Need some dinner recommendation for 2 yr anniversary.

Anyone have any suggestions? I'm about to make reservations at Ambria or Everest, but wanted to see if anyone here had another recommendation for a nice meal for a 2yr wedding anniversary.

Thanks everyone...

P.S. If you're reading this... keep it hush hush please

What are some cuisines you've enjoyed together or places you've visited that you both really love? It's sometimes nice to not go for the most lavish place but one that has some kind of meaning for you both.

If you like Ambria and Everest, you probably would enjoy Les Nomades or Avenues. Another idea, if you like haute-Italian, is Spaiggia. All these places provide stellar food and service, and you can find many discussion of them on this board.

For my two year, my wife and I went to Charlie Trotter's which was spectacular. Unfortunately, I don't rate his cooking at the same level anywmore. Great, but I would rather have a meal at Avenues or Alinea.

I've also celebrated anniversaries at Everest. That is a great choice if you like your food with more definite French influences.

Ambria doesn't do much for me. I just wasn't that impressed by anything there.

The two best meals I have had recently were at Alinea or Avenues. Avenues is a great anniversary choice because you can walk around the North Michigan Ave. area before or after the meal. Of course, if you really want to splurge, have dinner there, get a room, and then send your wife to the Pennisula spa the next day.

HI,

May I suggest a different order of operations?

1. Send wife to spa
2. Go to Avenues for dinner
3. Get a room.

She will feel like a Queen the entire day from tip to toe.

Regards,

We do Everest for our annies and have always had a lovely time

+1 on Everest. it was definitely "lovely".

I asked her for an opinion last night and she said either Sushi or Seafood.

I was thinking about maybe trying Roy's. Anyone with any experience?

I did Roy's in Hawaii a few years ago and was underwhelmed. I'd recommend Spring for a special occasion seafood dinner (or any seafood dinner for that manner)

Roy's is ok, but you might also want to consider Spring. It's not exclusively seafood, but there is a heavy focus. As for sushi, I'd make a recommendation but I don't want to start a fight. Let's just say I would recommend a place or two where you can dine outside .

Spring is a definitely good choice for seafood.

Do they also have stuff like crab and lobster?

I remember my husband eating some sort of lobster preparation once. The website is below. Perhaps they can email a copy of a recent menu for you. They don't have the full one on their site.

http://www.springrestaurant.net/default.htm

How about Japonais? Great sushi, and the other food is also very good.

for seafood in a romantic restaurant, i just don't think you can do better than Scylla in Bucktown.

after the closing of matsumoto, i've lost interest in sushi/japanese in the city. you can always go to katsu but for an anniversary it's bit prosaic as far as environment is concerned. japonais is korean-owned, style-driven sushi.

Avenues used to have a seafood focused prix-fixe, but the chef's choice menu has eliminated the 5 separately focused prix-fixe...

Ultimately, if you want a great sushi dinner, you can do that any time.

An anniversary? That calls for a spectacular meal.

It calls for Avenues of Alinea or Tru or Everest or Spiaggia or Charlie Trotter's.