MAJOR AWARDS AND DISTINCTION

1984

Restaurants & Institutions Magazine
Ivy Award for Distinction

1985

Restaurants & Institutions Magazine "The Independent Stars"

1986

Chicago Magazine
Reader's Poll "Top 10 Restaurants"

1993-
1994

Pat Burns "The Menu"
Chicago's best 200 Restaurants

1996

Nations Restaurant News
The NRN Fifty: A Hall of Fame

1999

Where Magazine
Chicago's Visitors Choice Award

1999

Travel & Leisure
Worlds' Best Values

1999

James Beard Foundation Award
for Excellence, America's Regional Classics

2002-
2004

Zagats Survey Award

2003

Chicago Tribune
Voted "Best Bar" in Chicago

2004

ChicagoTribune - Phil Vettel
"The Best eats at O'Hare"
Berghoff Cafe, Terminal 1 - Concourse C