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Italian•Oak Park•value
Ciro
Ciro is a sensible italian call in Oak Park in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
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Best dinner Restaurants in Chicago: 210 Picks for 2026
The best restaurants for dinner in Chicago, curated by TastyPals editors.
210 restaurantsAvg rating 9.2Updated July 2026
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Top picks for dinner in Chicago
Fast answers for diners searching for dinner restaurants in Chicago. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
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Indian•Chicago•moderate
Shaily’s Rasoi
Shaily’s Rasoi is an easy indian option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation. Paani Puri and Batata Vada also give you a decent sense of the menu.
spicydinnerindian
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10.0
Based on 124 reviews
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Asian•Uptown•value
Piacere Mio Uptown
Piacere Mio Uptown is a asian restaurant in Uptown in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Tuna Carpaccio and Shrimp alla Amatriciana also give you a decent sense of the menu.
dinnerhidden gemasian
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10.0
Based on 100 reviews
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Contemporary•Chicago•moderate
Spice by CMB
Spice by CMB is the kind of contemporary room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more. Date-Glazed Sweet Potatoes and Chia Pudding also give you a decent sense of the menu.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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10.0
Based on 44 reviews
5
Asian•Chicago•moderate
Osaka Nikkei
Osaka Nikkei is the kind of asian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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10.0
Based on 2 reviews
6
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Japanese•Chicago•value
Ramen-San Lincoln Park
There's an honesty to a place that calls itself a neighborhood noodle joint and then actually behaves like one.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.8
Based on 3926 reviews
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Gastropub•Bucktown•value
The Leavitt Street Inn & Tavern
Here's a place that gets the math right: a tavern in a 1907 building that doubles as a three-room inn, so you can drink, eat a serious burger, and stagger upstairs to a king-sized bed without ever calling a car.
Bucktowndinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 3465 reviews
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Bar•Chicago•moderate
Gus' Sip & Dip
Here's the thing about a bar that calls itself "Sip & Dip": it has to deliver on both, and Gus' actually does.
cocktailsdinnersmall plates
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9.8
Based on 2931 reviews
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Sandwiches•Chicago•value
S2 Express Grill Downtown
Here's a Loop secret worth knowing: while the suits clear out of Clark Street, S2 Express Grill is just getting warmed up.
classicdinnercheap eats
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9.8
Based on 2345 reviews
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Indian•Chicago•value
Dhanteraz Indian Fusion
Dhanteraz Indian Fusion occupies the former Savannah Supper Club space on West Roscoe Street, and the transformation matters: what was once a supper club is now one of Roscoe Village's most talked-about Indian kitchens, a BYOB spot where…
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.8
Based on 625 reviews
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Contemporary•Ukrainian Village•value
Dell' Rooster Restaurant & Bar
Dell' Rooster is the kind of restaurant that only makes sense when you know who built it.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.8
Based on 611 reviews
12
Brunch•Edgewater•value
Sauce & Bread Kitchen
Sauce & Bread Kitchen on North Clark Street is exactly what its name promises and almost nothing else — which is a feature, not a limitation.
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9.8
Based on 501 reviews
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Thai•Chicago•value
Anna's Thai Kitchen Restaurant
Anna's Thai Kitchen on Montrose is the kind of place that exists because its owner — Chef Anna Ong, who ran Thai Planet before eventually returning with this more focused project — actually had something to say.
Thaidinnertakeout
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9.8
Based on 456 reviews
14
Sandwiches•Chicago•value
Chef Ciccio, Beef-Balls-Beer
There's a certain irony in finding one of Chicago's most historically grounded Italian beef operations inside a tourist-facing food hall at Navy Pier, but that's exactly where Chef Ciccio operates — and the disconnect is kind of the point.
classicdinnercheap eats
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9.8
Based on 385 reviews
15
Japanese•Chicago•moderate
Joto Sushi
Joto Sushi is doing something specific, and it's worth understanding what that is before you arrive expecting conveyor belts or omakase theater.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 265 reviews
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Thai•Chicago•value
Lao Der
Chicago went more than a decade without a sit-down Lao restaurant, and Jack Ekkaphanh — who grew up in Vientiane and now runs the entire kitchen solo at Lao Der — is making that gap feel inexplicable.
Thaidinnertakeout
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9.8
Based on 238 reviews
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Korean•Chicago•moderate
Bopsang
Let's sort the geography first: Bopsang is technically in Park Ridge, not Chicago proper, sitting at 49 Summit Ave in the kind of low-key suburban pocket that rarely makes headlines but reliably produces the most loyal regulars.
bbqdinnergroup dinner
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9.8
Based on 95 reviews
18
Breakfast•Evanston•value
NEW YOLKTOWN
NEW YOLKTOWN is a sensible global call in Evanston in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well. Sando-Bacon Egg and Sando-Avocado Egg also give you a decent sense of the menu.
dinner
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9.8
Based on 70 reviews
19
Latin American•Wicker Park•value
Libertad Sur
Libertad Sur suits a night out in Wicker Park when you want latin american that feels grown-up without getting stiff. Chipotle Hummus and Ceviche also give you a decent sense of the menu.
dinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 40 reviews
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Contemporary•Chicago•moderate
Atsumeru
Atsumeru is the kind of contemporary room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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9.8
Based on 37 reviews
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Japanese•Chicago•value
RAMEN-SAN Deluxe
RAMEN-SAN Deluxe is one of the better-known japanese spots in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 7823 reviews
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Japanese•Chicago•value
RAMEN-SAN Whisky Bar
RAMEN-SAN Whisky Bar is a dependable japanese option that a lot of diners already know and return to.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 7031 reviews
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Japanese•South Loop•value
Wagyu House Chicago
Wagyu House Chicago is one of the better-known japanese spots in South Loop in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.
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9.6
Based on 5868 reviews
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Italian•Avondale•value
Provare Chicago
Provare Chicago is one of the better-known italian spots in Avondale in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.
hidden gemdinner
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9.6
Based on 5359 reviews
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Japanese•Chicago•moderate
Sushi Taku Rotary STR
Sushi Taku Rotary STR brings the conveyor-belt format to Lincoln Park with enough structural conviction to make the gimmick question irrelevant.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 2146 reviews
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Japanese•Chicago•moderate
Itoko
Itoko suits a night out when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 1853 reviews
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American•Ravenswood•value
Farm Bar Ravenswood
Farm Bar Ravenswood is a american restaurant in Ravenswood in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinner
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9.6
Based on 1709 reviews
28
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Contemporary•Chicago•moderate
Crying Tiger
Crying Tiger is doing something that most Thai-leaning contemporary spots in Chicago refuse to commit to: building a room with genuine emotional range.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 1625 reviews
29
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Vegan•Rogers Park•value
Smack Dab Chicago
Smack Dab Chicago is a sensible vegan call in Rogers Park in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
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9.6
Based on 1536 reviews
30
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Japanese•Chicago•value
Birdman Ramen
Birdman Ramen has built a quiet but firm identity around a single conviction: Chicago's ramen scene doesn't need to revolve around pork.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 1510 reviews
31
Italian•Oak Park•value
Blue Fire Restaurant
Blue Fire in Oak Park is not shy about its aesthetic.
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9.6
Based on 1158 reviews
32
Peruvian•Old Town•moderate
Kayao Restaurant
Kayao Restaurant suits a night out in Old Town when you want peruvian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 1132 reviews
33
Vegetarian•Chicago•value
Alice & Friends' Vegan Kitchen
Alice & Friends' Vegan Kitchen is a vegetarian restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.6
Based on 992 reviews
34
Vegan•Chicago•moderate
Amitabul Simply Vegan
Amitabul Simply Vegan has been making a case for years that plant-based Korean cooking doesn't need meat as a scaffold — it needs conviction.
plant baseddinnerhealthy
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9.6
Based on 893 reviews
35
Japanese•Chicago•moderate
Blue Sushi Sake Grill
Blue Sushi Sake Grill plays a specific game, and it plays it honestly: this is Japanese-American dining calibrated for people who want a lively, accessible night out without sacrificing real craft.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 835 reviews
36
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Flub A Dub Chub's
There are Chicago hot dog stands, and then there is Flub A Dub Chub's — a family operation that decided the sidewalk wasn't good enough and went five steps underground on North Broadway to make its case.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.6
Based on 794 reviews
37
Japanese•Chicago•value
Rudy's Ramen
Rudy's Ramen on Milwaukee Avenue is a Wicker Park counter built on a single, serious idea: tonkotsu done right by someone who quit his auditing career to pursue it.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.6
Based on 650 reviews
38
Italian•Edgewater•value
Sfera Sicilian Street Food
Sfera is the rare restaurant with an honest origin story — Steven Jarczyk and Daniela Vitale spent years hawking arancini at North Side farmers markets before they ever had a brick-and-mortar address, and that hustle is baked into the co…
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9.6
Based on 504 reviews
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Asian•Uptown•value
Marina's Bistro and Rum Bar
Marina's Bistro and Rum Bar is a 35-seat Puerto Rican kitchen on Magnolia Avenue in Uptown — a neighborhood with deep Caribbean roots and a long history of being underestimated.
dinnerhidden gemasian
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9.6
Based on 470 reviews
40
Vegetarian•Chicago•value
Vegan Plate
Vegan Plate has spent over a decade making the case that Thai cooking doesn't need animal products to be the real thing.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.6
Based on 460 reviews
41
American•South Loop•moderate
Oliver’s
Oliver's arrived in the South Loop in 2024 with a clear thesis: take the old Acadia space on South Wabash, dress it in 1930s Los Angeles glamour — polished concrete softened by Persian rugs, gold-edged mirrors, and round-edged seats in l…
South Looplunchdinner
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9.6
Based on 453 reviews
42
Italian•Edgewater•value
Regalia bar & restaurant
Regalia isn't trying to be the flashiest thing on the North Side.
dinner
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9.6
Based on 437 reviews
43
Korean•Chicago•moderate
Jeong
Dave Park and Jen Tran opened Jeong in March 2019 on West Chicago Avenue with a name that carries two layers of meaning: it's Park's grandmother's maiden name, and it translates to a distinctly Korean concept of deep, soulful connection…
bbqdinnergroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 394 reviews
44
American•Bucktown•value
Boulevard Bistro
Boulevard Bistro isn't trying to be Bucktown's next buzzy brunch destination — and that's exactly what makes it work.
Bucktowndinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 380 reviews
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Bar•Chicago•moderate
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
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9.6
Based on 364 reviews
46
Mexican•Evanston•value
Zentli
Zentli takes its name from the Nahuatl word for corn, and co-owners Marcos Rivera and Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves Ruiz mean that literally — corn is the organizing principle of the entire menu, not a talking point.
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9.6
Based on 275 reviews
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Chinese•Bridgeport•value
Han 202
Bridgeport doesn't get a lot of white-tablecloth attention — the neighborhood has historically been a Chicago political stronghold and working-class enclave, not a restaurant destination — which is exactly what makes Han 202 such a speci…
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9.6
Based on 225 reviews
48
Italian•Ukrainian Village•value
Mirella’s Tavern
Mirella's Tavern opened in Wicker Park — right on Division Street, not far from the Ukrainian Village border — as something specific: a bar that takes its kitchen seriously, built around a memorial.
hidden gemdinner
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9.6
Based on 218 reviews
49
Contemporary•Avondale•value
void
Void opened in August 2024 on Milwaukee Ave in Avondale with a premise that sounds like it shouldn't work but apparently does: Italian-American comfort food filtered through the instincts of people who came up at places like Violet Hour,…
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.6
Based on 206 reviews
50
Japanese•Chicago•moderate
Noriko Handroll Bar
Noriko Handroll Bar operates on a premise that sounds almost defiantly simple: two Korean American chefs, Billy Lim and Rhan Whang, took the memory of their mothers wrapping seasoned nori around a pinch of fresh rice and built a 20-seat…
sushidinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 204 reviews
51
Thai•Chicago•value
Busaba Garden Thai Cuisine
What Eve and Armera figured out when they opened Busaba Garden in North Park is that the false choice between 'authentic' and 'approachable' was always a Chicago problem, not a Thai one.
Thaidinnertakeout
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9.6
Based on 163 reviews
52
Global•Ukrainian Village•value
Valhalla
Valhalla shouldn't work on paper — a globally-minded kitchen in Ukrainian Village, priced like a neighborhood secret, turning out the kind of food that usually asks you to dress up and spend twice as much.
hidden gemdinner
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9.6
Based on 160 reviews
53
French•Old Town•moderate
Gavroche
Gavroche is running what amounts to a quiet provocation in Old Town's brunch-friendly landscape: French brasserie vocabulary pushed through a global sensibility, served in a room that reportedly earns its unhurried atmosphere through del…
classicdinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 160 reviews
54
Bar•Chicago•moderate
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
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9.6
Based on 151 reviews
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Butcher Shop•Chicago•moderate
Fatback + The Green Butcher
Fatback + The Green Butcher is a dual-concept operation that takes the butcher shop format seriously — not as a boutique affectation, but as the actual load-bearing logic of the menu.
New openingsdinnerhidden gem
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9.6
Based on 142 reviews
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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
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9.6
Based on 27 reviews
57
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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
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9.4
Based on 16932 reviews
58
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Japanese•Old Town•moderate
RAMEN-SAN
RAMEN-SAN suits a night out in Old Town when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 16141 reviews
59
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Gene & Jude's
There are places that survive on myth and places that survive on merit.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.4
Based on 13574 reviews
60
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Burgers•Chicago•value
Au Cheval
Au Cheval has been generating one of the more durable conversations in American burger culture for years now, and by most accounts it does so on merit rather than hype alone.
late nightdinner
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9.4
Based on 12343 reviews
61
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Seafood•South Loop•moderate
The Dearborn
The Dearborn keeps showing up in the right conversations in South Loop when people want a reliable seafood plan.
South Looplunchdinner
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9.4
Based on 9300 reviews
62
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Italian•Chicago•splurge
Gibsons Italia
Gibsons Italia trades on spectacle, and to its credit, the spectacle is real.
special occasiondinnerupscale
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9.4
Based on 4207 reviews
63
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Global•Ravenswood•value
Hopleaf
Hopleaf is a global restaurant in Ravenswood in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 3861 reviews
64
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American•Old Town•moderate
The VIG Old Town
The VIG Old Town suits a night out in Old Town when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
classicdinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 3778 reviews
65
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Vegetarian•Chicago•value
The Chicago Diner, Lakeview
What The Chicago Diner gets right — and has gotten right since opening on North Halsted in 1983 — is that it doesn't perform vegetarianism at you.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.4
Based on 3311 reviews
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Italian•Ravenswood•value
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria
Chicago's pizza discourse tends to overcorrect — either romanticizing Neapolitan tradition to the point of parody or dismissing it as European affectation.
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9.4
Based on 3274 reviews
67
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Asian•Uptown•value
Tweet
Tweet has been holding down its corner of Uptown long before anyone started writing trend pieces about the neighborhood, and it operates with the quiet confidence of a place that doesn't need your validation.
dinnerhidden gemasian
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9.4
Based on 2238 reviews
68
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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
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9.4
Based on 1596 reviews
69
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American•Logan Square•moderate
Scofflaw
Scofflaw is a sensible american call in Logan Square in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
dinnercool
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9.4
Based on 1548 reviews
70
American•Ravenswood•value
The Warbler
The Warbler is a sensible american call in Ravenswood in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 1349 reviews
71
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Italian•Evanston•value
Trattoria Demi
Trattoria Demi is an easy italian option in Evanston in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 1310 reviews
72
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
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9.4
Based on 1134 reviews
73
Mexican•Logan Square•moderate
Mucho Gusto Barra + Cocina - Chicago
Mucho Gusto Barra + Cocina opened in Logan Square in 2021 with a design concept that references the architectural warmth of San Miguel de Allende — cascading florals, hand-crafted textures, and a back room styled as a reimagined cathedra…
dinnercool
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9.4
Based on 1086 reviews
74
Contemporary•Avondale•value
La Nonna
La Nonna is doing something Avondale badly needed and most Chicago neighborhoods still can't claim: an Argentine-inflected all-day spot that treats a choripan with the same institutional seriousness a River North bistro gives a thirty-do…
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.4
Based on 995 reviews
75
American•Andersonville•moderate
Lonesome Rose (Andersonville)
Lonesome Rose arrives in Andersonville with a clear sense of what it wants to be: a bar-kitchen hybrid serving contemporary Mexican that works equally at a 7pm weeknight dinner and a late-night second-round situation.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.4
Based on 883 reviews
76
American•Avondale•value
Eden
Eden isn't trying to out-trend the West Loop or prove anything to the Michelin circuit.
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.4
Based on 812 reviews
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Global•Ravenswood•value
Sweet Moon
Sweet Moon is doing something genuinely singular on the Chicago breakfast-and-lunch circuit: translating Kyrgyzstani home cooking into a crepe format that Chicago has essentially no other frame of reference for.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 714 reviews
78
Mediterranean•Oak Park•value
Citrine Café
Oak Park tends to get dismissed as a pass-through suburb rather than a dining destination in its own right, and Citrine Café is the kind of place that quietly makes the counter-argument.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 629 reviews
79
Filipino•Ravenswood•value
Bayan Ko
Bayan Ko operates in Ravenswood at a price point that keeps things honest — we're talking a menu of $10-and-under bites where Filipino home cooking and Latin American street food don't so much collide as recognize each other.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 445 reviews
80
Italian•Evanston•value
Campagnola
Campagnola occupies a specific and useful lane in the Evanston dining scene — a global menu at an accessible price point in a suburb that defaults pretty reliably toward safe Italian-American and faculty-dinner comfort.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 375 reviews
81
Thai•Rogers Park•value
Ezankaya
The name is the concept: Ezankaya splices Isaan — Thailand's fire-driven northeastern region, home of som tum, grilled meats, and herb-forward heat — with izakaya, the Japanese framework for communal eating and easy drinking.
dinner
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9.4
Based on 365 reviews
82
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Contemporary•Ukrainian Village•value
All Together Now
All Together Now lands in Ukrainian Village as a deliberate counterargument to the idea that a neighborhood all-day café has to be boring.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.4
Based on 330 reviews
83
Burgers•Avondale•value
The Wolfhound Bar and Kitchen
The Wolfhound Bar and Kitchen opened in 2021 in a 130-year-old Avondale building — founded by a Chicago firefighter, which tells you something about the room before you even look at the menu.
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.4
Based on 330 reviews
84
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Global•Ravenswood•value
Cultivate by Forbidden Root
Cultivate by Forbidden Root earns its reputation not by accident of location but by design: it's the restaurant arm of Chicago's first botanic brewery, planted in Ravenswood's Malt Row corridor in the space that previously housed Band of…
dinner
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9.4
Based on 315 reviews
85
Asian•Uptown•value
Tiffany's On Broadway
Tiffany's On Broadway is a family project in the most literal sense: Michelle Tiffany Corrales runs the kitchen while her mother Marcela works the floor of this cozy Uptown BYOB, and the restaurant itself sits in a space where Marcela wa…
dinnerhidden gemasian
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9.4
Based on 253 reviews
86
Global•Andersonville•moderate
Tala House
Andersonville has long operated on its own frequency — plural, unhurried, unbothered by what the rest of Chicago is doing — and Tala House fits the neighborhood like it was always supposed to be there.
dinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 231 reviews
87
Brunch•Ukrainian Village•value
Nettare
Here's what Nettare gets right that most Chicago restaurants fumble: it found a genuine thesis and then actually committed to it.
hidden gemdinner
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9.4
Based on 225 reviews
88
Contemporary•Ukrainian Village•value
Feld
Feld is the kind of restaurant that makes a statement just by existing where it does.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.4
Based on 160 reviews
89
Thai•Chicago•value
COO Thai Cuisine
COO Thai Cuisine is a sensible thai call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Thaidinnertakeout
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9.4
Based on 134 reviews
90
American•Chicago•moderate
Ox Bar & Hearth
Ox Bar & Hearth is the kind of american room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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9.4
Based on 126 reviews
91
Indian•Chicago•value
Cumin Restaurant - Lakeview
Cumin in Lakeview occupies a genuinely specific lane in Chicago's Indian dining landscape: it's one of the few spots in the city where the menu tilts unmistakably toward Nepali and Himalayan traditions rather than staying in the well-wor…
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.4
Based on 124 reviews
92
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Pizza•Bridgeport•value
Ricobene's
Ricobene's is a dependable pizza option in Bridgeport that a lot of diners already know and return to.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 8265 reviews
93
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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
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9.2
Based on 7367 reviews
94
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Sandwiches•Chicago•value
Johnnie's Beef
Johnnie's Beef keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable sandwiches plan.
classicdinnercheap eats
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9.2
Based on 5967 reviews
95
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Jimmy's Red Hots
Jimmy's Red Hots has been operating on the Northwest Side of Chicago long enough that the menu itself has become the argument.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.2
Based on 5485 reviews
96
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American•South Loop•moderate
The Gage
The Gage occupies a specific and useful position in Chicago dining: a serious-cooking pub on Michigan Avenue's southern edge, directly across from Millennium Park, where the dark wood and exposed brick are reported to generate the kind o…
South Looplunchdinner
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9.2
Based on 5077 reviews
97
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Mexican•Andersonville•moderate
Little Bad Wolf
Andersonville's Clark Street corridor has developed into one of Chicago's most reliably interesting dining stretches, and Little Bad Wolf — open since 2014 — has a lot to do with that reputation.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.2
Based on 3843 reviews
98
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Japanese•Chicago•value
Ramen Wasabi - Logan Square
Logan Square has a particular metabolism — it moves fast, stays unpretentious, and has a low tolerance for restaurants that perform authenticity without delivering it.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.2
Based on 3609 reviews
99
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Indian•Chicago•value
Maharaj Indian Grill
Maharaj Indian Grill is an easy indian option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.2
Based on 3145 reviews
100
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Italian•Andersonville•moderate
Calo Ristorante
Calo Ristorante has been anchoring Andersonville's Clark Street since 1963, and the Recchia family's refusal to modernize the room or the menu is, by every account, the entire point.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.2
Based on 2648 reviews
101
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American•Chicago•value
BIB GOURMAND
Virtue Restaurant
Hyde Park rarely gets the dining attention it deserves, which makes Virtue's standing all the more notable: it remains the only restaurant south of Chinatown to hold Michelin's Bib Gourmand, and at roughly $61 a head, the value propositi…
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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9.2
Based on 2419 reviews
102
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Asian•Uptown•value
Demera Restaurant
Let me be direct about what Demera is doing in Uptown: it's putting some of the most transportive Ethiopian cooking in Chicago on the table at a price point that embarrasses half the city's restaurant scene, and the people who know, know.
dinnerhidden gemasian
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9.2
Based on 2349 reviews
103
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Vegetarian•Chicago•value
PLANTA Chicago
Most plant-based restaurants in this country are still making one of two mistakes: apologizing for what's absent, or moralizing about what's at stake.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.2
Based on 2272 reviews
104
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Japanese•Chicago•moderate
Roka Akor
Roka Akor is the kind of japanese room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
sushidinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 2225 reviews
105
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Wolfy's
Wolfy's is a hot dogs restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.2
Based on 2037 reviews
106
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Steakhouse•Avondale•value
Chief O'Neill's Pub Restaurant Beer Garden
Chief O'Neill's Pub Restaurant Beer Garden is a sensible steakhouse call in Avondale in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
hidden gemdinner
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9.2
Based on 1895 reviews
107
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Japanese•Chicago•value
CHICAGO RAMEN
CHICAGO RAMEN is a japanese restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.2
Based on 1867 reviews
108
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Sandwiches•Chicago•value
Mr. Beef
Mr. Beef is a sensible sandwiches call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
classicdinnercheap eats
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9.2
Based on 1858 reviews
109
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American•Andersonville•moderate
m.henry
Some Andersonville institutions coast on longevity.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.2
Based on 1813 reviews
110
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Ukrainian•Ukrainian Village•value
Tryzub Ukrainian Kitchen
Tryzub Ukrainian Kitchen is a sensible ukrainian call in Ukrainian Village in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.2
Based on 1465 reviews
111
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American•Avondale•value
Staropolska Restaurant
Staropolska Restaurant is a american restaurant in Avondale in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
hidden gemdinner
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9.2
Based on 1444 reviews
112
Pizza•Rogers Park•value
R Public House
R Public House is an easy pizza option in Rogers Park in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 1329 reviews
113
Italian•Hyde Park•value
Ascione Bistro Hyde Park
Ascione Bistro Hyde Park is an easy italian option in Hyde Park in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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9.2
Based on 1149 reviews
114
French•Bucktown•value
Le Bouchon
Le Bouchon is the kind of french room in Bucktown you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Bucktowndinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 1135 reviews
115
Pizza•Bucktown•value
The StopAlong
The StopAlong is a pizza pick in Bucktown in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Bucktowndinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 1075 reviews
116
Mexican•Edgewater•value
Mas Alla del Sol
Mas Alla del Sol is the kind of Edgewater neighborhood anchor that earns loyalty the old-fashioned way: a clear culinary point of view, ownership that actually gives a damn about sourcing, and prices that keep the regulars coming back we…
dinner
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9.2
Based on 896 reviews
117
Italian•Bridgeport•value
Franco's Ristorante
Franco's Ristorante has been holding down the corner of 31st and Princeton since 1989, which in Bridgeport terms means it's basically infrastructure.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 891 reviews
118
American•Oak Park•value
Chicago Waffles Oak Park
Chicago Waffles in Oak Park has built a clear identity around a single proposition: waffles as the organizing principle of an entire global brunch menu, not just the thing you order when you can't decide.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 879 reviews
119
Italian•Oak Park•value
Il Vicolo Trattoria
Vito Tufano left Naples and landed in Oak Park, which is either a surprising choice or a logical one depending on how you look at it — a tight-knit, walkable suburb just west of Chicago that actually supports the kind of neighborhood tra…
dinner
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9.2
Based on 804 reviews
120
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Indian•Chicago•value
MICHELIN ★
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.
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.2
Based on 799 reviews
121
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Mediterranean•Bridgeport•value
Apolonia
Chef Stephen Gillanders named his second restaurant after his Filipino grandmother — the woman who first put a wok in his orbit and lit whatever spark became a career — and that personal gravity gives Apolonia a grounding that a lot of S…
dinner
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9.2
Based on 743 reviews
122
Vegetarian•Chicago•value
Veggie House
Veggie House holds a singular distinction in Chicago's food landscape: it is the first vegetarian restaurant to plant itself in Chinatown, and that fact alone tells you something about its ambition.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.2
Based on 727 reviews
123
Global•Edgewater•value
Beard & Belly
Beard & Belly is a global restaurant in Edgewater in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 671 reviews
124
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Global•Oak Park•value
Amerikas Restaurant
Chef Armando Gonzalez grew up in Oaxaca, arrived in the United States in 1994, and eventually put down roots in Oak Park with a genuinely interesting question: what does American food actually look like when you stop pretending it came f…
dinner
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9.2
Based on 666 reviews
125
Indian•Chicago•value
Basant Modern Indian Restaurant
Basant Modern Indian Restaurant is a indian restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.2
Based on 627 reviews
126
Brunch•Avondale•value
The Avondale Tap
Avondale has been doing the slow-burn cool thing for years, and the Avondale Tap — open since 2017 and part of the Hammock Hospitality group behind West Town's Aberdeen Tap — fits the neighborhood's frequency exactly.
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.2
Based on 627 reviews
127
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
Wentworth Seafood House
Wentworth Seafood House is not interested in atmospherics or cocktail programming — it is interested in feeding a table the way Chinatown's best rooms always have: with technique that shows up in cold preparations as confidently as it do…
dumplingsdinnergroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 610 reviews
128
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Italian•Oak Park•value
Cucina Paradiso
Cucina Paradiso has been holding down the Hemingway District since 1995, which in Oak Park years is basically geological time.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 595 reviews
129
Contemporary•Ukrainian Village•value
Old Lviv Restaurant
Old Lviv Restaurant is an easy contemporary option in Ukrainian Village in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.2
Based on 574 reviews
130
Steakhouse•Evanston•value
The Barn Steakhouse
The Barn Steakhouse is a steakhouse restaurant in Evanston in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 557 reviews
131
Contemporary•Ukrainian Village•value
Magic Jug
Magic Jug is an easy contemporary option in Ukrainian Village in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.2
Based on 485 reviews
132
Global•Rogers Park•value
Khmai
Here's the weight you carry into 6580 North Sheridan: Chef Mona Sang's family survived the Khmer Rouge, and the recipes she's cooking at Khmai nearly didn't.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 460 reviews
133
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Breakfast•Ukrainian Village•value
Sunrise Cafe Chicago
Sunrise Cafe Chicago is an easy contemporary option in Ukrainian Village in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.2
Based on 437 reviews
134
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Italian•Bucktown•value
Antico
Chef Brad Schlieder built Antico around a conviction that still reads as quietly radical on the Chicago Italian scene: restraint is a skill.
Bucktowndinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 334 reviews
135
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Restaurant•Chicago•value
BIB GOURMAND
Pompette
Pompette operates as a Bib Gourmand-recognized wine bar in Chicago, and the distinction matters precisely because the recognition comes without the performance that usually accompanies it.
Bucktowndinnerbib gourmand
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9.2
Based on 202 reviews
136
Asian•Uptown•value
Breakfast House Uptown
Breakfast House Uptown is a asian restaurant in Uptown in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinnerhidden gemasian
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9.2
Based on 157 reviews
137
American•Evanston•value
The Fat Shallot Evanston
The Fat Shallot Evanston is a sensible american call in Evanston in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 154 reviews
138
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Mexican•Pilsen•moderate
Giordano's
Let's get the obvious out of the way: Giordano's in Pilsen is not what you'd expect from one of Chicago's most culturally specific neighborhoods, and that's kind of the whole point.
tacosdinnerhidden gem
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9.0
Based on 25628 reviews
139
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Jim's Original
Jim's Original has been doing the same thing since 1939, and based on everything the historical record and generations of Chicago eaters have to say about it, that thing is going extremely well.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.0
Based on 9684 reviews
140
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Superdawg Drive-In
Superdawg Drive-In is one of the better-known hot dogs spots in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.0
Based on 6724 reviews
141
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Indian•Chicago•value
India House Restaurant Chicago
India House Restaurant Chicago keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable indian plan.
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 6055 reviews
142
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American•South Loop•moderate
Eleven City Diner
Eleven City Diner in the South Loop is not making an argument for reinvention.
South Looplunchdinner
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9.0
Based on 5667 reviews
143
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Contemporary•Avondale•value
Kuma's Corner
Kuma's Corner in Avondale operates on a single, loudly stated premise: the hamburger is a serious thing, and anyone who disagrees can leave.
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.0
Based on 4348 reviews
144
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American•Avondale•value
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Honey Butter Fried Chicken in Avondale operates on a philosophy that's deceptively simple and genuinely hard to execute: make one thing with real conviction, price it like you want people back on a Tuesday, and don't perform ambiance at…
Avondaledinnercreative
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9.0
Based on 4149 reviews
145
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American•Oak Park•value
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant
Cooper's Hawk in Oak Park is doing something the wine-bar industry rarely pulls off without embarrassing itself: it functions as an actual winery-restaurant hybrid rather than a tasting room with a sad charcuterie plate bolted on.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 3350 reviews
146
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Sandwiches•Chicago•value
Al's #1 Italian Beef
Al's #1 Italian Beef is a sensible sandwiches call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
classicdinnercheap eats
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9.0
Based on 3273 reviews
147
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Indian•Chicago•value
Chicago Curry House - Indian - Nepali Cuisine.
Chicago Curry House does something the city's South Asian dining scene rarely pulls off at this price point: it takes the Indian-Nepali overlap seriously, without collapsing either tradition into crowd-pleasing approximation.
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 3018 reviews
148
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Global•Rogers Park•value
Honeybear Cafe
Honeybear Cafe is a sensible global call in Rogers Park in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 2732 reviews
149
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Vegetarian•Chicago•value
True Food Kitchen
True Food Kitchen is a sensible vegetarian call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.0
Based on 2697 reviews
150
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Asian•Uptown•value
Fat Cat
Fat Cat has been anchored on Broadway in Uptown since 2007, and the 4,000-square-foot room is upfront about what it is before anyone pulls up a menu: plush leather booths, vintage rock photography covering the walls, a central bar that t…
dinnerhidden gemasian
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9.0
Based on 2694 reviews
151
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Steakhouse•South Loop•moderate
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant occupies a specific and underserved position in the South Loop dining landscape — one that doesn't require justification by occasion but holds up to it.
South Looplunchdinner
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9.0
Based on 2132 reviews
152
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Mexican•Oak Park•value
Maya Del Sol
Oak Park doesn't usually make Chicago feel like the consolation prize — Maya Del Sol is the exception.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 1831 reviews
153
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Croatian•Rogers Park•value
Rose Mary
Joe Flamm's rose mary sits in Rogers Park rather than the more obvious Fulton Market corridor, and that geography alone tells you something about the restaurant's confidence.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 1805 reviews
154
Japanese•Chicago•value
High Five Ramen
High Five Ramen is a japanese restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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9.0
Based on 1377 reviews
155
Italian•Bucktown•value
Club Lucky
Club Lucky has been a Bucktown institution long enough to have watched the neighborhood transform around it, and that history reads clearly in how the room carries itself — red-sauce Italian-American confidence, zero apologies.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 1206 reviews
156
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Vegetarian•Chicago•value
Kale My Name
Kale My Name is a sensible vegetarian call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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9.0
Based on 1178 reviews
157
American•Hyde Park•value
Roux
Roux is a sensible american call in Hyde Park in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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9.0
Based on 1144 reviews
158
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Contemporary•Andersonville•moderate
A Taste of Heaven
A Taste of Heaven earns a weekend detour in Andersonville when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.0
Based on 1033 reviews
159
Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Chicago's Dog House
Chicago's Dog House is an easy hot dogs option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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9.0
Based on 1003 reviews
160
Italian•Oak Park•value
Rustico
Chef Gabriel Padilla spent close to three decades moving through the Spanish and Italian end of Chicago's dining world — Café Iberico, Piccolo Sogno, Oggi Trattoria — before landing on the idea that Oak Park didn't need to be a suburb pe…
dinner
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9.0
Based on 950 reviews
161
Contemporary•Chicago•moderate
Southern Chicago
Southern Chicago is a contemporary pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 919 reviews
162
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Thai•Chicago•value
Tuk Tuk Thai Isan Street Food
Tuk Tuk Thai Isan Street Food is an easy thai option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Thaidinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 751 reviews
163
Global•Evanston•value
Five & Dime
Five & Dime is a sensible global call in Evanston in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 730 reviews
164
American•Andersonville•moderate
Vincent
Andersonville runs on a particular frequency — unhurried, genuinely welcoming, built for the long evening rather than the quick turn — and Vincent seems to have tuned itself to that same signal.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.0
Based on 522 reviews
165
Italian•Andersonville•moderate
Anteprima
Andersonville has always rewarded the curious — that stretch of Clark that still feels like it belongs to the people who live there rather than to an algorithm optimized for foot traffic.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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9.0
Based on 521 reviews
166
Thai•Chicago•value
JJ Thai Street Food
JJ Thai Street Food is not trying to be a destination restaurant, a neighborhood anchor, or a cultural ambassador.
Thaidinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 477 reviews
167
Indian•Chicago•value
Kama - Wicker Park
Kama - Wicker Park is an easy indian option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Indiandinnertakeout
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9.0
Based on 450 reviews
168
Indian•Chicago•moderate
Mirra
What separates Mirra from the crowded field of fusion concepts is that it reportedly doesn't split the difference between its two source traditions.
spicydinnerindian
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9.0
Based on 374 reviews
169
American•Bucktown•value
The Royal Grocer & Co.
The Royal Grocer & Co.
Bucktowndinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 328 reviews
170
Contemporary•Ukrainian Village•value
Anelya
Anelya is doing something almost no one else in Chicago is bothering to do: treating Ukrainian cooking like the serious, layered cuisine it actually is — not a novelty pivot, not an ethnic curiosity, but a full argument that beet and cur…
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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9.0
Based on 326 reviews
171
Contemporary•Chicago•moderate
SUSU
SUSU is the kind of contemporary room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 104 reviews
172
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Mexican•Pilsen•moderate
Portillo's & Barnelli's Chicago
Portillo's & Barnelli's Chicago is one of the better-known mexican spots in Pilsen in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.
tacosdinnerhidden gem
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8.8
Based on 24275 reviews
173
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Devil Dawgs on State
Devil Dawgs on State is a sensible hot dogs call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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8.8
Based on 3987 reviews
174
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American•Hyde Park•value
Medici On 57th
Medici on 57th has been a Hyde Park anchor long enough that its regulars measure their relationship with the place in decades, not Yelp check-ins.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.8
Based on 3227 reviews
175
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Seafood•South Loop•moderate
Lowcountry South Loop
Lowcountry South Loop has a thesis, and it commits to it without apology: you are here to get your hands dirty.
South Looplunchdinner
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8.8
Based on 2425 reviews
176
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Vegetarian•Chicago•value
Soul Veg City
Soul Veg City is an easy vegetarian option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Plant-basedlunchdinner
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8.8
Based on 2392 reviews
177
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Sandwiches•Chicago•value
Luke's Italian Beef
Luke's Italian Beef is the kind of Chicago institution that exists outside the usual food-media feedback loop — no tasting menu, no Instagram lighting, no chef's note explaining its ethos.
classicdinnercheap eats
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8.8
Based on 2196 reviews
178
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American•Andersonville•moderate
Big Jones
Big Jones is a strong brunch move in Andersonville in Chicago when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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8.8
Based on 1819 reviews
179
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American•Ravenswood•value
Luella's Southern Kitchen
Luella's Southern Kitchen is an easy american option in Ravenswood in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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8.8
Based on 1812 reviews
180
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Global•Evanston•value
Peckish Pig
Here's what Peckish Pig gets right that most places in Evanston fumble: it's a craft beer bar with a kitchen that people actually talk about.
dinner
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8.8
Based on 1584 reviews
181
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Japanese•Chicago•value
Kyuramen x TBaar - Downtown Chicago
Kyuramen x TBaar - Downtown Chicago is an easy japanese option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
noodlesdinnerjapanese
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8.8
Based on 1483 reviews
182
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Global•Andersonville•moderate
Replay Andersonville
Replay Andersonville suits a night out in Andersonville when you want global that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 1209 reviews
183
American•Hyde Park•value
Dawn A.M. Eatery
Dawn A.M. Eatery is an easy american option in Hyde Park in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.8
Based on 987 reviews
184
Contemporary•South Loop•moderate
Half Sour
Half Sour is an easy contemporary option in South Loop in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
South Looplunchdinner
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8.8
Based on 966 reviews
185
Global•Edgewater•value
The Waterfront Cafe
The Waterfront Cafe has been running Edgewater summers for nineteen years, which is a long time to keep a secret that's essentially an outdoor lakefront patio behind Berger Park — one of the last surviving Lakefront coach houses in Chica…
dinner
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8.8
Based on 791 reviews
186
Asian•Uptown•value
The Reservoir
The Reservoir is an easy asian option in Uptown in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinnerhidden gemasian
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8.8
Based on 781 reviews
187
Global•Ravenswood•value
ROJO GUSANO
Rojo Gusano doesn't ask for your attention politely — it takes it.
dinner
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8.8
Based on 712 reviews
188
Contemporary•Avondale•value
Picnic Digital Food Court - Avondale
Picnic Digital Food Court - Avondale is a contemporary restaurant in Avondale in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Avondaledinnercreative
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8.8
Based on 512 reviews
189
Barbecue•Avondale•value
Soul & Smoke - Avondale at Rockwell on the River
Soul & Smoke at Rockwell on the River isn't chasing prestige-barbecue status, and the Avondale crowd that keeps coming back on Tuesday nights seems to appreciate the honesty.
Avondaledinnercreative
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8.8
Based on 427 reviews
190
Thai•Chicago•value
Siam Thai Eatery Chicago
Siam Thai Eatery Chicago is an easy thai option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Thaidinnertakeout
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8.8
Based on 349 reviews
191
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American•South Loop•moderate
The Exchange
The Exchange occupies a lane the South Loop handles with surprising inconsistency: the contemporary American room pitched at a genuine occasion without the theatrics that usually accompany one.
South Looplunchdinner
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8.8
Based on 319 reviews
192
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Burgers•Ukrainian Village•value
Fatso's Last Stand
Fatso's Last Stand is a sensible burgers call in Ukrainian Village in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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8.6
Based on 2383 reviews
193
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Pizza•Andersonville•moderate
Fireside Restaurant & Lounge
Fireside Restaurant & Lounge is a strong brunch move in Andersonville in Chicago when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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8.6
Based on 2112 reviews
194
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Thai•Chicago•value
Opart Thai House - West Town
Opart Thai House - West Town is a thai restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Thaidinnertakeout
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8.6
Based on 1591 reviews
195
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Caribbean•Hyde Park•value
14 Parish
14 Parish is an easy caribbean option in Hyde Park in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.6
Based on 1536 reviews
196
American•Chicago•value
Yardbird
Yardbird is an easy american option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation. Chicken Tortilla Soup and House Chopped Rotisserie Chicken Salad also give you a decent sense of the menu.
late nightdinner
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8.6
Based on 1348 reviews
197
Chinese•Chinatown•moderate
Dolo Restaurant and Bar
Dolo Restaurant and Bar is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
dumplingsdinnergroup dinner
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8.6
Based on 1269 reviews
198
American•Hyde Park•value
Mesler Kitchen | Bar | Lounge
Mesler Kitchen | Bar | Lounge is a sensible american call in Hyde Park in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.6
Based on 922 reviews
199
Chinese•Ukrainian Village•value
Lao Peng You
Lao Peng You in Ukrainian Village isn't trying to impress you.
Ukrainian Villagedinnercool
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8.6
Based on 894 reviews
200
Indian•Chicago•value
Nadu
Nadu is not running a pan-Indian survey course.
Indiandinnertakeout
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8.6
Based on 328 reviews
201
Contemporary•Chicago•moderate
Wolf & Company
Wolf & Company has managed something genuinely unusual on Bucktown's edge: a single address that operates simultaneously as café, deli, market, and full chef-driven restaurant without reading like a concept in search of an audience.
New openingsdinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 266 reviews
202
American•Andersonville•moderate
The Good Wolf
The Good Wolf is a smart brunch call in Andersonville when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion. Foie And Chicken Mousse and Shrimp De Jonghe also give you a decent sense of the menu.
Andersonvilledinnerbrunch
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8.6
Based on 72 reviews
203
Global•Edgewater•value
Aura on the Lake
Aura on the Lake is an easy global option in Edgewater in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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8.6
Based on 65 reviews
204
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Hot Dogs•Chicago•value
Portillo's Chicago – Canal and Taylor
Portillo's Chicago – Canal and Taylor is one of the better-known hot dogs spots in Chicago, which makes it a practical place to start.
classicdinnerhot dogs
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8.4
Based on 12982 reviews
205
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Contemporary•Hyde Park•value
Chemistry Chicago
Chemistry Chicago is a contemporary restaurant in Hyde Park in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.4
Based on 1822 reviews
206
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Asian•Hyde Park•value
Chant Restaurant In Hyde Park
Chant Restaurant In Hyde Park is a sensible asian call in Hyde Park in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.4
Based on 1816 reviews
207
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Indian•Chicago•value
Indian Garden Restaurant
Indian Garden has a sharper identity than most budget Indian restaurants in Chicago dare to claim: the menu moves deliberately across regions, from Punjabi fish preparations to Rajasthani slow-burn meat dishes to southern deep-fry tradit…
Indiandinnertakeout
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8.2
Based on 4540 reviews
208
Google
Thai•Chicago•value
Star of Siam
Star of Siam is a thai restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Thaidinnertakeout
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8.2
Based on 2346 reviews
209
Contemporary•Hyde Park•value
Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told is a contemporary restaurant in Hyde Park in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Hyde Parkdinnerlunch
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8.2
Based on 331 reviews
210
American•Hyde Park•value
Jordyn's Soul Cafe
Jordyn's Soul Cafe is a american restaurant in Hyde Park in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinner
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7.6
Based on 660 reviews
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