Carver 47 and Little Black Pearl were founded by innovative Chicago business leader Monica Haslip. Her intention was to create a common space whose offerings of nourishing and accessible food could bring the bright and diverse people of Chicago together. A gifted designer, Haslip has created a service and meeting space like no other. Infused with art, green life, and a wonder-provoking mix of materials and colors, Carver 47 exudes an ambiance of urban passion and Southern influence.

C47 is led by acclaimed vocalist and culinary artist Lizz Wright, who is widely known as an acclaimed jazz and folk singer-songwriter as well as a graduate of Dr. Annemarie Colbin’s Natural Gourmet Institute of New York. At NGI, Wright learned to view food as both a medicine and a creative language. After graduation, she was prepared to be a private chef. She followed the chef’s training course with an internship at Three Stone Hearth, a unique community-supported kitchen and market in Berkeley, California.

C47’s menu is informed by Wright and Haslip’s rural Southern upbringings as well as their frequent international travel.