Cafe Matou - a neighborhood French bistro located on the edge of Chicago's trendy Bucktown/Wicker Park - was opened in 1997 by the entrepreneurial brother-sister team of Executive Chef Charlie Socher and Partner Susan Socher. Its storefront is a shiny gem among neighboring businesses and condos along Milwaukee Avenue and leads passers-by to imagine they are passing a Parisian cafe...

Cafe Matou has distinguished itself for thirteen years by offering fabulous French food at affordable prices. Chef Socher has garnered three stars from Chicago dining critics Pat Bruno and Phil Vettel...

Cafe Matou's well-crafted wine list has been recognized nationally receiving an "Award of Excellence" from the Wine Spectator annually since 2006 and the Wine Enthusiast's "Award of Unique Distinction" since 2008...