wild Mexican prawns with rose petal shatta, cherry tomatoes and hearth baked pita$26.00
short rib hummus
velvety chickpea hummus topped with sumac glazed short ribs served with hearth baked pita$38.00
radish hummus
chickpea hummus with seasonal radish, black garlic tahina, green chili zhoug, sheep milk feta and hearth-baked pita$26.00
hearth baked calamari
hearth baked calamari with merguez sausage ragu, roasted garlic aioli and calabrian chili bread crumbs$24.00
marinated olives
a generous portion of our house marinated olives with our wood fire toasted ciabatta$9.00
cheese plate
bloomy breeze ripened cows milk cheese with seasonal preserves, crackers and ellis farms honey$18.00
crudo
barramundi crudo with preserved tomato, cracked coriander and lemon agrumato$28.00
extra pita
$2.00
pasta
octopus and mussels orecchiette
house made orecchiette with braised baby octopus, steamed mussels, nduja sausage and lemon agrumato served with publican quality bread ciabatta$48.00
ravioli
Goat cheese and ricotta stuffed ravioli with fresh lima beans, horseradish, and poppy seeds$28.00
lumache
lamb neck lumache pasta with braised celery, caraway and orange$30.00
tagliatelle
tagliatelle with eggplant conserva, fenugreek and ricotta salata$26.00
pizza and focaccia
spinach and guanciale pizza
spinach and guanciale pizza with buffalo mozzarella, parmesan and salted pepperberries$26.00
deluxe focaccia
our signature wood fire baked focaccia with taleggio cheese, ricotta, truffle oil and fresh herbs$24.00
maitake mushroom pizza
maitake mushroom pizza with smoked tomato sauce, sweet aji chili and dill$26.00
onion & pistachio pizza
tropea onion and pistachio pizza with sheep milk ricotta, preserved tomato and rosemary$26.00
large plates
pork shoulder
red lentil braised pork shoulder with black cumin, summer squash and saffron$42.00
cabbage
coal roasted cabbage with roasted carrot tarator, toasted cashews and vadouvan$32.00half chicken
berbere spiced half chicken with farro tabbouleh, cherry tomatoes, olives and tahina$48.00
half cabbage
half portion of our coal roasted cabbage with roasted carrot tarator, toasted cashews and vadouvan$16.00
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 11:00 am - 1:45 pm, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 11:00 am - 1:45 pm, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Thursday | 11:00 am - 1:45 pm, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Friday | 11:00 am - 1:45 pm, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Saturday | 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
from the award-winning team at one off hospitality, avec river north brings the same warm hospitality and soul-warming, rustic Mediterranean-inspired cuisine chicagoans have come to love on randolph street, to the river north neighborhood. under the culinary direction of james beard award-winning chef, paul kahan and 8-year avec veteran perry hendrix, avec river north will focus on a wider breadth of culinary inspiration featuring flavors, aromas and cuisine of the sun-drenched islands of the mediterranean from greece to spain. the menu features new dishes including an array of oven-fired pizzas, pastas and coastal fish dishes, as well as avec favorites—including the infamous chorizo-stuffed medjool dates, the “deluxe” focaccia and the slow-roasted pork shoulder.
141 W. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60654