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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Farmhouse Brings Farm-to-Tavern Eats to Evanston

The Michelin-rated restaurant is opening a second location at 703 Church Street this spring, offering 36 craft beers on tap and Midwestern cuisine sourced from local farms.

Grass-fed beef, farm-to-table cooking and local brews are coming to the restaurant space at 703 Church Street this spring, when downtown Chicago-based Farmhouse opens a second location. Farmhouse co-owners Ferdia Doherty and TJ Callahan say they’re hoping for an early May opening at the 5,500-square-foot space in the Hilton Orrington building that formerly housed the sushi restaurant Futami. With a focus on ingredients sourced from local farms, Doherty says Farmhouse will offer something unusual within the diverse Evanston restaurant scene. Want to stay up to date on the latest restaurant news in Evanston? Sign up for our free newsletter.  “Everything we do is as locally sourced as possible,” Doherty says. “So what we bring to the table—no…

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