Fora, a new Mexican restaurant inside Fulton Market’s Emily Hotel, is now open | Eater Chicago

"Inside the Emily Hotel I found a warmer, 4,500-square-foot lobby restaurant that presents an eclectic, seafood-forward seasonal menu marrying Mexican flavors with Japanese and French techniques. As director of food and beverage Billy Caruso hands day-to-day execution to Matt Danko, whose menu centers on south-of-the-border dishes like ceviches and aguachiles alongside lesser-known items such as Oaxacan tetelas. Standouts on opening menus include a hamachi ceviche with pomelo, avocado and yuzu kosho (with fragrant hoja santa), an aguachile riff mixing kanpachi, smoked beets and butterfly sorrel, and a carne apache tostada that treats raw meat with a citrus “ceviche” approach on a sesame-speckled fried tortilla with a tangy “magic oil” inspired by salsa macha. Richer bites — like bone marrow glazed with a fruity chile pasilla and served with Yucatecan-style curtido — contrast with delicate blue hand-made tortillas and a celebrated tortilla service finished with recado negro butter; heirloom and pink-corn tortillas are highlighted, and the team even sourced woven tortilleros from a Mexican crafter on Etsy. Other small plates include a crisp chayote salad and squash-and-goat-cheese tetelas, and the kitchen emphasizes ingredient quality (some grown on the hotel rooftop garden). Fora is currently open for lunch and dinner while staffing ramps up, aims to push Mexican seafood in a new direction alongside names like Rick Bayless and Carlos Gaytán, and takes reservations via Resy." - Brenda Storch