{"id":4462,"date":"2017-02-01T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T03:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2017-06-17T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T01:46:34","slug":"chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-avec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/01\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-avec\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Restaurant Week 2017: Dinner at Avec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is part of a series of posts about Chicago Restaurant Week 2017, held January 27\u2013February 9. View all of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/tag\/CRW2017\">this year&#8217;s meal recaps<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/category\/restaurant-week-2\/\" title=\"Restaurant Week\">browse all Restaurant Week coverage<\/a> from 2013-17.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4517\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/01\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-avec\/avecchorizostuffeddates\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4517\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchorizostuffeddates.jpg\" alt=\"Chorizo-stuffed medjool dates, Avec\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchorizostuffeddates.jpg 694w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchorizostuffeddates-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchorizostuffeddates-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chorizo-stuffed medjool dates with bacon and piquillo pepper-tomato sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Best Bite:<\/strong> It&#8217;s hard to outdo the chorizo-stuffed medjool dates: they&#8217;re not only Avec&#8217;s most popular menu item, but are also among the most iconic dishes in all of Chicago. The sweet-spicy-smoky combination of dates, bacon, chorizo, and tomato sauce is just as unstoppable now as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/best-bite-6-chorizo-stuffed-dates-avec\/\">when I wrote about it in this blog&#8217;s very first week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4516\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/01\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-avec\/avecbrusselssproutpanzanella\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4516\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecbrusselssproutpanzanella.jpg\" alt=\"Brussels sprout panzanella, Avec\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4516\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecbrusselssproutpanzanella.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecbrusselssproutpanzanella-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecbrusselssproutpanzanella-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brussels sprout panzanella with pickled raisins, calabrian chiles, and aged sheep&#8217;s milk cheese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Other notes:<\/strong> The Restaurant Week menu only had one option per course, but because it was a &#8220;greatest hits&#8221; approach, we weren&#8217;t complaining. The second course was an outstandingly balanced salad of shredded brussels sprouts, chiles, salty cheese, and raisins; the third a full pan of paella with head-on shrimp, chicken thigh, and tangerine aioli. Avec&#8217;s desserts tend to harness simplicity for maximum impact \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/17\/this-weeks-best-bite-avec\/\">these nutter butter squares<\/a>, for example \u2013 and this evening&#8217;s creamy chocolate mousse with espresso crumble was no exception.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4515\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/01\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-avec\/avecchocolatecremeaux\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4515\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchocolatecremeaux.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate cremeaux, Avec\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchocolatecremeaux.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchocolatecremeaux-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/avecchocolatecremeaux-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chocolate cremeaux with espresso cookie crumble and chicory creme fraiche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avecrestaurant.com\/\">Avec<\/a>, 615 W. Randolph St., Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='\/\/www.opentable.com\/widget\/reservation\/loader?rid=110383&#038;domain=com&#038;type=button&#038;theme=standard&#038;lang=en&#038;overlay=false&#038;iframe=true'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>[googlemaps width=300 height=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part of a series of posts about Chicago Restaurant Week 2017, held January 27\u2013February 9. View all of this year&#8217;s meal recaps, or browse all Restaurant Week coverage from 2013-17. 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