The best restaurants for late night in Chicago, curated by TastyPals editors.
Fast answers for diners searching for late night restaurants in Chicago. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
Kim's Korean Cuisine & Sushi occupies a particular and useful niche on N Broadway in Lakeview: a family-run, BYOB Korean kitchen that doubles as a neighborhood sushi spot, priced at a level that makes weeknight regulars out of locals who…
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82 Kimbap is an easy korean option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Bar La Rue is what happens when someone actually commits to the bit.
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AMBAR Restaurant, Chicago is an easy mediterranean option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Daebak Korean BBQ is an easy korean option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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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.
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Mister Tiger operates with a clear and specific ambition: not to be the most elaborate Korean restaurant in Chicago, but the most genuinely pleasurable one.
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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.
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Del Seoul is an easy korean option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Ssyal - Chicago Korean Restaurant is a sensible korean call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
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Shinhwa Korean Steakhouse is an easy korean option in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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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.
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No Vacancy isn't hiding behind its concept — it owns it.
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Three Dots and a Dash is the kind of bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Let me tell you what Arbella actually is, because the word "cocktail bar" undersells it in one direction and oversells it in another.
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TAK Korean Bistro & Karaoke is a korean restaurant in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Palilgu is doing something Chicago's Korean dining scene has needed for a while: making the food genuinely approachable without defanging it.
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Shore Club Chicago suits a night out when you want lounge bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Storyville Chicago suits a night out when you want bar that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Alhambra Palace Chicago is a sensible mediterranean call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
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Carnivale doesn't do subtle, and that's entirely the point.
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Ahjoomah's Apron Korean Restaurant is a sensible korean call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
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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.
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TAO Chicago suits a night out when you want asian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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LH Rooftop is the kind of bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Venteux Brasserie, Cafe & Oyster Bar is a sensible french call in Chicago when you want something that usually lands well.
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The top restaurants for late night in Chicago include Kim’s Korean Cuisine & Sushi, 82 Kimbap, Bar La Rue. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
Kim’s Korean Cuisine & Sushi is among the top-rated options for late night in Chicago, with a 9.8 Google rating and 476 reviews.
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