La Petite Folie

La Petite Folie Classic French dining in the heart of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. You can also choose La Petite Folie for your venue.

La Petite Folie Restaurant:
La Petite Folie is a Michelin Guide Recommended restaurant featured as a Bib Gourmand recommendation for great cuisine at a reasonable price. From the 2011 Michelin Guide, "the kitchen cooks up classic French fare made with the best seasonal, local ingredients available", where "dinner can be a bargain during the $32 three-course prix-fixe... Classic salads and flaky de

ssert tarts are sure to please even the most ardent francophiles". The Bib Gourmand designation denotes excellent cuisine at a reasonable price, defined as “Inspectors’ Favorites for Good Value”

Situated in the courtyard of the Hyde Park Shopping Center, La Petite Folie offers classic french food and wine for lunch and dinner. Owners Michael and Mary Mastricola are University of Chicago alumni and Hyde Park residents. In 1995, Mary earned the Grand Diplomen of L'Ecole Cordon Bleu in Paris, finishing first in her class. Mary runs the kitchen while Michael directs and the dining room and manages our all-French wine list. From 5:00-6:30 pm daily, we offer a changing prix fixe 3 course menu designed to speed you on your way to the opera, symphony, theater or to any of the evening cultural events that Hyde Park and the city of Chicago offer. La Petite Folie Catering:
We are pleased to offer a full range of distinctive catering services, as well as on-site event planning and management. For Chicago’s most discerning hosts, we offer the best in classical cuisines from France and around the world and the distinctive and gracious service of an experienced and courteous waitstaff. Choose us for your next catered event and let us build you a customized menu to fit your budget, supply beautiful table settings to gracefully appointed spaces, and provide you with any other services needed to make your next event memorable. Available for private events, our western dining room can accommodate up to 28 for lunch or dinner, or choose to reserve the entire restaurant for up to 64 guests.

The La Petite Folie restaurant kitchen sale is cancelled today - Sunday, February 26.Everything sold out on Saturday! Th...
02/26/2023

The La Petite Folie restaurant kitchen sale is cancelled today - Sunday, February 26.

Everything sold out on Saturday! Thanks for your support!

La Petite Folie is having a restaurant kitchen sale this weekend - Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26 from 1...
02/21/2023

La Petite Folie is having a restaurant kitchen sale this weekend - Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at 1504 E. 55th Street.

We're selling china (various sizes), glassware (Stolzle wine glasses, water glasses, bar glasses), ice buckets, baskets, pans, vases, and cookbooks - everything $1 - $10 - CASH ONLY.

See you there!

With much gratitude and a multitude of fond memories, we present our final menu. We will serve our last dinners on Frida...
12/06/2022

With much gratitude and a multitude of fond memories, we present our final menu.

We will serve our last dinners on Friday, December 23.

Mille remerciements a tous. Au revoir.

Open for dinner by reservation only – Wednesday through Sunday from 5:00 p.m. Please call 773-493-1394 to reserve your table.

https://lapetitefolie.com/menus/final-menu/

Great news!Starting this week, Hyde Park's La Petite Folie is now open for dinner Wednesday-Sunday evenings starting at ...
09/09/2022

Great news!

Starting this week, Hyde Park's La Petite Folie is now open for dinner Wednesday-Sunday evenings starting at 5 p.m. - just in time for the start of Court Theatre’s 2022/23 season.

Call 773-493-1394 for reservations and be sure to mention you will be attending the theatre for expedited service.

La Petite Folie is located at 1504 E. 55th Street in the Hyde Park Shopping Center - with convenient free parking.

View our current menu at https://lapetitefolie.com/menus/dinner-menu-2/

Come in and cool off with a refreshing bowl of gazpacho!
07/24/2022

Come in and cool off with a refreshing bowl of gazpacho!

chilled gazpacho helps beat the heat
07/16/2022

chilled gazpacho helps beat the heat

blueberry tart Savoyarde filled with almond creme and served with house-made vanilla ice cream - a summertime treat!
07/16/2022

blueberry tart Savoyarde filled with almond creme and served with house-made vanilla ice cream - a summertime treat!

Asparagus Maltaise (blood orange mayonnaise and crumbled egg yolks.                         🇫🇷
07/09/2022

Asparagus Maltaise (blood orange mayonnaise and crumbled egg yolks.

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Jumbo sea scallops with Chinese forbidden rice and braised spinach.                       🇫🇷
07/09/2022

Jumbo sea scallops with Chinese forbidden rice and braised spinach.

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Takeout still available Wednesday through Sunday.  Please call before 3 for pickups between 5 and 7 pm.                 ...
07/08/2022

Takeout still available Wednesday through Sunday. Please call before 3 for pickups between 5 and 7 pm.
773.493.1394

07/08/2022

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1504 E 55th Street
Chicago, IL
60615

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