A Year of Chicago Dining

The Zanella Family Trust
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August 2014
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September 2014
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About Our Auction

The Chicago restaurant community has come together and donated over a YEAR of Chicago dining. 100+ restaurants have contributed gift cards and unique experiences (a year of PIE!), all to support their friend and colleague, Dean Zanella and his beautiful girls.

Considered the season ticket version of dining out in Chicago, the package is valued at over $20,000!

Minimum bid: $20,000

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS:
Dean Zanella- Dinner and wines for 10 in Your home
Alinea –Chef’s Tasting and Sommelier Wine Pairing for two
Grace-Dinner for four with wine pairings
Benny’s Chop House
Butcher and Larder
Blackbird
Publican
VIE- Dinner for two with wine pairings
NAHA- tasting menu for two with wine
Brindille
Bread & Wine
312 Chicago
La Sirena Clandestina
Chilam Balam
Deca at The Ritz Carlton Hotel Chicago
Prairie Grass Café
Pops for Champagne- Champagne & food tasting for 6p
Osteria Via Stato-
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria
Fred’s at Barney’s
Le Colonial
Michael Jordan Steakhouse at the Intercontinental Hotel
Frontera Grill –Dinner for Two
Uncommon Ground
Uncommon Ground on Devon- Rooftop Tour for 10
WOOD
Farmhouse
Mia Francesca’s
Sepia
Paris Club Bistro and Bar –dinner/Wine 10p
Salpicon!
Quince
Sable Kitchen
Sunda, Brunch for two
La Madia
Firecakes Donuts
Allium at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Brunch for 4
North Pond, Brunch for two with Mimosas
Bottlefork
Rockit Bar & Grill
Convito Café and Market
Mercadito
Oceanique, dinner for two chef’s menu
Green Zebra- Tasting Menu for two with wine
Embeya Chef’s Tasting Menu for 4 at the Chef’s Table
Roka Akor – Decadent Omakase dinner for two
Shaw’s Crab House
Sunday Dinner Club
Heaven on Seven
The Purple Pig
RL
Hot Chocolate – dinner for two
David Burke Primehouse- Chef’s tasting menu for four w/ wine
Tocco
Kiki’s Bistro
GT Fish & Oyster
Vermillon
Mon Ami Gabi
Café Ba Ba Reeba!
Stella Barra Pizzeria
Joe’s Stone Crab
Trenchermen
The Gage
Longman & Eagle
Summer House Santa Monica
Big Jones- Chef’s Tasting Menu for 4
Le Bouchon
La Sardine
Piccolo Sogno
Piccolo Sogno Due
Found Kitchen and Social House
Omni Hotel 676 Restaurant & Bar
Goddess & Grocer
The Gibson Restaurant Group
Paris Club Bistro and Bar-
Everest- Dinner for Two and Eiffel Tower Cookbook
Nacional 27
M Burger
Ramen-San
Belly Q
Belly Shack
Urban Belly
Slurping Turtle- 4 course lunch tasting menu w/Sake & Beer Pairings for
Takashi- Seven course Omakase Tasting menu w/Wine Pairings for 2
Hoosier Mama Pie Company- “A Year of Pie” and The Hoosier Mama Book of Pie
MK- Tasting menu for 4 with wines from their cellar
Nightwood
NoMI at the Park Hyatt- Dinner for two
Bistrot Margot
Table 52
Acadia
Spiaggia- dinner for two with wines
Shanghai Terrace at the Peninsula Hotel, dinner for two
Au Cheval
Maude’s
Gilt Bar
Bavette’s
Perennial Virant
Little Goat Dinner
Girl and the Goat
BOKA
Balena
Pastoral
A10
Billy Sunday
Yusho
Green City Market--2 VIP tickets, copy of the Green City Market Cookbook


About The Zanella Family Trust

A great chef and friend, Dean Zanella, has suffered a terrible family tragedy. His loving and beautiful wife, Mary Bridget Reidy Zanella, died in February from complications following the birth of their precious twin girls, Nora Grace and Anna Joan. This fund has been set up to help Dean as he moves forward without his beloved Mary.

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