Dinner for Birthday

I am looking for some suggestions -- nice place to celebrate birthdays. While my wife and I enjoy different cuisines --- the people taking us tend to like things a little more "bland" so the menu can't be too eclectic! Can't come up with anything. Also -- as for location - I would say River North and then further north into suburbs.

Thanks for your help

The best dinner I've had in the past year, and three of the six best dinners I've had in the past five years, have been at Michael in north suburban Winnetka. Everything has been just amazingly delicious.

Within the city, I think North Pond continues to be thoroughly excellent, for its cuisine as well as its exquisite setting in the middle of Lincoln Park (the park itself, rather than the adjacent neighborhood of the same name). I've also enjoyed recent dinners at Cafe des Architectes in the modern Sofitel off North Michigan Avenue.

Most upscale restaurants have a steak on the menu for the less adventurous types, and these three all do.

mg993 wrote:I am looking for some suggestions -- nice place to celebrate birthdays. While my wife and I enjoy different cuisines --- the people taking us tend to like things a little more "bland" so the menu can't be too eclectic!

Chuckie Cheese's? (Sorry, couldn't resist)