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Class Act

Super GemBucktown · Tasting Menu/Progressive Dining Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1737 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Class Act treats dinner as a three-act structure, literally — the tasting menu (called 'Act V') moves guests through three different rooms over the course of the meal, built around a 16-seat communal table parked next to the open kitchen, from chef Nicolai Mlodinow, a 2026 James Beard Emerging Chef semifinalist with Forbes 30 Under 30 and Bon Appétit coverage behind him already.

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The Act V tasting menu's progression through three rooms around a 16-seat communal table — a format-forward concept from a 2026 James Beard Emerging Chef semifinalist.

That full format runs Friday and Saturday only, starting at $205 a person; Thursday and Sunday flip the script entirely into 'Off Script,' a shareable small-plates menu starting at $8 a plate for anyone who wants the kitchen's cooking without the full-tasting-menu commitment. There's a third act too: Nightcap, a speakeasy tucked behind the kitchen with its own extended hours, for whoever isn't ready to leave Bucktown yet.

It's ambitious room design dressed up as a restaurant, and the James Beard committee noticed before most of the city did.

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Thu, Sun5:30PM-9:30PM
Fri-Sat5:30PM-8:30PM (seatings)
📅 Reservations 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 500-5182

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📅Reservations accepted
❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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