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Founded in 1993, Le Colonial is a culinary innovation, offering an upscale French–Vietnamese fusion cuisine.

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Le Colonial is a celebration of seductive spirit and vivid flavors reminiscent of Saigon in the 1920s. With locations in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta and Lake Forest, the famed Vietnamese restaurant is designed to capture a bygone era of romance and soft architecture.

Heralded as "an escapist’s paradise," celebrated restaurateurs Rick Wahlstedt and Joe King deliver on exquisite attention to detail in a luxurious classic and idyllic atmosphere to the buzzing Market Square District of Lake Forest.

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Le Colonial Spicy Beef Carpaccio Salad

featured dish

Goi Bo / Spicy Beef Carpaccio Salad

Thinly sliced grass-fed black angus beef tenderloin from This Old Farm topped with fresh farm greens, sweet chili & organic agave dressing.

*served rare