http://chicagoweekendfun.com/2007/11/04/martha-stewart-lighting-macys-walnut-room-christmas-tree-in-chicago-november-10/ It's your weekend in Chicago, Have fun with it! Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://chicagoweekendfun.com/2007/11/04/martha-stewart-lighting-macys-walnut-room-christmas-tree-in-chicago-november-10/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Macy's Walnut Room Christmas Tree designed by Martha Stewart in 2007 - Marshall Fields | Chicago Weekend Fun! Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:31:35 +0000 http://chicagoweekendfun.com/2007/11/04/martha-stewart-lighting-macys-walnut-room-christmas-tree-in-chicago-november-10/#comment-319 [...] Marshall Field’s Walnut Room has been a tradition for many families for years. Macy’s was nice and left it pretty much the same when they bought the store and you can still see the giant tree in the middle of the room. The Walnut Room is a nice restaurant (with wood paneled walls of course) in the middle of the department store. It is on the 7th floor, on the opposite side of the food court. There you can take a break from your shopping trip and have an elegant lunch or dinner in their dining room. They have a lot of favorites there that have been on the menu for years. For the Holidays and Christmas they take the tables out of the center under the 3 story cathedral ceiling and assemble a giant 3 story tree. Then a special designer like (Martha Stewart in 2007) is asked to decorate it with custom designed ornaments specially for Marshall Fields and now Macy’s. You can buy the special ornaments too to take home for your tree. The last ones done for Marshall Fields in 2005 were from Swarofski and I bought one because it was the last year we would see the tree as Marshall Fields. Last year was the first year the Walnut Room was open with Macy’s ownership and we went and it was nice. Wedgwood china was the designer of the tree last year in 2006. The entire tree sparkled with twinkling lights and had light baby blue and white ornaments on all the branches. The dining experience at the Walnut Room hasn’t changed much, it was still good. I recommend the pot pie and the Poinsettia drink. (champagne and cranberry juice)  The service is good and the prices are reasonable considering this is downtown Chicago on State Street. [...] [...] Marshall Field’s Walnut Room has been a tradition for many families for years. Macy’s was nice and left it pretty much the same when they bought the store and you can still see the giant tree in the middle of the room. The Walnut Room is a nice restaurant (with wood paneled walls of course) in the middle of the department store. It is on the 7th floor, on the opposite side of the food court. There you can take a break from your shopping trip and have an elegant lunch or dinner in their dining room. They have a lot of favorites there that have been on the menu for years. For the Holidays and Christmas they take the tables out of the center under the 3 story cathedral ceiling and assemble a giant 3 story tree. Then a special designer like (Martha Stewart in 2007) is asked to decorate it with custom designed ornaments specially for Marshall Fields and now Macy’s. You can buy the special ornaments too to take home for your tree. The last ones done for Marshall Fields in 2005 were from Swarofski and I bought one because it was the last year we would see the tree as Marshall Fields. Last year was the first year the Walnut Room was open with Macy’s ownership and we went and it was nice. Wedgwood china was the designer of the tree last year in 2006. The entire tree sparkled with twinkling lights and had light baby blue and white ornaments on all the branches. The dining experience at the Walnut Room hasn’t changed much, it was still good. I recommend the pot pie and the Poinsettia drink. (champagne and cranberry juice)  The service is good and the prices are reasonable considering this is downtown Chicago on State Street. [...]

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