Creepies

Creepies is a useful West Loop choice when you want a bistro meal with a distinct Chicago accent. David and Anna Posey opened the restaurant at 1360 W. Randolph Street, with Tayler Ploshehanski leading the kitchen as chef de cuisine. Reservations are linked from the restaurant’s website.

What to order

The current dinner menu makes the French-Midwestern mix concrete: a tavern-style tarte flambé, corn crepe with chanterelles, Parisian gnocchi with Swiss cheese and ham, and roasted chicken with liver and wine sauce. The lunch menu has its own croque monsieur, seafood vol-au-vent and steak au poivre. Menus change, so use these as a guide to the kitchen rather than a promise that each dish will be available on your visit.

Before you book

The restaurant lists Thursday through Monday service and closes Tuesday and Wednesday. Its website has both lunch and dinner menus, though the two hours blocks on the site disagree about lunch; check the reservation calendar for the service you want. The posted menus add a 4% surcharge to checks and say guests may request its removal.