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Cellar Door Provisions

Name: Cellar Door Provisions
Address: 3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647, US
Telephone: (773) 697-8337
Price range: $$

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BIB GOURMAND

Cellar Door Provisions is one of the best restaurant restaurants in Chicago for bib gourmand, especially if you want a strong option in Chicago.

Cellar Door Provisions makes a particular kind of promise: that a roughly 1,000-square-foot room on Diversey can earn your evening by starting over each day.

Editorial review updated•Jul 28, 2026

Cellar Door Provisions makes a particular kind of promise: that a roughly 1,000-square-foot room on Diversey can earn your evening by starting over each day. Chef Ethan Pikas borrows Fernand Point's dictum — "you begin again every day" — and means it literally. The menu rarely repeats, which is either the appeal or the risk, depending on your tolerance for surrender. What anchors the experience is bread: a levain Pikas has tended, the recipe refined over a decade, served with in-house cultured butter. That alone tells you where the obsession lives. The cooking is rustic-Mediterranean, built on close farm relationships and sustainable sourcing, and the Bib Gourmand recognition (2025 Michelin) suggests the value math holds — this is good cooking that doesn't overreach on the cheque. At $$$$ and roughly $50–100 per person, the rotating format demands you trust the kitchen rather than the carte. For an intimate, low-ceremony dinner Tuesday through Saturday, that trust is mostly repaid. Go for the bread, the butter, and whatever the day produced.

James Whitfield, Restaurant Critic

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Rating (Google) 8.8

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bib gourmand

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Chicago | 3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA

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Price

Moderate spend

Taste Score

8.0/10

Phone

(773) 697-8337

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Bread with in-house cultured butter

Panna cotta with peppery olive oil

Runner beans with garlic confit and duck liver mousse

Lamb carpaccio with gooseberries

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What makes Cellar Door Provisions worth the move

Cellar Door Provisions is a strong restaurant option in Chicago when you want somewhere that already has a solid public track record. It also holds a 8.8 rating across 414 Google reviews.

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8.8 from 414 Google reviews

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bib gourmand

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Google rating: 8.8 from 414 reviews

Price point: $$

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Address: 3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA
Phone: (773) 697-8337
Price: $$
TastyPals score: 8.0/10
Hours: Check restaurant site
Google rating: 8.8 (414 reviews)
Cuisine: Restaurant
Michelin: BIB GOURMAND
Neighborhood: Chicago

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What cuisine does Cellar Door Provisions serve?

Cellar Door Provisions is a Restaurant restaurant located in Chicago, Chicago. Cellar Door Provisions makes a particular kind of promise: that a roughly 1,000-square-foot room on Diversey can earn your evening by starting over each day.

What is Cellar Door Provisions best for?

Cellar Door Provisions is best for bib gourmand. Cellar Door Provisions is a strong restaurant option in Chicago when you want somewhere that already has a solid public track record. It also holds a 8.8 rating across 414 Google reviews.

How much does it cost to eat at Cellar Door Provisions?

Cellar Door Provisions is in the Moderate spend price range ($$). Google rating: 8.8 from 414 reviews

What should I order at Cellar Door Provisions?

Start with Bread with in-house cultured butter, Panna cotta with peppery olive oil, Runner beans with garlic confit and duck liver mousse and Lamb carpaccio with gooseberries. These dishes are shown from TastyPals notes or restaurant data on this page.

Is Cellar Door Provisions worth visiting?

Cellar Door Provisions holds a 8.8 Google rating from 414 reviews. Cellar Door Provisions is a strong restaurant option in Chicago when you want somewhere that already has a solid public track record. It also holds a 8.8 rating across 414 Google reviews.

Where is Cellar Door Provisions located?

Cellar Door Provisions is located at 3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA. Directions are available via Google Maps.

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