Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Michael Jordan’s Steak House Chicago debuted Tuesday in the InterContinental Chicago hotel (505 N. Michigan Ave) taking over that property’s sprawling, architecturally fascinating second-floor dining space (which accommodates 160, plus a couple of 20-seat private spaces). The restaurant also is taking over the hotel’s lobby-level bar space, which will be expanded to hold 90.
More details of the restaurant & menu after the jump…

“It’s an upgrade, to say the least,” says executive chef James O’Donnell.

The restaurant marks a curious kind of comeback for the NBA hall of famer, as it’s the first Chicago restaurant to bear Jordan’s name since Michael Jordan’s Restaurant closed, unlamented, many years ago. (Of course, one sixtyblue, in which Jordan is a major partner, has been humming along the whole time.)

But Michael Jordan’s restaurant was a downscale tourist trap into which MJ himself rarely set foot. This new steakhouse will be impressively upscale, featuring the 45-day, dry-aged Delmonico steak (boneless ribeye) of which the restaurant’s namesake is reputedly fond. So the chances of an occasional Jordan sighting probably will be pretty good.

The rest of the menu will feature USDA prime steaks, dry-aged 28 days, as well as an abundance of seafood and other steakhouse staples. Among the signature dishes are garlic bread, served with a Wisconsin Ader Kase reserve blue-cheese fondue; crab cake, made with 100 percent colossal crab, with meyer lemon aioli; and another Jordan fave, mac and cheese. There’s a chopped salad that boasts 23 ingredients, and a 23-layer chocolate cake on the dessert list.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune