Good Fortune

"After a quick pop-up stint (which created plenty of opening-day enthusiasm), Andrew Miller and chef Charles Welch debuted their hotly anticipated Logan Square restaurant in summer 2019. The 44-seat space is at once cozy and cool, outfitted in refurbished vintage chairs, modern lighting fixtures, and some velvet tufted banquette seating. Most seats enjoy a front-row view of either the bar team or chef Welch at work in the open kitchen. Either direction lets you watch masters at work: the cocktails are a collection of modernized classics (think pineapple-infused G&Ts or a mezcal negroni), and the food is a marriage of New American and Mediterranean cuisines, made even better by a wood-burning oven. Settle in for starters like lblack ime-cured Arctic char or caramelized Haloumi cheese, then dive into heartier mains like meagre bass with miso and wild rice or crispy half chicken, grilled and crisped before joining a plate prepped with apple dumplings and braised cabbage."

"Imported Parisian fabrics and velvet banquettes help to make even the most mundane of days feel special at this recently opened restaurant, where chef Charlie Welch serves a menu of Mediterranean-meets-Midwestern plates. Pair them with the house martini, an on-tap rendition with gin, vermouth, fino sherry, amontillado sherry, and orange saffron. If patrons are craving just a taste, the team also offers a rotating tiny ‘tini — the first of which was inspired by the ever-popular lemon drop." - Nicole Schnitzler

"Jeff Ruby, Chicago: I thought Good Fortune was a whole lot of nothing." - Naomi Waxman

"About 95 percent of the wines on offer at Good Fortune — Logan Square’s newish new American eatery— “are considered low intervention and/or certified biodynamic and organic,” explains wine director Steven Mendivil. He suggests trying Eric Texier, St. Julien en St. Alban ($55) from France, stating that “Eric’s focus is purity, using different farming practices including Fukuoka, named after a celebrated Japanese farmer famous for no-till, no-herbicide practices, and rejects the use of copper and sulfur treatments.”" - Kat Odell

"Logan Square’s newish, intimate dining den Good Fortune has one bubbles deal going on. Drop in any time for Serge Faust Carte d’Or Brut NV for $15 a glass or $60 per bottle." - Kat Odell