Aba is a Lettuce Entertain You production perched on a Fulton Market rooftop in the West Loop, and the room appears to be doing considerable work before a single plate arrives.

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 9845 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Italian•West Loop•moderate

Alla Vita

Alla Vita is a Boka Restaurant Group Italian project in the West Loop, occupying a bright, plant-filled room that reads as deliberately contemporary — closer to a modern European brasserie than the brick-and-candle Italian template Chica…

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 5056 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

American•West Loop•moderate

The Oakville Grill & Cellar

Seventeen floors up in Fulton Market, The Oakville Grill & Cellar makes its case for California-by-way-of-Chicago: an all-California wine list, 750-plus bottles deep, with Wine Director Richard Hanauer steering toward the lesser-known Sa…

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 2921 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

French•Chicago•moderate

Bar La Rue

Bar La Rue is what happens when someone actually commits to the bit.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 2797 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Mediterranean•Chicago•value

AMBAR Restaurant, Chicago

AMBAR Restaurant, Chicago is an easy mediterranean option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.

Late nightlate nighthigh energy

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 2046 reviews

Website Rate

American•West Loop•moderate

The VIG West Loop

The Vig West Loop occupies a specific and well-defined lane in the Fulton Market district: a 1950s-inspired sports parlor that takes its bar food seriously without pretending to be anything other than a high-energy room built for a game,…

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 1327 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Japanese•West Loop•moderate

The Izakaya

Underground Chicago has a specific kind of pull, and The Izakaya at Momotaro has built a reputation on delivering exactly that.

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.6

Based on 1075 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Vietnamese•Chicago•$

Sunset Phở Caffe

Sunset Phở Caffe suits a night out when you want vietnamese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktailwine bardate night

Read restaurant page

New Village Gastropub & Karaoke

New Village Gastropub & Karaoke isn't trying to be a downtown destination — it's a Korean pocha that landed in Northbrook and somehow became one of the more decorated spots in the greater Chicago dining orbit.

late nightcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

Moonflower

Moonflower opened on Milwaukee Avenue in Portage Park — not exactly a neighborhood that gets the press its food and bar scene deserves — and it arrived with more credibility than most new bars can claim.

cocktailsdinnersmall plates

Read restaurant page

Q Sushi Bar & Omakase

Q Sushi Bar & Omakase on North Damen operates on a premise that would raise eyebrows in omakase-obsessed circles: two self-described dudes who want to make you great sushi, doing it in a small room with hip-hop on the speakers and murals…

cocktailhidden gemdate night

Read restaurant page

Bar Sotto

Bar Sotto is doing something Chicago's bar scene is genuinely bad at: building a room for the second glass of wine and the long conversation, not the content drop and the early exit.

cocktailsdinnersmall plates

Read restaurant page

Cocktail Bar•Chicago•moderate

All Well

All Well is the kind of cocktail bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

New openingsdinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

American•Chicago•moderate

Kitchen + Kocktails By Kevin Kelley - Chicago

Kitchen + Kocktails By Kevin Kelley - Chicago keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable american plan.

cocktailsdinnersmall plates

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 16932 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Italian•River North•moderate

Quartino Ristorante

Quartino Ristorante is a italian pick in River North in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 15470 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Spanish•Chicago•$$

Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!

Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! is a spanish pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

brunchcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 9105 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•Fulton Market•splurge

Beatrix

Beatrix is one of the better-known american spots in Fulton Market in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.

Fulton Marketbusiness dinnerstylish

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 5514 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Photo of Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab

Google

Seafood•Chicago•$$$$

Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab

Let's be honest about what Joe's is: a Miami Beach institution (the Weiss family has been hauling in stone crab) transplanted to North Bridge in 2000, where tuxedoed servers move like they've been doing this their whole lives — because t…

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 5447 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Chinese•West Loop•moderate

Duck Duck Goat

James Beard winner and Iron Chef Stephanie Izard designed Duck Duck Goat as a love letter to Chinese-American cooking — not a single regional tradition but the whole dreamy, neon-lit mythology of an everytown Chinatown.

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 5396 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Photo of The Hampton Social - River North

Google

American•River North•moderate

The Hampton Social - River North

The Hampton Social - River North suits a night out in River North when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 4973 reviews

Reserve Rate

Google

American•Logan Square•moderate

The Whale

The Whale is a american pick in Logan Square in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 4759 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Steakhouse•River North•moderate

Bavette's Bar & Boeuf

Bavette's Bar & Boeuf is the Hogsalt group's River North steakhouse, and by most accounts it is the room that set the template for a decade of Chicago imitators.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 3992 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Japanese•Fulton Market•splurge

Momotaro

Momotaro is the kind of japanese room in Fulton Market you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

Fulton Marketdate nightbusiness dinner

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 3874 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Brunch•Chicago•moderate

BIB GOURMAND

Lula Cafe

Twenty-five years in Logan Square is either stubbornness or proof of concept.

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 3608 reviews

Reserve Rate

Google

Italian•Chicago•$$

Francesca's On Chestnut

Francesca's On Chestnut is a italian pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

cocktailwine bardate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 3171 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Vietnamese•Chicago•$$

Saigon Sisters

Saigon Sisters is the kind of vietnamese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktailwine bardate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 2875 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Photo of Mild 2 Spicy – Modern Indian Restaurant

Google

Indian•Chicago•$$

Mild 2 Spicy – Modern Indian Restaurant

Mild 2 Spicy – Modern Indian Restaurant is the kind of indian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 2579 reviews

Pleasant House Pub

Pleasant House Pub asks a fair question of the British pie: does it deserve a place at the table, or only the consolation prize of nostalgia?

Pilsencasual nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 1608 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

American•Chicago•value

BIB GOURMAND

The Duck Inn

The Duck Inn occupies a pre-Prohibition tavern with genuine lineage: Kevin Hickey's great-grandmother opened a restaurant under this name in the 1930s, and Hickey revived it in 2014.

dinnercocktailbib gourmand

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 1596 reviews

Website Menu Rate

French•Fulton Market•moderate

La Serre

La Serre arrived in Fulton Market at a moment when that neighborhood's opening announcements had started to blur together — ambitious concepts, expensive buildouts, menus that read better than they cook.

dinnercocktails

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 1134 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Italian•Chicago•$$

Viaggio Restaurant Chicago

Viaggio Restaurant Chicago is a italian restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.

cocktailfine diningwine bar

Read restaurant page

Cocktail Bar•Chicago•$$$

Community Tavern

Community Tavern is a cocktail bar pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

Read restaurant page

Spirit Elephant

Spirit Elephant occupies a specific and unusual position in the Chicago area dining landscape: it's the north shore's first fully plant-based restaurant and bar, planted in Winnetka rather than the expected Wicker Park or Wicker-adjacent…

brunchcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

The Evie

The Evie is the kind of swing that only a team with serious Chicago pedigree would take on the Mag Mile: an unapologetically American room built around prime steaks, chef-crafted sushi rolls, freshly baked breads, and USDA Wagyu hot dogs…

brunchcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

Dearly Beloved

Dearly Beloved opened in the River North space that used to house Kiki's Bistro — a classic French bistro that ran for over 30 years — and it couldn't be more deliberately different.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

Ada Street

Ada Street doesn't pretend to be a restaurant that happens to serve drinks, or a bar that happens to have food — it plays both sides with real conviction, and that's what keeps it relevant in Bucktown after more than a decade.

Read restaurant page

Diego

Diego opened in West Town in 2023 with a premise that sounds like a contradiction: a DJ bar that also happens to be one of Chicago's most talked-about Mexican restaurants.

brunchcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar

Rootstock opened at 945 North California — that corner of Humboldt Park bleeding into Ukrainian Village, back when the neighborhood wasn't yet a destination — and it's been running the same bet ever since: that a bar founded on organic a…

wine barcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

mfk. Restaurant

Named for M.F.K.

wine barcocktailbib gourmand

Read restaurant page

Dēliz Italian Steakhouse

Dēliz Italian Steakhouse arrived in Bucktown in December 2025 with a premise that's harder to pull off than it sounds: marry the muscle of a serious American steakhouse with the soul of Italian cooking, in the former Etta space on West N…

brunchwine barcocktail

Read restaurant page

No Vacancy

No Vacancy isn't hiding behind its concept — it owns it.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

9.4

Based on 266 reviews

Website Rate

Mexican•Logan Square•moderate

Fuego Logan Square

Fuego Logan Square is the kind of mexican room in Logan Square you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

Three Dots and a Dash

Three Dots and a Dash is the kind of bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 8492 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Mediterranean•Chicago•moderate

BIB GOURMAND

The Purple Pig Restaurant

On Michigan Avenue, where most rooms trade on location and coast, The Purple Pig does something harder: it earns its crowd with conviction.

tacosdinnerwine bar

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 7367 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Greek•Chicago•$$

Greek Islands

Greek Islands is a greek pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

cocktailfine diningdate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 5942 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•River North•moderate

River Roast

River Roast is the kind of american room in River North you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 5561 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Italian•River North•moderate

Siena Tavern

Siena Tavern is a large, deliberately social Italian-American room in River North that makes no effort to disguise its ambitions: this is a restaurant built for groups, for noise, and for the kind of occasion that calls for a long table…

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 4825 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Italian•Chicago•$$

Volare Ristorante Italiano

Volare Ristorante Italiano suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktailwine bardate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 4064 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Greek•Chicago•$$

Greek Islands Lombard

Greek Islands Lombard is a greek pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 3914 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•Chicago•moderate

BIB GOURMAND

Longman & Eagle

Longman & Eagle occupies a particular position in Chicago's dining conversation — a Logan Square tavern that functions simultaneously as a serious whiskey bar, a kitchen of genuine ambition, and a small inn, without fully capitulating to…

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 2967 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Spanish•Chicago•$$

Boqueria Fulton Market

Boqueria Fulton Market suits a night out when you want spanish that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

wine barcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 2828 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Greek•Chicago•$$

Psistaria Greek Taverna

Psistaria Greek Taverna is the kind of greek room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 2810 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•Chicago•$$

Remington's

Remington's occupies prime real estate on the Magnificent Mile, a 225-seat room facing Millennium Park, and it knows exactly what it is: a classic American grill dressed in modern booths and fireplaces, not a destination tasting room.

brunchcocktailfine dining

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 2735 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Mediterranean•West Loop•$$$

avec Restaurant

Avec opened in the West Loop in 2003 and is, by most accounts, still the most consequential room that neighbourhood has produced.

wine barbrunchcocktail

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 2398 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Italian•Chicago•$$

Osteria Via Stato

Osteria Via Stato suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 1954 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•Chicago•moderate

BIB GOURMAND

Gilt Bar

Gilt Bar occupies a specific and underserved position in Chicago's dining landscape: the serious American room that refuses to perform seriousness.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 1941 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

American•Logan Square•moderate

Logan 11 Bar & Kitchen

Logan 11 Bar & Kitchen is the kind of american room in Logan Square you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 1753 reviews

Website Rate

Bar•Chicago•moderate

Arbella Cocktail Bar

Let me tell you what Arbella actually is, because the word "cocktail bar" undersells it in one direction and oversells it in another.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 1289 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Contemporary•Logan Square•moderate

Gretel

Gretel opened in Logan Square in September 2020 with no reservations policy, no soft launch fanfare, and what appears to be a very clear idea of what it wants to be: a serious drinking bar — black-painted walls, a rolling ladder on the l…

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

9.2

Based on 917 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Mediterranean•River North•moderate

avec River North

Avec has been one of Chicago's most influential dining ideas — a wood-fired, Mediterranean-leaning kitchen built around shared plates and the kind of wine list that makes you stay longer than you planned.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

Le Sud Mediterranean Kitchen

Le Sud Mediterranean Kitchen in Roscoe Village is the product of a genuinely particular biography.

brunchcocktailfine dining

Read restaurant page

Indienne

Indienne is the argument Chicago's dining establishment needed made in public: that Indian cuisine belongs in the same conversation as the city's most exacting tasting-menu rooms, not as a novelty but as a peer.

Read restaurant page

Little Madrid Tapas-Café

Little Madrid Tapas-Café opened in Andersonville in 2020 — weeks before the pandemic locked everything down — and the fact that it not only survived but drew recognition from the City of Madrid and the Spanish Consulate tells you somethi…

Read restaurant page

Volo Restaurant Wine Bar

Volo Restaurant Wine Bar is the kind of wine bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

wine barcocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

Websters Wine Bar Chicago

Websters Wine Bar Chicago suits a night out when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

wine barcocktailhidden gem

Read restaurant page

American•Chicago•moderate

BIB GOURMAND

Union

Union sits in that productive ambiguity Logan Square does well — neither quite bar nor quite restaurant, a dark room of wood and brick where the bar claims most of the floor and reservations still apply.

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

Bub City

Bub City is the kind of barbecue room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 4296 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•West Loop•moderate

The Publican

Paul Kahan's Publican occupies a large, deliberately unconventional room in what is now Chicago's most contested stretch of real estate — Fulton Market, West Loop — where the format itself functions as an editorial statement.

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 2962 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Lounge Bar•Chicago•$$$

Shore Club Chicago

Shore Club Chicago suits a night out when you want lounge bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktaillate nightdate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 2549 reviews

Website Rate

Google

American•River North•moderate

The Smith

The Smith suits a night out in River North when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 2394 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Vietnamese•Chicago•$$$

Le Colonial Chicago

Le Colonial Chicago is the kind of vietnamese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktailwine bardate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 2215 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Bar•Chicago•moderate

Storyville Chicago

Storyville Chicago suits a night out when you want bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 1923 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Tapas•Chicago•$$

Tapas Valencia Restaurant

Tapas Valencia Restaurant is the kind of tapas room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

brunchwine barcocktail

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 1513 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Mediterranean•Chicago•$$

Cira

Cira is a mediterranean pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 1482 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Wine Bar•Chicago•$$$

Leña Brava

Leña Brava suits a night out when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktailwine bardate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 1407 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Vegan•Chicago•$$

AO Hawaiian Hideout

AO Hawaiian Hideout is the kind of vegan room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

9.0

Based on 1322 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Gastropub•Lincoln Park•$$$

BIB GOURMAND

Giant

Jason Vincent's Giant sits in Lincoln Park — though its reputation consistently positions it alongside the more closely watched rooms on Chicago's dining map.

Read restaurant page

Black Barrel Tavern

Black Barrel Tavern is a american pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

Read restaurant page

Bistronomic

Bistronomic suits a night out when you want wine bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

bistrococktailwine bar

Read restaurant page

Moody Tongue

Moody Tongue occupies an unusual niche: the world's only Michelin-starred brewery, where the pairing question is answered not with wine or cocktails but with beer brewed on the premises.

cocktailmichelin stardate night

Read restaurant page

MIKAMI IZAKAYA & RAMEN

MIKAMI IZAKAYA & RAMEN is a japanese pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

cocktailhidden gemdate night

Read restaurant page

Bar Parisette

Bar Parisette suits a night out when you want bistro that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

bistrococktailhidden gem

Read restaurant page

Mediterranean•Chicago•$$

Alhambra Palace Chicago

Alhambra Palace Chicago is a sensible mediterranean call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

cocktaillate night

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 4457 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Latin American•Chicago•value

Carnivale Chicago

Carnivale doesn't do subtle, and that's entirely the point.

Late nightlate nighthigh energy

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 4354 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Mexican•Chicago•$$

La Cantina Grill

La Cantina Grill is an easy mexican option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.

cocktail

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 2639 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Steakhouse•Chicago•$$$

Tavern On Rush

Tavern On Rush is the kind of steakhouse room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktailfine diningdate night

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 2281 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Japanese•Chicago•$$

Niu Japanese Fusion Lounge

Niu Japanese Fusion Lounge is a sensible japanese call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

cocktail

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 1938 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Peruvian•Chicago•$$$

Cabra

Cabra is the kind of peruvian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

cocktaildate night

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 1887 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Mexican•Chicago•$$

La Josie

La Josie is an easy mexican option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.

cocktail

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 1719 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Google

Italian•Logan Square•moderate

The Duplex

The Duplex is a italian pick in Logan Square in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

Logan Squaredate nightcasual night

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 1625 reviews

Reserve Menu Rate

Google

Brunch•Chicago•$$

The L Station

The L Station is a smart brunch call when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.

brunchcocktail

Read restaurant page

8.8

Based on 1430 reviews

Website Rate

Google

Middle Eastern•Chicago•$$$$

MICHELIN ★

Galit

Galit operates on a single premise: a $105 prix-fixe, four courses, no a la carte, with the automatic 20% gratuity and add-ons pushing the evening toward $150 with drinks.

cocktailmichelin star

Read restaurant page

Cocktail Bar•Chicago•$$$$

The Loyalist

The Loyalist lives downstairs from Smyth, one of Chicago's most acclaimed fine-dining rooms, and the relationship matters.

Read restaurant page

Bronzeville Winery

Bronzeville Winery is a wine bar restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.

Read restaurant page

Bocaditos Chicago

Bocaditos Chicago is a sensible mexican call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

Read restaurant page

Fine Dining•Chicago•$$$$

MICHELIN ★

Esmé

Esmé operates on a premise that could easily collapse into gimmick: a Lincoln Park tasting room that reinvents itself every twelve weeks in collaboration with local artists, each of eight to ten courses arriving on custom-made vessels.

fine diningcocktailmichelin star

Read restaurant page

American•River North•moderate

River North Bistro

River North Bistro is the kind of american room in River North you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

River Northbusiness dinnerdate night

Read restaurant page

Middle Eastern•Chicago•$$

BIB GOURMAND

SIFR

SIFR is an easy middle eastern option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.

Read restaurant page

Brindille

Brindille suits a night out when you want french that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktailhidden gemdate night

Read restaurant page

TAO Chicago

TAO Chicago suits a night out when you want asian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.

cocktaillate nightdate night

Read restaurant page

8.4

Based on 3833 reviews

LH Rooftop

LH Rooftop is the kind of bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.

Cocktails and foodcocktailsdate night

Read restaurant page

8.4

Based on 3670 reviews

Venteux Brasserie, Cafe & Oyster Bar

Venteux Brasserie, Cafe & Oyster Bar is a sensible french call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

cocktaillate night

Read restaurant page

8.4

Based on 1111 reviews

Bar Goa

Bar Goa is a sensible indian call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

Read restaurant page

Mercat a la Planxa

Mercat a la Planxa is a spanish pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

Read restaurant page

American•West Loop•moderate

HIDE+SEEK

HIDE+SEEK is a american pick in West Loop in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

West Loop dinnerdate nightgroup dinner

Read restaurant page

Figo Wine Bar

Figo Wine Bar is a wine bar restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.

wine barcocktailhidden gem

Read restaurant page

Coquette

Coquette is a sensible french call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

cocktailwine barhidden gem

Read restaurant page

Panchos Rooftop Cantina

Panchos Rooftop Cantina is a sensible mexican call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.

cocktail

Read restaurant page

8.2

Based on 1812 reviews

Nobu Chicago

Nobu Chicago is a sushi pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.

Read restaurant page

Lao Sze Chuan (Downtown)

Lao Sze Chuan (Downtown) is an easy chinese option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.

cocktail

Read restaurant page

7.6

Based on 1561 reviews

Website Menu Rate

Common questions about cocktail in Chicago

What are the best restaurants for cocktail in Chicago?

The top restaurants for cocktail in Chicago include Gus' Sip & Dip, Avaspi, Pizzeria Portofino. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.