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Noted Chicago chef visiting Abe Fisher for a dinner

Chef Lee Wolen of Chicago's Michelin-starred Boka restaurant will bring his duck to town.

Chef Lee Wolen of Chicago's Michelin-starred Boka restaurant will take his duck on the road to visit Abe Fisher restaurant (1623 Sansom St.) for a $60-a-head dinner Sept. 26.

Wolen, former sous chef at Eleven Madison Park, is doing the guest-chef appearance at the request of chef/co-owner Michael Solomonov, who calls Wolen "a supremely talented chef and extremely kind person."

At Boka, Wolen is known for his old-time meat dishes, a concept that resonates with Abe Fisher chef Yehuda Sichel.

Where Sichel's signature dish is the Montreal smoked short rib, Wolen is known for aged duck breast with plums, onions, and foie gras sausage, and that's what he'll offer on the menu:

Canapés by chef Michael Solomonov and chef Yehuda Sichel

Sweet & Sour Dry-Aged Meatballs, walnuts, Boursin, pickled long hots

Smoked White Fish Gougère, nova lox, tomato, gruyere

Sweetbreads, chicken skin

Stuffed Cabbage, veal and Sicilian pistachios

E.V.S. Dead Flowers Grenache Rosé

Four Courses By Chef Lee Wolen

First Course

Roasted Carrots, sheeps milk yogurt, dates, smoked ham

Il Fauna di Arcanum Merlot, Tuscany, 2008

Second Course

Grilled Striped Bass, fermented cucumbers, uni, cauliflower

J.J. Prom Spatelese Reisling, Mosel

Third Course

Aged Duck Breast, plum, onions, foie gras sausage

Ronchi di Cialla Ribolla Nero, Friuli-Venexia Giulia, Italy

Dessert

Whole milk ice cream, praline and toasted milk

Tickets are here.