

“Winner of the prestigious USGBC Environmotion Award” - March, 2009
Recipient of the Governor’s Sustainability Award – 2010, 2011
“Innovative Operator of the Year” – Category Sustainability
runner up - 2012
National Restaurant Association
“Best new restaurants 2008” – Chicago Magazine
“Best New Breakfast Spot 2008” – Time Out Chicago
Winner of the Mayor’s Landscape Award, City of Chicago 2009, 2010, 2011
“Uncommon Ground is now the Greenest Restaurant in the World”
Green Restaurant Association – 2011 & 2012
#1 & #2 Ranked Green Restaurants in Chicago – GRA 2010, 2011
Ranked 1st in the Nation – GRA 2012
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Uncommon ground donates the restaurants used fryer oil to the Loyola University Bio-Diesel program & runs our Jeep Liberty diesel on that fuel.
100% of all wood products in the restaurant were produced using timber from fallen trees in Jackson Park.
5 Solar-Thermal panels heat the restaurants hot water.