Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, the doors have opened for the second season of the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Cafe at Wild Things! Not only is the menu organic, seasonal, and local (as befits a restaurant sharing a park with the Green City Market), it’s got quite possibly the best views in town: the tables overlook the lion and tiger habitats, adding that extra soupcon of carnivorousness to your lunch-eating experience. Menu items like the “Say Cheese Pressed Sandwich” (aged blue cheese, arugula, tomatoes and caramelized sweet onion) or the roasted cauliflower & chickpea salad (with garbanzo beans, golden brown cauliflower, sweet peppers, cucumber, red onions and basil, in a lime tomato dressing) are a step up from your average zoo fare; ingredients are sourced from places like Delong Farms, Bushman’s in Wisconsin, and all the cookies and sweets are straight from Bleeding Heart Bakery.
[Photo via the Lincoln Park Zoo]
