The Lobby
River North • $$$
Live cello music, Champagne, and finger sandwiches served under soaring ceilings—this luxe hotel afternoon tea delivers the full Downton Abbey fantasy with impeccable service to match.
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Calumet Fisheries
South Deering • $$
A legendary smokehouse at the base of the Blues Brothers bridge, Calumet Fisheries has been serving smoked Trout, Salmon, and Shrimp since the steel mill days. Grab your paper bag and enjoy the drawbridge view.
Torali
Streeterville • $$$
Fine dining meets whimsy at this top-floor Ritz-Carlton spot, where a lobster roll arrives in a cannoli shell and a lemon tart shows up dressed as a baby chick.
Union
Logan Square
This Logan Square spot looks like a cozy whiskey bar, but the New American menu is what deserves your attention. Think fried mortadella-stuffed olives, pistachio lamb meatballs in caper broth, and plenty of Old Fashioned varieties.
Thattu
Avondale • $$
Chef Margaret Pak takes you on a flavor journey to Kerala, India with dishes like Pork Chop Peralan and Kerala Fried Chicken Sandwich. This James Beard semi-finalist brings southwestern Indian cuisine you won't find elsewhere in Chicago.
Kyōten
Logan Square • $$$$
Chef Otto Phan texts Tokyo fish traders daily to source wild-caught fish at peak freshness, then serves it over aged red vinegar rice in an intimate eight-seat omakase experience.
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Warlord
Avondale
Mirra
Bucktown
El Che Steakhouse & Bar
West Loop
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Redhot Ranch
Lake View
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Daisies
Logan Square
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UMMO
River North
Costera Cocina Tulum
Fulton Market District
Pequod's Pizza
Lincoln Park
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HaiSous Vietnamese Kitchen
Lower West Side
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Virtue Restaurant
Hyde Park
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PERILLA steakhouse
Chicago Loop
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The Publican
Fulton Market District
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Lost Larson (Andersonville)
Andersonville
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Boka
Lincoln Park
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Sanders BBQ Supply Co
Beverly
Gavroche
Near North Side
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Moody Tongue
Near South Side
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The Allis Chicago
Fulton Market District
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Oriole
West Loop
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Tempesta Market
West Town
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Palm Court
Streeterville
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Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits
Logan Square
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Bill Kim Ramen Bar
Fulton Market District
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Ken Kee Restaurant Hong Kong
Armour Square
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Shanghai Terrace
River North
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Vito & Nick's Pizzeria
Ashburn
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John's Food and Wine
Lincoln Park
Bar Pendry Chicago
Chicago Loop
Demera
Fulton Market District
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Publican Quality Bread
West Town
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Laschet's Inn
North Center
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Russian Tea Time Restaurant
Chicago Loop
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Club Lucky
West Town
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The Drunken Bean Coffee & Wine Bar
Chicago Loop
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