Getting Your Goat
Girl & The Goat, By the Numbers

Chicago’s Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard is done playing games. No more hype. No more anticipation. It’s happening now. This is for real.

Welcome to Girl & The Goat, a new dark, sexy, smoldering den filled with all the braised meats, robust beers, wood-fired oysters and Crispy Pig Faces you can handle.

In the spirit of this new post-hoopla world, we decided to keep things objective—strictly the numbers. Yes, you could say we were keeping score.

Don’t worry: she’s used to it.

Number of reservations taken on the first day: 3,000
Number of reservations for Padma Lakshmi: 0 (so far)
Number of reservations available this week, per OpenTable: 1 (at press time)
Number of wood-fired ovens in the kitchen: 2
Seconds after your arrival before the scent of those ovens hits you: 0.01
Number of romantic deuces in the open kitchen, inches from Izard: 2
Likelihood that the heat there will cause your date to remove at least one item of clothing: 7% (a worthy gamble)
Number of small plates on the opening dinner menu: 29
Number of plates served on opening night: 850+
Number of dishes featuring goat meat: 2
Number of times Crispy Pig Face appears on the menu: 1
Percentage of dates you’ll ruin if you order it: 50
Percentage of dates you’ll never forget if you order it: 50
Number of beers on the menu: 23
Number of desserts made with New Holland Dragon’s Milk Stout: 1
Minimum number of desserts you should save room for: 1