Taste of TECHSHOW 2026
Dine around at some of the hot spots in Chicago with Taste of TECHSHOW dinners.
Pick a restaurant, pick a host, or pick a topic. The choice is yours with Taste of TECHSHOW. We’ll continue to update as we lock down more reservations, hosts, and topics.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO DINERS: Registration for dinners will happen exclusively onsite at the Conference Concierge (Lakeside Foyer). After signing up, make sure to meet your group at the Hyatt Regency hotel lobby 30 minutes before your reservation time! Dinners are filled on a first come, first served basis. Click on a restaurant below to see the menu.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Address | Price | Time | Seats | Hosts | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrix | American | 834 W. Fulton Mkt. | $ $ | 7:30pm | 11 | Barron Henley | Document Automation |
| Phoenix Restaurant | Chinese | 2131 S. Archer Ave. | $ $ | 7:00pm | 10 | Charity Anastasio & Danielle Hall | Being a Tech Leader and Driving Change |
| Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab | Seafood/Steak | 60 E. Grand Ave. | $ $ | 7:30pm | 7 | Chris Fortier | Automation and Your Firm |
| Lou Malnati’s | Chicago deep dish | 805 S. State St. | $ $ | 7:00pm | 13 | Marc Matheny & Ben Schorr | Deep Dish and Deep Dives: A Microsoft Copilot Conversation |
| Pequod’s Pizza | Chicago deep dish | 2207 N. Clybourn Ave. | $ $ | 7:30pm | 11 | Alexander Paykin | X-Ray Vision: Best Practices for Spotting Hallucinations in AI Research & Drafting |
| Mercat a la Planza | Spanish Tapas | 638 S. Michigan Ave. | $ $ $ | 7:00pm | 10 | Ruby Powers | Future of Law: A Taste of What’s New |
| Tapas Valencia | Spanish Tapas | 1530 S. State St. | $ $ | 7:00pm | 10 | Michael Eisenberg & Pegeen Turner | The AI-Ready Law Firm: What Most Firms Are Getting Wrong |
| Petterinos | Italian, Seafood | 150 N. Dearborn St. | $ $ $ | 7:30pm | 10 | Brett Burney & Jeff Richardson | iPhone, iPad, iFun! |
| The Berghoff | German | 17 W. Adams St. | $ $ | 7:00pm | 8 | Dave Ries & Mark Calaguas | On Guard! Cybersecurity and Privacy Challenges |
| Rosebud on Rush | Italian | 720 N. Rush St. | $ $ | 6:30pm | 9 | Daniel Siegel | Efficiency You Can Use: Adobe Acrobat and the Modern Law Firm |
| Fatpour Tap Works | Brewpub | 2206 S. Indiana Ave. | $ $ | Alan Klevan & Wendy Meadows | Technology and Well-Being |