The best restaurants for new in Chicago, curated by TastyPals editors.
Fast answers for diners searching for new restaurants in Chicago. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
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.
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Osaka Nikkei is the kind of asian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Atsumeru is the kind of contemporary room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Crying Tiger is doing something that most Thai-leaning contemporary spots in Chicago refuse to commit to: building a room with genuine emotional range.
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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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Southern Chicago is a contemporary pick in Chicago when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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SUSU is the kind of contemporary room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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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.
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The top restaurants for new in Chicago include Spice by CMB, Osaka Nikkei, Atsumeru. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
Spice by CMB is among the top-rated options for new in Chicago, with a 10.0 Google rating and 44 reviews.
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