Top Elgin Venues

Located in the heart of downtown La Grange, our diners can expect urban flavors and décor matched with a beautiful rooftop dining space. fourteensixteen General Manager Chris Johnson and Executive Chef Bret Bohning lead up the scratch-made menu sourcing a majority of the ingredients within 300 miles of the restaurant. “We’ve created an incredible culinary experience through our menu with emphasis on locality.” Chef Bret Bohning remarks. The beverage menu offers handmade and well thought out cocktail elements beyond the traditional offerings using multi-dimensional flavor, textural contrasts and compliments. Leading up the infusion creations, Bar Manager, Jim McGuigan explained, “Our intention is to offer the highest quality of recognizable and seasonally tuned beverages with an edge of uniqueness pointed at locality, where possible, sustainability, and responsibility with regard to sourcing and production.” The restaurant is set in a 130-year-old building featuring a 100-seat dining room, bar area and an impressive 60-seat dining and lounge rooftop terrace. A semi-private area, on the restaurant’s second level, is available for intimate special events for up to 18 guests along with various semi-private spaces with space for up to 140 people. The décor is industrial yet tasteful from the rustic mosaic mirrors to the antique water gage light fixtures and contemporary garage doors for when the La Grange weather is just right. In the Spring, fourteensixteen will be building a pergola for the Rooftop in order to “cover” private events and extend the outdoor season. Expect wine and beer tastings, dinners, parties and other special events taking place in 2018.

Morton's The Steakhouse first opened its doors on State Street in 1978 and now welcomes guests to more than 65 worldwide locations. Morton's prides itself on quality and consistency and features USDA prime-aged steaks, fresh seafood, hand-picked produce, delicious appetizers and decadent desserts. Morton's private dining rooms can be transformed to meet your needs for business or social occasions. From birthdays to Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, from breakfast meetings to client dinners, from wedding receptions to milestone anniversaries....the possibilities are endless. Morton's on-site sales and event manager can customize every detail of your event to ensure it's exactly what you envision. This location featured three private dining rooms, featuring elegant decor that is sophisticated, stylish, and tasteful, creating a refined and inviting ambiance to set the perfect tone for your group. Each room can accommodate up to 20 guests or rooms can be combined to accommodate 60+ guests.

This recently design, event setting is a blank canvas. With 13,000 square feet of world class event space, it is just waiting for your imagination to bring your dream to life. All this and it’s set right in the heart of Chicago’s North-Shore. The perfect combination, location, setting and the ability to add your own personal touch. What could be better for your mitzvah wedding, reception, party, work or charity event? This exclusive event space can be turned into anything you need. For work events or corp meetings you can include 6 breakout rooms. For parties and other events our upper level studio Ballroom has a stage and large dance floor with the addition of a lower level space which is just as alluring. This stunning building is sophisticated, elegant, charming, modern and clean. To add to all of this there is a parking garage which houses up to 300 cars. All this in an exquisite setting. Whatever your need be it Social, Wedding, Corporate Event or anything else, we have you covered. We offer a multitude of gourmet catering options, a full bar or just beer & wine tailored to your preference.

Ravinia stands today as its most musically diverse, presenting over 140 different events throughout the summer. These concerts run the gamut from Yo-Yo Ma to John Legend to the annual summer residency of the nation's finest orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The 36-acre park is nestled in a gently wooded area that makes it an enchanting place to experience music. Guests can bring their own picnics or eat at one of the park restaurants. Children up to age 15, high school and college students are admitted free to the lawn for classical performances.

It is critical to select the most appropriate location for your event. There is nothing quite like the Brookfield Zoo when it comes to creating an unforgettable atmosphere. Eat in the company of dolphins, dance beside lions, and drink with monkeys- your celebration will be one that is remembered for a long time. The Brookfield Zoo, along by superb service and stunning event venues, is eagerly awaiting your arrival to make their facilities into your own. You may select from four new exotic event places to host your next event. Each of the pavilions has been designed to be able to handle any type of event, with capacities ranging from 750 to 120 people. Cocktail parties, large receptions, VIP sections, and other types of events may be set up and personalized properly in one of these venues. Figure out what suits you and have the most memorable party in the Brookfield Zoo, which is the most exotic site in all of Chicago. The Brookfield Zoo is unsurpassed when it comes to creating a really exotic backdrop for your special occasion. There are lions roaring in the background, monkeys chatting in the distance, and a giraffe could even stretch his long neck in your direction to check out your gathering. Our one-of-a-kind locations make for the ideal setting for every occasion, from workplace picnics to formal gatherings, showers to weddings, anniversaries to family reunions, bar mitzvahs to adult birthday parties, and everything in between. In addition, our first-rate catering crew and skilled culinary team will guarantee that your event is exquisite and virtually stress-free on your part. Find out which magnificent location is the best choice for your event...

• Spaces for 25-40 Guests
• 1 Event Space

• Spaces for 250 Guests

The unique size and ideal location of the Skokie Banquet and Conference Center means it has the flexibility to accommodate intimate groups of 10 to larger gatherings of 1200+ plus attendees in the quaint Chicago North Shore neighborhood of Skokie. In addition to the North Shore Ballroom, a premier wedding venue our large Chicago area venue also has an indoor Atrium, complete with skylights, which can be transformed into cocktail party space, a guest receiving area or kids' party place.

• Spaces for 12-300 Guests
• 3 Restaurants

Le Colonial Lake Forest is a celebration of the seductive spirit and vivid flavors reminiscent of Saigon in the 1920's. Heralded as "an escapist’s paradise," the famed French-Vietnamese institution is designed to capture Vietnam's era of romance and soft architecture in the heart of the charming Market Square of Lake Forest. Le Colonial opened its doors in July 2022, in a historical two-story structure originally built in 1901 to serve as the community’s fire and police station. The free standing building includes over 12,500 square feet of lavish palm-filled dining and picturesque banquet event space, as well as a large outdoor garden for alfresco dining and lounging by the Parrot bar. "We carefully source our ingredients from locally owned farms in each of our locations. Through our partnerships, we not only ensure the freshest and highest quality of ingredients to create flavor bursting fare (more nutrients, minimal pesticides, safer food supply) but also support the local communities. Indeed, we believe the value of a restaurant goes beyond pleasing the palette and is measured based on its positive impact on our local communities." - CHEF HASSAN OBAYE, CULINARY DIRECTOR AT LE COLONIAL

Chicago Marriott Southwest at Burr Ridge offers event spaces for your next celebration in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

• Spaces for 75-400 Guests
• 3 Historic Spaces
• 3 Estates
• 3 Mansions

The Highland Park Community House is a beautifully renovated historic landmark that evokes the glamour of the past with our Ballroom's Art Deco fixtures, vaulted ceilings and gorgeous hardwood floors. With stunning indoor and outdoor space, this venue can be converted into many configurations to graciously accommodate all types of functions from wedding receptions and ceremonies, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, business meetings, theater productions, fundraising events; to personal celebrations such as anniversaries and birthdays. Located just a few steps from one of the most exciting business districts on the North Shore, your guests can explore the possibilities of our treasured town. One of the unique aspects of our special venue is you can bring in any vendor, caterer, food, beverage, decor of your choosing making it affordable on all budgets to create the event of your dreams.

• Spaces for 120-150 Guests

• Spaces for 225 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Farm

Emerson Creek welcomes you to a one of a kind “Bridal Coop” for wedding day finishing touches and our remodeled barn that flows into a triple peak event tent both glowing with chandeliers for your “Big Event”. A furnished, stone patio complete with two fire pits overlooks the countryside for your guests to watch the sunset and enjoy the evening. Emerson Creek is set in a beautiful landscape, manicured to offer you picture perfect settings during our wedding season that runs May through early November. We pride ourselves in warm hospitality, excellent service and fresh, delicious cuisine! For years, the elegant barn you see now sat filled with old horse stalls, boxes and debris, complete with a dirt floor! In 2010, we were inspired to take the architectural shell of this structure and completely transform it into one of the most unique special event venues in the area! Imagine your first dance under the sparkling chandeliers, your friends and loved ones enjoying the night air on the stone patio as the sun sets over the countryside.

• Spaces for 100-120 Guests

A working recording studio and music venue that doubles as a one-of-a-kind venue. With high ceilings, luxury amenities and a gorgeous private backyard garden, The Jam Lab is the perfect venue to host your next unique party of event.

• Spaces for 60-120 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Built in 1908 by the famed architect, Howard Van Doren Shaw, Glen Rowan House features elegant spaces for any occasion. The main floor of the house can accommodate as few as 10 for an intimate dinner and up to 120 for a cocktail reception. The second floor features a conference room for six people and three overnight rooms, each with a private bath. The extensive grounds are ideal for picnics or tented events up to 250 people.

• Spaces for 34-75 Guests
• 2 Restaurants
• 1 Outdoor

Farm-to-table American cuisine in a welcoming, neighborhood setting. Our menus celebrate locally sourced ingredients from Midwest farms and producers, thoughtfully prepared to highlight the best of each season. Everett Farms offers a variety of inviting spaces for gatherings of all sizes — from intimate dinners and family celebrations to large corporate events and weddings. Enjoy our huge enclosed patio, perfect for year-round dining, or one of our two full bars featuring handcrafted cocktails, local beer, and a carefully curated wine list. Each of our three connected spaces can be reserved individually or combined for a fully private event experience, complete with custom menus and flexible layouts to suit your group’s needs. There are no rental or room fees, just a simple food and beverage minimum customized to your event. With plenty of free on-site parking, warm hospitality, and a menu that captures the heart of modern American dining, Everett Farms is the perfect North Shore destination for any occasion.

• Spaces for 35-309 Guests
• 1 Theater
• 5 Event Spaces
• 4 Meeting Spaces

Since 1972, Gorton has been proud to enrich the lives of residents through cultural arts, education and charitable service. Today, Gorton is one of only a few privately-funded community centers in the United States and serves as a unique partnership between community volunteers and The City of Lake Forest. Gorton Community Center, a private nonprofit 501c3 organization, relies on the generosity of area residents and business to support building improvements, programs and services which are offered in the historic building owned by the City of Lake Forest.

• Spaces for 225 Guests

Antiquaire started in 2007 as an importer of Exquisite European Antiques, & has evolved into a multi-faceted, cutting-edge eclectic design business. Antiquaire is the only US company to import the entire line of the authentic & iconic Tolix chairs from the South of France. In 2011, Antiquaire started Melissa Edelman Design (MED) - a bespoke kitchen cabinetry designer & manufacturer and General Contractor. MED has the unique ability to use an antique piece such as an old shop counter, and modify it to modern standards as a functional kitchen island complete with soft close drawers. Antiquaire has also partnered with Arte Italica fine Italian dinnerware which is a perfect fit for wedding registries. MED has designed for the Lake Forest Showhouse, Chicago Magazine's Chairs for Charity, DIFFA/Chicago's Dining by Design & even special outdoor events at Ravinia Music Festival. In each instance MED has been able to show off their unique talent for table displays and event design. In 2015, the shop next door to Antiquaire became available, & MED started rehab on the unrenovated store interior located in the historically significant building by Architect John van Bergen. The renovation was at first to be used to showcase MED's kitchen designs. The renovation turned out far better than anyone could have imagined. They found huge old beams under two layers of crumbling ceilings, restored them & allowed them to be exposed for the first time in almost 100 years! They also dug up more than 6 layers of built up flooring to find the original maple hardwood floors. After painstaking restoration, the gorgeous dark stained maple floors are exposed. In combination with the beams, high transom black glossy windows, exposed stainless steel duct work, the MED space is very unique for an event space on the North Shore. It has the lofty feeling of places one may only find in downtown Chicago. The space is warm & charming & very visually appealing. The brand new bathroom boasts a magically floating concrete shelf with an original carved marble sink from Turkey and sparkling new modern nickel finished faucets. A French Trumeau mirror grazes the high ceiling over the sink, & a vintage chandelier adds extra glamour for viewing oneself in the full length antique mirror. Back at Antiquaire, there is a brand new full gourmet kitchen available to use complete with a Wolf 60" gas range & double ovens, a 36" SubZero Refrigerator with drinking water supply, two freezer drawers & ice maker. Don't forget the Wolf coffee & cappuccino machine! The kitchen is stunning with MED's bespoke cabinetry & gold "leafed" back splash, & silver leafed ceiling hiding behind the huge chandelier over the island. You may never want to leave! Come & bring your own event planner, use MED to design, or a combo of both! Choose from a vast array of antiques & accessories to give your event or special day the unique feel you are looking for. Ask to sample our famous homemade cheesecake and macarons.