Co-chef Ben Lustbader and general manager Josh Perlman both picked up press of their own early on. The restaurant has since drawn coverage from Food & Wine, The Infatuation, Eater, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Conde Nast Traveler, plus a James Beard Foundation nominee nod in 2022. It's a small room -- 45 seats, with buyouts typically booked three months out -- plus a covered patio that seats 20 from April through October.
A 5% bill surcharge funds staff health insurance, a detail the restaurant is upfront about rather than burying in fine print. It also stood in for a fictional French restaurant in a Season 3 episode of The Bear, filmed with Giant's own real chefs, and during Chicago Restaurant Week, tables seated before 6pm get half off a bottle of wine.
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