Prairie Grass Cafe is a chic Northbrook eatery by James Beard Award-winning chef Sarah Stegner, serving inventive modern comfort food with local flair.
"Prairie Grass Cafe is co-owned and managed by chef Sarah Stegner, who is a renowned two-time James Beard Award winner. The cafe is involved in collaborative events like the 'A Seat at the Table' pop-up diner series, which aims to bring together various stakeholders in the culinary community." - Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
"Sarah Stegner is a Chicago-area native, a co-founder of the Green City Market, and one of the best examples of the values and ethos that make the city great. Before she opened her suburban Northbrook restaurant in 2004, she spent 20 years at the Ritz-Carlton and won a pair of Beard Awards for Rising Star Chef in 1994 and Best Chef: Midwest in 1998." - Naomi Waxman, Eater Staff
"Celebrate at home with a $130 dinner for two including matzo ball soup, slow-braised barbecue brisket with cauliflower mash, and flourless chocolate cake. Chopped liver, apple kugel, and wine are available to add on. The restaurant will also be offering Passover specials for dine-in customers on Monday, April 22." - Naomi Waxman, Eater Staff
"Prairie Grass Cafe is involved in the Emilia-Romagna Dinner Series, with co-executive chef Sarah Stegner participating as one of the leaders of Chicago Chefs Cook." - Samantha Nelson
"Chef Sarah Stegner is making a tzimmes — a Jewish expression for making a fuss — over Hanukkah with a special $118 takeout dinner for two that includes actual tzimmes (roasted root vegetables), barbecue brisket, smashed cauliflower, potato latkes with sour cream and apple butter, and flourless chocolate cake. All these things can be also ordered a la carte. Prairie Grass will be taking phoned-in orders until November 23." - aimee.levitt
