North Pond sits within Lincoln Park, bordered by Cannon Drive and Stockton and Lakeview Avenues, reached by walking east from the corner of Lakeview and Deming, under the bridge and into the park. The dining room is intimate, with limited seating in the front room and additional tables on a patio.
Dinner runs as a six-course tasting menu built around seasonal ingredients from local farms and artisans, with a three-course brunch served Sundays. Reviewers have singled out dishes like halibut and rabbit, along with an amuse bouche that opens the meal.
Michelin awarded North Pond one star for consecutive years from 2014 through 2021, and has continued to select the restaurant in its Chicago guide every year since, through 2025. The James Beard Foundation named the kitchen a Best Chef finalist five times between 2007 and 2011 before it won in 2012, and later recognized the restaurant as an Outstanding Restaurant and Outstanding Service semifinalist and finalist in subsequent years. StarChefs named the team to its 2021 Rising Stars list.
Dinner runs as a six-course tasting menu built around seasonal ingredients from local farms and artisans, with a three-course brunch served Sundays. Reviewers have singled out dishes like halibut and rabbit, along with an amuse bouche that opens the meal.
Michelin awarded North Pond one star for consecutive years from 2014 through 2021, and has continued to select the restaurant in its Chicago guide every year since, through 2025. The James Beard Foundation named the kitchen a Best Chef finalist five times between 2007 and 2011 before it won in 2012, and later recognized the restaurant as an Outstanding Restaurant and Outstanding Service semifinalist and finalist in subsequent years. StarChefs named the team to its 2021 Rising Stars list.