McCormick and Schmicks is one of my favorite chain restaurants. I enjoy the menu quite a bit for their selection of seafood dishes. However, I feel that the South Side location is often times overlooked. I went here on a Saturday evening. While the wait for The Cheesecake Factory was two hours long, McCormick and Schmicks barely had half the dining room filled.
While any of the seafood dishes I've gotten were great, one dish I wouldn't recommend is their Filet Mignon. We ordered it during our last visit and it was tiny and overcooked; I wondered how they even let it leave the kitchen because it looked like a piece of charcoal.
The food and service here are rather consistent and the space is very large. Come here if you love seafood.