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$40 for Chef's Five-Course Tasting Menu for One at Oceanique in Evanston ($80 Value)

Oceanique
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Luanne
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Extraordinary food & service. We are never disappointed with anything at Oceanique. Attentive, but not intrusive service. Best seafood in Chicagoland!
  • Nationally acclaimed cuisine
  • Fresh, imaginative seafood dishes
  • Special diets accommodated

An elegant seafood dinner evokes memories of sharing champagne at sunset, writing your name in the sand, and impressing your date by playing a shark like a trumpet. Make maritime harmony with today's Groupon: for $40, you get the chef's five-course tasting menu for one at Oceanique in Evanston (an $80 value). Customers may use multiple Groupons per table.

Helmed by Chef Mark Grosz since 1989, Oceanique has drawn ovations from Zagat and Wine Spectator for its constantly changing menu of imaginative French–American seafood plates. Like a race starter firing confetti from his pistol, the chef begins the meal with a surprise before diners delve into a choice of starters, including day-boat scallops paddling in a lazy river of cabbage, kimchi, and lobster-soy broth and venison pâte spooning with parsley and blood-orange salad and ready to be swept away by Poilâne toast. After a seasonal sorbet cleanses the palate, select an entree such as the wild Alaskan halibut with pea tips, cauliflower and port-pinot noir essence or the wild Alaskan sockeye salmon with favas, elote, butternut squash and poblano. A chef-chosen pastry selection keeps sweet teeth from feeling left out.

Red walls, ceilings hung with swaths of white fabric, and art-deco posters betray Oceanique's direct teleportation link to the Left Bank. Dietary restrictions can be accommodated, so please notify the restaurant at the time of reservation.

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Promotional value expires Jan 23, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 3 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Not valid on Sundays or on 12/31/11. Not valid for beverages and a'la carte items. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Learn about Strike-Through Pricing and Savings

About Oceanique

Oceanique's culinary history sparkles with the natural brilliance of a marine reef. The restaurant, after all, celebrated 25 years of fine dining in February 2014 after gifting itself an interior renovation in July 2013. Now the space boasts elegant cream walls, abstract art, and modern light fixtures to juxtapose the classic French cuisine that gave the restaurant its original renown. While the ambiance may have changed, Chef Mark Grosz still peppers his menu with the evidence of a culinary education acquired in France, under Jean Banchet at Le Francais.

For his eclectic dishes, which change daily, Grosz might pair butternut squash with salmon or drizzle rhubarb-mango chutney on foie gras. Beyond the signature seasonal fish dishes, he also devotes full plate space to organic, ultra-fresh produce, such as butternut squash and fiddleheads. Even with its complex array of ingredients and tastes, the menu strives to remain approachable. Time Out Chicago writes that "while the multi-ingredient preparations border on overwhelming, Grosz somehow manages to balance flavors while completely flipping off subtlety." What results is a laid-back dining atmosphere featuring delicious, creative meals, all lubricated by a selection of more than 800 wines.

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