Kindling | Downtown Cookout & Cocktails

"Perhaps it’s not giving Kindling, the ground-floor restaurant inside the Willis Tower, enough credit by calling it a steakhouse. Chef Jonathon Sawyer won a James Beard Award for his work in Cleveland, and he’s made a mark by teaming up with Fifty/50 Restaurant Group with a decadent menu of fire-grilled items. Inspired by famed chef Francis Mallmann, the team takes pride in live-fire cooking, and the result is some of the tastiest beef in Chicago with a hint of South American influence. Seriously, everything — even the wagyu Italian beef — is kissed with a little smoke, and that leads to deliciousness." - Ashok Selvam

"A Chicago restaurant where Chef Jonathon Sawyer is known for his culinary contributions to community events." - Ashok Selvam

"Kindling, the steakhouse inside the Willis Tower, is featuring packages for five to 10 people ($65 per person) and 12 to 20 ($95 per person). Dishes include crispy Brussels sprouts, confit chicken wings, brined and herb-marinated rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese gratin, beef-fat glazed Hasselback potato, butternut squash, and a s’mores cake bar. Orders must be placed at least 72 hours in advance of pick up with the final date to order being Saturday, November 18 with the final pick up date on Tuesday, November 21. Order on the restaurant’s website." - Eater Staff

"Kindling within the Willis Tower offers live-fire dishes from James Beard Award-winning chef Jonathon Sawyer — you can come early for happy hour at the bar to snack on oysters and Nashville hot chicken tenders." - Samantha Nelson

"Running a restaurant inside Willis Tower is no small feat, but James Beard Award-winning chef Jonathon Sawyer has proven up to the task with is work at Kindling, a collaboration with Fifty/50 Restaurant Group starring an opulent menu of fire-grilled dishes. Sawyer’s most-discussed dish is a luxe Italian beef made with meat sourced from a boutique farm, bread from 3D Baking, and giardiniera from local icon J.P. Graziano’s." - Naomi Waxman, Ashok Selvam