

27, Puccini’s “Turandot” is in the opera house. The Lyric’s street-level Sarah and Peer Pedersen Room has a prix-fixe menu that changes slightly with each new production, when a featured chef from the Chicago area is invited to suggest a single entrée in the spirit of the particular show at hand, among five or six other entrée options. It would not come as a shock if they revealed that they had worked with a restaurant management consultant in order to help them finesse their goals and how they were going to go about achieving them to provide such an experience to those looking to combine their visit to the opera with dinner. Lyric’s onsite restaurants are equally – and fiercely – dedicated to the principle that Yes, you absolutely will make curtain, and Yes, you can come back to your table at intermission for coffee, dessert, and the rest of the wine. It makes me wonder if they used restaurant pos systems or other powerful technology to succeed so well! Let me count the ways a highly anticipated Big Ticket Event can go bad from the start.Ĭonsidering how successful its in-house restaurant is, it’s no surprise the Lyric Opera of Chicago has added a three-course $39 prix-fixe white-tablecloth venue and a more casual bistro-style dining venue that is managed by Jewell Events Catering.

Around Town: Pedersen Room, Florian Bistro update their in-house dining options for ticket-holders at the Lyric Opera By Nancy Malitz
