The Gallery

A rare North Shore gem combining outstanding cuisine with art from local artists. As it's name implies, the Gallery is an art gallery, but with a kitchen and an extremely talented chef. The menu and art are both updated every 3 months. We have been to the Gallery for the past 5 menus and every visit has been excellent. The menu is very limited but offers enough options for most people (so far, there has always been a salmon, another seafood entree, a beef entree, and a poultry entree). While limited in choice, the execution of every dish is at the very top of the fine dining scene and could compete with most of the top rated restaurants in Chicago - in our experience the Gallery should be a Bib Gourmand contender. While the entree is the star here, two non-entree items deserve special mention. First, the deviled eggs with balsamic and bacon are so good we have felt many times we could just eat a few orders of deviled eggs and be happy, and are in the "must have" category (thankfully, these are on every menu so far). Second, the pastry deserts are executed at a level that I would not expect except at a Michelin starred restaurant. The deserts have been mostly different each visit, but they have always blown us away. Don't skip desert! Note that the Gallery has a very limited wine and spirits menu, but they encourage you to bring your own wines with a very minimal corkage fee.

Delicious food, very high end. Pricey, but expected for this part of IL. The owner of the place went around to every table and interacted with the guests

A great place for a private event. Had a baby shower here, everything was excellent. The food, service, and atmosphere were all great. Special thanks to the staff for their attention to all the guests.

Inconsistencies in the making of the limited cocktails on the menu. No bar. Walls festooned with art for sale. Somewhat like dining in an art gallery. If the art is to your liking, that's good. Otherwise, meh. Wait staff is excellent. The vegetarian dish (there's only been one on the when we've gone) are uninspired and by and large absent of vegetables. The regular menu items on the other hand are very good. We'll go back, but the Gallery is not in our top 5 choices for dining I'm Lake Forest.

Our favorite dinner spot in Lake Forest. Love the seasonal menu changes and supporting community artists! Happy hour on their patio in the summer is so nice!

Loved The Gallery! We went for happy hour and got every food item on the menu and each thing was delicious. So much so that I forgot to take pictures and devoured everything. We ended with their warm brownie and ice cream which ended up being HUGE and so good. Loved the art featured tonight as well and walking around to look at the pieces on display. Definitely will return for their dinner sometime!