North Pond
Chicago, IL · Contemporary American
Tier 2 · Provenance-Transparent What the tiers mean
Why it's listed
North Pond is an Arts and Crafts room set in Lincoln Park in Chicago, cooking a seasonal tasting menu. One of its main course choices is a grilled Rosewood Wagyu strip loin with Janie's Mill flatbread and huitlacoche aioli. Rosewood Ranches crosses fullblood Japanese bulls onto a heritage Black Angus herd at Ennis, Texas.
Wagyu on the menu
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Rosewood Ranches
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | Not listed | Not listed | Rosewood Ranches |
Menu rotates This kitchen changes its menu, so the cuts above may vary by night. Confirm with the venue before booking around a particular one.
Cuts named on the Wagyu menu
Read from this venue’s quoted evidence, so a listed cut may not be on tonight. What these cuts are
Sourced from
Evidence on file
“Rosewood Wagyu Grilled Strip Loin, Janie's Mill Flatbread, Huitlacoche Aioli, Last Year/This Year's Flowers”
northpondrestaurant.com “The producer's own site: 'Rosewood Ranches crossbreeds full-blood Japanese bulls with a herd of 100 year heritage Black Angus to create the finest American Wagyu beef.' Captured 2025-08-07.”
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Quoted from the sources checked when this listing was verified.
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Common questions
- Does North Pond serve real Wagyu?
- Yes, and it says where the beef comes from. North Pond in Chicago, IL publishes enough detail on its own materials to identify the Wagyu it sells, which is the standard this directory calls verified, last checked on August 24, 2026. That means a named Japanese brand or prefecture with its grade, an American breed status with a named producer, or an Australian producer with a marbling score.
- What kind of Wagyu does North Pond serve?
- Its menu discloses Rosewood Ranches. Each of those is taken from the venue's own current materials rather than from a review or a listing site, and the evidence behind it is quoted further down this page.
- How was North Pond verified?
- By reading the venue's own current material, its menu, its site or its ordering system, and quoting the line that names the beef. Reviews, aggregator copies and press mentions are not accepted as the source, because they go stale silently. Verification is assisted by AI and every claim is stored with the page it came from, last confirmed on August 24, 2026.
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