The Buzz

Chefs put Lake Point Tower on foodie map
By Phil Vettel
Chicago Tribune, June 6 2006,

Rated 3 Stars, Excellent

With its tiny, understated entrance carved into the base of Lake Point Tower, just steps from the attention-grabbing lights of Navy Pier, Copperblue (click for address, maps, hours) is an easy restaurant to overlook.

Too bad. Serious diners should put this 50-seat fine-dining restaurant at the top of their
short list.

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Chef's special: Tsontson gives Copperblue a Mediterranean tilt on
By Pat Bruno

Rated 3 Stars, Very Good

The nomadic nature of chefs never ceases to amaze me. Take Michael Tsonton, chef and co-owner (along with Victor Newgren) of Copperblue restaurant. Tsonton has done the chef thing at Tizi Melloul, Courtright's, Lakeview Supper and, if I am not mistaken, I believe he did a short stint at Brio and Eli's the Place for Steak.

That's quite a stew of restaurants: Moroccan, Spanish, contemporary American, steakhouse. Tonston picked up a little something from each stop and honed his craft to a fine edge.

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Neighborhood Restaurants of Chicago
by Sierra
Travel Channel, August 1, 2006

We all dream of an intimate upscale bistro or restaurant where they know us by name, and treat us like a celebrity when we walk in the door: they know our favorite table, they know our preferences on wines and foods, and they even know our favorite server.

Copperblue (copperbluechicago.com) is this kind of place, and I could easily see myself succumbing to the discreet pampering of this charming Streeterville restaurant.

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Welcome move into Streeterville
By Anne Moore
Crain's Chicago Business, March 06, 2006

It's fitting that a fine-dining restaurant would make a home at the base of Lake Point Tower, one of Chicago's first luxury skyscrapers. Built in 1968, it's still distinctive in the city's skyline because of its curved glass walls and unique setting east of Lake Shore Drive.

To its east is Navy Pier, and to its west is the burgeoning River East development, once full of warehouses but now a wonderful mix of high- and low-rise living along and near the Chicago River. It's a part of town where it's easy to grab a beer and burger, but a whole lot harder to find a place you'd take a client, parents or a date.

Copperblue, which opened in January, fits that bill perfectly.

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