The Beefsteak Club
You’re Invited to Hawksmoor’s First-Ever Beefsteak Club Dinner
Date: Friday, May 16, 6pm-9pm
Location: Hawksmoor, Chicago
Tickets: $150 (includes full feast and welcome drink, with a portion of proceeds going to Pilot Light)
Get ready for a night of indulgence, history, and unapologetically good beef. On Friday, May 16, we are bringing a legendary British tradition to Chicago with our first-ever Beefsteak Club dinner, a true celebration of beef, butchery, and Britishness.
This isn’t just a dinner; it’s a tribute to London’s iconic Sublime Society of Beefsteaks, a secret society celebrating beef since 1735, hosted in our aptly named Beefsteak Stakes Room, on the third floor of our beautiful restaurant.
What to expect
Our advice? Come hungry. This all-out, gut-busting family-style feast will kick off with welcome drinks, Brit-inspired bites, and the raucous, joyfully indulgent atmosphere that defined London’s original Beefsteak Clubs. Expect plenty of beef, a bit of butchery, and a few good stories from the trio behind the night for a celebration of meat, mischief, and proper hospitality.
The evening will kick off with a welcome cocktail and posh Brit-inspired bites, like Guinness rarebits and the world’s best sausage rolls (made with Rob Levitt’s Great British Banger sausage meat). Then, settle in for a Hawksmoor style feast featuring oysters, pigs-in-blankets, hay-smoked pork chops, massive Slagel Farms steaks grilled over charcoal, and our famous Sticky Toffee Pudding for dessert.
Sit back and feast family-style with Rob Levitt, Hawksmoor founders Huw Gott and Will Beckett, and a handful of other butchery experts. As you eat, listen to the trio share stories about the rich history of London’s Beefsteak Clubs, the art of butchery, and what makes a truly great steak.
But it is not just about the food; it is about the fun. Expect boisterous conversation, great company, and a night of indulgence, joy, and celebration – one that you won’t want to miss.
Check out the menu in full.
THE FEAST
Canapés
Guinness rarebits
pastry puffs filled with cheesy rarebit
Hawksmoor sausage rolls
St. John brown sauce
Chop house hash browns
malt vinegar mayo
Coronation chicken cups
curry spices, mango chutney yogurt, roasted almonds, Bombay mix
Starters
Oysters Caruso
Giardiniera mignonette
Pigs-in-Blankets
mini-PQM Great British Bangers wrapped in peppercorn bacon
Mains
Slagel Farms all-natural beefsteaks
beef-dripping PQM sourdough toast
PQM Hay-smoked pork chop
grilled over charcoal
Charcoal-roasted bone marrow
Bone marrow gravy
Sides
Boston lettuce salad
fresh herbs, mustard vinaigrette
Hawksmoor Caesar
Cantabrian anchovies
Delta Queen asparagus
hollandaise
Beef dripping chips
Hawksmoor ketchup
Dessert
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Milk ice cream
*Menu subject to change
*No substitutions available
Ticket price includes feast and welcome drink.
Additional beverages will be available for purchase. In partnership with OpenTable.
