Aster Hall

"This essential food hall from Hogsalt Hospitality is located on the fifth and sixth floors of the 900 North Michigan Shops. The pandemic has forced the hall to scale back operations, but diners will still find burgers from Small Cheval, salads, tacos, and sandwiches." - Ashok Selvam, Naomi Waxman, aimee.levitt

"Aster Hall is a food hall off the Mag Mile in Chicago, run by Hogsalt Hospitality. They temporarily laid off 33 workers and have recently reopened their steakhouse Ocean Prime, issuing supplemental notices to 54 employees." - Naomi Waxman

"Aster Hall inside the 900 North Michigan Shops, a worker said food hall business had been declining “slowly but surely.” Just earlier in the week, Aster Hall hadn’t seemed terribly affected by the virus, with customers still coming from the building’s office space. But as of Thursday, the space’s management was encouraging people to work from home." - Ashok Selvam

"Located inside the 900 North Michigan Shops, Aster Hall brings a touch of elegance to the food hall experience with posh furnishings and digital self-service kiosks. The lineup is curated by Hogsalt Hospitality and touts 16 different “vaults.” Don’t feel like waiting hours in line at Au Cheval? Order a cheeseburger from Small Cheval instead or try one of the various new options like The Rotisserie Waffle Fries and Chicken’s crunchy fried chicken sandwich." - Jeffy Mai

"It’s not quite clear at what point we decided to charge more money for food courts and call them “food halls,” but it probably doesn’t matter, since generally speaking, food halls seem to have better food. That’s definitely the case at Aster Hall, a new food hall inside the 900 N. Michigan building. It’s from the same group that owns Au Cheval, and it has 16 different places to eat and drink, including outposts of 3 Greens Market, Green Street Smoked Meats, and Small Cheval. The food is high-quality and reasonably priced - which is useful, because if you’re in this neighborhood, you’re probably spending a lot of money on something already. As a bonus, the upstairs area has a very nice view and is great for getting some work done." - Adrian Kane