Porto is a Portuguese and seafood restaurant at 1600 W. Chicago Ave in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. According to the MICHELIN Guide website, it is led by chef Marcos Campos and owner Daniel Alejandro Alonso, and received its first MICHELIN Star in 2021 (per Chicago media reports).
Overview
Per the MICHELIN Guide's review, this "passion project" showcases products from La Brujula, the noted women-owned Spanish conserva company; the dreamy room features a stone-carved chandelier, metallic accents and hand-painted ceramics, and the menu is dominated by ingredients cooked on an open flame.
Dishes & Highlights
According to the MICHELIN Guide website, guests can take a perch at the horseshoe bar for uni toast with cauliflower crema or Galician octopus with white bean puree; the pasta do mar, which uses seaweed in place of spaghetti, is billed as the epitome of invention; and the pan con chocolate stars pork-fat brioche and brown butter foam.
Honors
The MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2023 listed Porto among its one-star restaurants, with the official PDF recording the address as 1600 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, 60622. The PDF's starred list offers only a name-and-address entry for the restaurant, with no per-restaurant notes on dishes, chef or space, so this profile is not expanded from it. [1]
According to the MICHELIN Guide's current web page, the restaurant is currently one-starred; per Chicago media reports, it first earned its star in April 2021.
Practical Information
- Address: 1600 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
- Phone: +1 312-600-6338 (per the MICHELIN Guide website)
- Price: $$$$ (per the MICHELIN Guide website)
- Cuisine: Portuguese, seafood
- Facilities: air conditioning, counter dining, interesting wine list, terrace; the MICHELIN site notes reservations are not available through its website (per the MICHELIN Guide website)
[1]: MICHELIN Guide, “MICHELIN Guide 2023 - New York, Chicago and Washington - A new three-MICHELIN-Star restaurant,” 2023-11-08, linked PDF, pp. 8.