The Walnut Room

American restaurant · Loop

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"Year Opened: 1907 What To Get: Walnut Old Fashioned, Mrs. Hering’s 1890 Original Chicken Pot Pie The Old-School Factor: Its claim to fame might be the highly specific title of Oldest Continuously Operated Restaurant Housed In A Department Store, but this American restaurant on the seventh floor of Macy’s is now known for impossible-to-get holiday reservations and a 45-foot Christmas tree." - john ringor, veda kilaru, nick allen

Chicago's Greatest Old-School Restaurants, From Oldest To Newest
Veda Kilaru

111 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602 Get directions

macysrestaurants.com
@thewalnutroomchicago

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