INNOVATING FOR A LOCAL PALATE
Chef Christopher Sullivan is a self taught culinary professional with over 30 years experience in the restaurant industry. He has worked at some of the finest urban restaurants in many capacities, in both front and back of the house.
From 2011-18, Chris was the Executive Chef of Ikram Cafe. Prior to that he worked with Chicago's One Off Hospitality at Blackbird and Avec. In NYC, Christopher worked at Bouley, Union Pacific, and Home Restaurant. He has been a baker and busboy, a bartender and chef, a wine steward and manager, and a server and cook. Chris has often served multiple roles within the same restaurant; learning all aspects of the restaurateur & food service industry. In addition to local pop-up “Twilight Dinners” and private catered events, he is pleased to announce the 2021 launch of Twilight Kitchen, his industrial meal prep, food emporium and event space in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.
Twilight Menus IN REVIEWS:
“The ladies who lunch have seriously been holding out on us: This restaurant on the second floor of Chicago’s most exclusive boutique is a gem. Blackbird alum Christopher Sullivan’s dishes are bright and beautiful, from the complimentary olives and bite-size gougéres that begin the meal to the creamy housemade ice creams that complete it. In between, main courses—such as a perfectly cooked salmon set atop English peas, asparagus and breakfast radish—overflow with the bounty of the season.” - Time Out Chicago
Block Club Chicago
"Rogers Park Chef Opens Twilight Kitchen To Withstand The Pandemic”
Feature Article
Chicago Tribune
Chef Sullivan's "Ikram Cafe offers a calm Oasis..."
Feature Article
Crain's Chicago Business
A "Lunch Spot that Elevates..."
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Michigan Avenue Magazine
"Inside Look" :: The Ikram Cafe
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Open Table
Diners' Choice Award 2015
Winner
Recent Press EXCERPTS:
"This catering, events space and Sunday market…is the culmination of three decades in the restaurant industry. Twilight Kitchen [is] a ‘food emporium.’ It offers catering to large offices and parties, plus food deliveries and meal kits for families, including Christmas dinners to-go. It hosts private events at its Clark Street space for things like holidays and retirement parties, where Sullivan will create custom menus [and] prepare specialty and themed meals for the public."
- Block Club Chicago
"...Mediterranean-inspired farm-to-table dishes by chef Christopher Sullivan. The lunchtime crowd is particularly fond of the fresh greens on the menu, which are sourced from Chicago farmers' markets and nearby suppliers."
- Food & Wine
"…famously exacting taste to select a chef, Chris Sullivan, who trained locally at the West Loop's Avec and at Blackbird. That careful choice, onlookers say, make the cafe a success where many restaurants-within-retail have failed before."
- Crains Chicago Business
"In Chicago, top-tier style mavens have a singular destination: Ikram. This café serves up farm-to-table dishes and stellar people watching. Dig in to your roasted salmon with kale and watch the parades of A-list Chicagoans take their seats for lunch."
- Travel & Leisure
"I was checking out the café at Ikram. The meal began with blood-orange juice with ginger and beet. I kept with the Ottolenghi vibe with salads of the quinoa/fennel/lentil variety (my guest’s bison burger with Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese was good, too), then careened into a butterscotch pudding finish..."
- Bon Appetit