Restaurants & dining

Lyric Opera of Chicago is currently the home of two wonderful restaurants where patrons may enjoy onsite dining before their opera performance.

Lyric is excited about our new dining partnership with Toasted Hospitality this season to provide an elevated dining experience for Lyric patrons and beyond.

The William B. and Catherine Graham Room is Lyric's luxurious home for annual contributors at the Distinguished Patron level. Enjoy innovative cuisine, an extraordinary wine list, and superb service in an exclusive setting.

The Florian, is Lyric's newly renovated third floor restaurant. The Florian provides an elegant, prix fixe dining experience exclusively for Lyric Opera patrons, reminiscent of a supper club, with a focus on prime rib, classic cocktails, and a thoughtfully curated wine list. A walk-in Bar Bites menu, intermission dessert service, and post-show cocktails are also available.

The Pedersen Room, located at street level on Wacker Drive, is undergoing renovations and is not currently open. The Pedersen Room provides a window into the historic opera house, and will become an all-day coffee shop and whiskey bar focusing on chef-driven, casual, lunch and happy hours. More information to come in 2023.

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The William B. and Catherine Graham Room

Refreshments

Lyric Opera of Chicago offers refreshments for purchase before performances and during intermissions in our restaurants and throughout the Lyric Opera House. Specialty cocktails are offered throughout the season — stop by one of our bars to see the current cocktail offerings!

Please note that Lyric’s bars are now entirely cashless. We accept all major credit cards and Apple Pay.

Outside food and beverages may not be brought into the Lyric Opera House (bottled water is permitted).

Cheers! champagne bar

A glass-clink of champagne is the perfect complement to your elegant outing out at Lyric. Cheers! champagne bar serves an exclusive assortment of French Champagnes, international and domestic sparkling wines, Bellinis, mimosas, and sparkling cocktails.

Find Cheers! in the Rice Grand Foyer, next to the staircase leading down to the Opera Club. Cheers! and all Foyer & Lobby bars will be open with the opera house, an hour before each performance, through the end of intermission.

Additional dining

Explore pre- or post-show dining options at the following restaurants near the Lyric Opera House.

Restaurants near Lyric

Photos: Kyle Flubacker, Todd Rosenberg, Jaclyn Simpson