Photo: Tom Ravenscroft, Flickr
With each season of this year, Chef Brunacci has been whipping up menus with his favorite farms in mind for a series called "Feasting at Sixteen with Frank Brunacci." Now in its third installment (late summer), Brunacci will focus on "prairie produce."
While Sixteen has always served Midwestern-grown ingredients, every meal of "Prairie Produce" week will only feature food harvested within driving distance of Chicago. The meals will have detailed menus, highlighting each ingredient by source and history, and the staff can also answer questions about the ingredients and how or why the chef chose to use them.
More after the jump ... After you've grazed though pastries and pies from nearby Upper Crust, sausages from Mint Creek Farm, and cheese from Nordic Creamery (among many, many other local specialties), head outside to The Terrace for a meet and greet with the farmers that put all those goods on your table.
You'll be able to purchase their products and test them out for yourself -- maybe recreate Sixteen's brunch? Maybe not.

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8-21-2010 @10:09AM Zenmont said... The AOL link said "Farmer's market sits atop building in N.Y.C". Then I open the article and it's about a building in Chicago. Gee I didn't know Chicago was in NYC. Does anyone proofread this stuff?
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8-22-2010 @1:20AM joy said... The article doesn't say anything about NYC! But then you can't read when it says "We welcome comments. Please keep them civil, short and to the point. Obscene, profane, abusive and off topic comments will be deleted. Repeat offenders will be blocked. Thanks for taking part — and abiding by these simple rules." Instead of fitness class maybe you better take reading class.
9-09-2010 @7:55PM Valerie said... Why did my previous comment get deleted? No one can voice their opinions if it's not to the liking of Slashfood/AOL? I've seen other comments on here that have mysteriously disappeared as well, yet Joy's nasty diatribe is never deleted. I guess if you're rude (in the guise of telling others not to be rude) and like to make grammatical errors, you get to have a say on this post.
Joy, obviously you have many issues. One you should be concerned with is your own inaccuracy. Zenmont stated that his or her LINK said that it was a building in NYC, NOT the article itself. Maybe YOU need to take a reading class AND a grammar class yourself, especially concerning the last sentence you typed: "Instead of fitness class maybe you better take reading class." Hmmm, is English your second language by any chance?
8-21-2010 @10:19AM P.P. said... NYC...?
Chicago....?
And these people GET PAID to do this to us....?
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8-21-2010 @11:40AM G.Blank said... You all have way too much time on your hands. Why not apply for a job with AOL if you think you have what it takes to make the writing better and the accuracy more legitimate.
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8-21-2010 @11:53AM daryl emery said... Why is this E-Mail address blocked ?
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8-21-2010 @12:47PM Josh said... I wouldn't waste my time going to the Trump Tower Chicago, just because of the Farmers Market, hell no, waste of time .
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8-22-2010 @1:39AM BTDT said... If Trump's involved, the peaches are probably rotten.
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