"John’s Food And Wine feels like a neighborhood bistro had a child with a fast-casual wine bar. The resulting part counter-service, part-virtual tab restaurant with great seasonal American food is a welcome addition to Lincoln Park. It’s an unexpected service model for a place with $44 (fantastic but small) bowls of lumache with shaved truffles. But we’re willing to endure a little confusion for well-made plates of “elevated” fish sticks—fried branzino gussied up with kimchi ketchup and celery root slaw—and ramekins full of not-too-sweet butterscotch pudding." - sam faye, adrian kane, john ringor, veda kilaru
