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  2. Chef Otto Phan's 10-seat omakase strips down to nigiri alone, with fish cut large and pressed onto generous rice mounds that feel substantial rather than precious. The tamago finishes silky; the prices and beverage list suggest a counter confident enough to skip pretension.


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    2513 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  3. Rank 3. Redhot Ranch

    Chicago-Style American


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    2449 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2812 W Palmer St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  5. Sunlit and sprawling, Daisies has upgraded into a roomier iteration of itself, keeping its house-made pastas—pappardelle with mushroom ragù, rigatoni with pork ragù and fermented tomato—front and center. The onion dip with house-made ruffles remains essential; a new bakery operation supplies pastries, ice creams, and sorbets that close the meal with intention.


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    2375 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  6. Rank 6. Mirra

    Fusion

    Mirca's kitchen splices Indian and Mexican vocabularies with unguarded confidence, sending out dum biryani with lamb barbacoa and scallop ceviche in crispy fenugreek roti alongside housemade achar and salsa tatemado that taste like they belong together. A young crowd packed elbow-to-elbow under exposed brick and ambient noise confirms what the food already knows: restraint has no place here.


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    1954 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  7. Rank 7. Margie's Candies

    Old-School Dessert


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    1960 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1935 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  9. Lively chatter and seasonal cocktails fill the dining room at this Logan Square antojeria, where Diana Dávila's menu reclaims lesser-known Aztec traditions—guisado de nopalitos, a fragrant cactus stew with charred chilies and salty fried cheese curds, arrives with warm tortillas. The tacos carry the clarity of Mexico City street food, unpretentious and exact.


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    2800 W Logan Blvd, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    3281 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2340 N California Ave, Unit B, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  12. A rustic Alpine tavern on Armitage where communal tables and an inviting bar set the stage for whimsical cooking that refuses convention. The grilled lamb shoulder towers over creamy lentils; choucroute garni's beef richness yields to sauerkraut purée; pretzel ice cream sits atop jalapeño caramel. Creative dissonance runs through every course, from charcuterie to dessert.


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    2728 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2829 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  14. The dining room glows with oceanic blues and vibrant art, a loud, convivial space where a U-shaped bar anchors clusters of tables built for lingering. The menu trades in Chinese-American comfort—dan dan noodles, a bone-in pork shank glazed dark with black beans, fried string beans suspended in broad bean purée—each dish settling in with the weight of something remembered.


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    2165 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2840 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1623 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1925 W Cortland St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1737 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  19. Rank 19. Scofflaw

    Gin-Focused Cocktail Bar


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    3201 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  20. Rank 20. Le Bouchon

    Lyonnaise French


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    1958 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2357 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2385 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  23. Rank 23. Lardon

    Salumeria Italian

    A converted butcher shop where whole-animal charcuterie hangs in plain sight, Lardon arranges house-cured pork across wooden boards and soft bread with the precision of a craftsman's inventory. The honeycomb floors and visible curing chamber anchor an old-world Chicago sensibility that extends from midday salumeria to weekend bistro fare.


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    2200 N California Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  24. Rank 24. Union

    American

    A warm, wood-lined gastropub that balances comfort food with creative touches, from spicy baby gem salad to shawarma-spiced chicken. Regulars camp at the bar under Edison bulbs while the kitchen keeps cheeseburgers and fried cheese curds turning.


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    2202 N California Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1801 N Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1813 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  27. Rank 27. Osteria Langhe

    Piedmontese Italian

    A glass-fronted garage space on Armitage glows with bare bulbs and wood tables where Piedmontese cooking unfolds with quiet confidence. Thin ribbons of poached beef drift in tonnato; house-made tajarin, eggy and abundant, swirls with ragù; hand-pinched ravioli cradles creamy la tur. A neighborhood fixture that earns its steady crowds through unfussy execution and genuine hospitality.


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    2824 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  28. Rank 28. Middle Brow

    Tavern-Style


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    2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2353 N California Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  31. A brick-lined neighborhood corner that fills early and stays full, Lula cycles through seasonal plates with the ease of a place that knows its regulars. The potato 'nduja tart arrives burnished and sharp with aged cheddar; the house-made spaghetti, dressed in pancetta and a sweet-heat chili bean sauce, tastes of real technique applied without pretense. This is comfort that doesn't announce itself.


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    2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  32. Rank 32. Giant

    New American

    Jason Vincent transforms familiar comfort foods—crab salad, ribs, onion rings—with unexpected flourishes in a cozy, modern-rustic room on Armitage. His thick pici noodles with bacon and jalapeños prove that straightforward ingredients, when treated with precision, need no apology.


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    3209 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1757 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  34. Rank 34. Club Lucky

    Traditional Italian


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    1824 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1462 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  36. Rank 36. Valhalla

    Contemporary

    Chef Stephen Gillanders holds court at a dark Wicker Park counter, sending out a globe-trotting tasting menu that pivots between Filipino, Mexican, Chinese, and Indian without apology—lobster tsukune with smoked pimentón butter lands next to white curry noodles. Dessert pavlovas and a beverage program of real thoughtfulness suggest a kitchen that plays seriously.


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    2020 W Division St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  37. Rank 37. Ina Mae

    Southern

    A sprawling New Orleans tavern anchors a corner of Wicker Park with a three-deep bar and the restless energy of a place that knows what it does. The gumbo and po'boys arrive honest and sturdy, but it's the Nashville fried chicken—a staff obsession—that reveals the kitchen's true ambition.


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    1415 N Wood St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  38. Rank 38. Kasama

    Filipino

    Tim Flores and Genie Kwon cook Filipino food with striking originality in a spare room, each dish—mussel adobo, shrimp-paste peanut sauce—arriving as both homage and reinvention. The desserts, particularly a corn semifreddo that riffs on mais con yelo, are equally inventive, suggesting a kitchen where tradition and technique speak the same language.


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    1001 N Winchester Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    3039 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2957 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1562 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  42. Rank 42. Queen Mary

    British-Inspired Cocktail Bar


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    2125 W Division St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2451 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  44. Rank 44. Dorian's

    Italian-ish


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    1939 W North Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  45. Rank 45. BiXi Beer

    Asian-Inspired


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    2515 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  46. Rank 46. Piece Brewery & Pizzeria

    New Haven-Style Pizza


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    1927 W North Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  47. After years of pop-ups, this neighborhood spot has settled into a playful approach to Indian cooking that freely mixes tradition with invention. Naan arrives topped with jalapeños and mozzarella or folded into a butter chicken calzone; Kerala crab curry and chana chaat hold their own alongside. The warehouse space, with exposed brick and a long bar, feels open and generous.


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    3059 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  48. A handsome Greek taverna near Logan Square where mezze platters and grilled lamb chops emerge from a wood-burning oven with equal care. The wine list ranges across Greek regions, and custard pie with phyllo provides an impressive finale.


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    2542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  49. Rank 49. Schwa

    Contemporary

    No servers, rap at full volume, and a kitchen that treats classical technique like a toy to dismantle—Schwa remains defiantly itself. A single tasting might pivot from chilled gumbo with blue crab crisps to foie gras ice cream in a cinnamon shell to quail dusted in jerk spice. The cooking is deliberately provocative, sometimes brilliant, always refusing to apologize.


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    1466 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2000 W. Diversey Pkwy, Chicago , IL · Chicago
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    1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  52. Rank 52. Alinea

    Creative

    Grant Achatz orchestrates dinner as theater—vapor drifts across the table, hidden flavors emerge from diminutive courses, and tableside pyrotechnics render the plate obsolete. The evening oscillates between whimsy and precision, each course a small rupture in expectation, culminating in dessert painted directly onto bare wood.


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    1723 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  53. Rank 53. Billy Sunday

    Cocktail Bar


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    3143 W Logan Blvd, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  54. Rank 54. Estereo

    Latin-American


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    2450 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    948 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  56. In a converted coach house on Division, Zubair Mohajir distills his childhood across India and the Middle East into tasting menus that layer pickling and fermentation through South and Southeast Asian cuisines. A sweet potato pavé under molaga podi rub, dumplings glossed with beet butter and mushrooms, ube jalebi swimming in saffron—each plate announces a cook fully arrived at his ambition.


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    1742 W Division St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  57. Rank 57. Feld

    Contemporary

    Chef Jacob Potashnick orchestrates a produce-focused tasting in Ukrainian Village's open kitchen, drawing ingredients from within four hours of Chicago and coaxing them through multiple preparations—raw asparagus, tempura, juice. A single vegetable becomes the evening's argument, whether maitake mushroom across textures or sour cherries from the backyard trees.


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    2018 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  58. A sunny corner in Logan Square holds a restaurant content with uncomplicated cooking—tender runner beans with garlic confit, silken duck liver mousse on warm bread—where seasoning lands true and flavors sing without fuss. The breezy dining room welcomes you equally whether you've reserved a table or pulled up to the counter. No pretense, no tweezers, just honest food that knows what it is.


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    3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  59. Rank 59. Smyth

    Contemporary

    The open kitchen at this chic West Loop tasting room showcases Shields and Urie-Shields' boundary-pushing approach to seasonal produce, some grown on-site. A kelp tart with pea butter and trout roe, or foie gras doughnuts with crab, exemplify their restless creativity.


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    177 N Ada St, Unit 101, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  60. A corner gastropub that looks like a whiskey bar but executes refined dishes—terrines, stroganoffs, omelets with brie—from a tiny hidden kitchen. The daylit cured salmon and breakfast menu rival the cocktails that draw neighborhood regulars through morning until night.


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    2657 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  61. Rank 61. Kumiko

    Japanese Cocktail Bar

    Julia Momosé's dining bar pairs an exceptional Japanese spirits collection with sharp-uniformed servers who radiate genuine warmth across a room designed for lingering. The kitchen matches that precision—butter cabbage with ramp miso and katsuobushi, grilled Arctic char in shio koji beurre blanc—each plate calibrated as carefully as the cocktails beside it.


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    630 W Lake St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  62. Rank 62. Lilac Tiger

    Cocktail Bar


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  63. An alleyway corner in Ukrainian Village where hanging plants frame a scatter of garden tables and Chef Noah Sandoval's pan pizzas arrive charred and purposeful. The soppressata square with Castelvetrano olives and maitake mushrooms tastes like someone finally got the ratio right.


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    1039 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1935 W Thomas St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  65. A whitewashed storefront gives way to an industrial dining room lined with steel brewing vats—the real draw here. The kitchen turns out filet sliders with blue cheese and caramelized onions, grilled fish sandwiches with house-made remoulade, and a carrot cake that lands soft and generous on the plate. Beer is taken seriously enough that tastings guide your order.


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    1932 W Division St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    Creative

    On a hushed corner of Fulton Market, Curtis Duffy orchestrates an austere dining room where every element—light, spacing, plating—answers to a larger vision. The food arrives as disciplined architecture: technically assured, visually composed, each plate a study in structure and restraint.


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    1340 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  67. Rank 67. Four Letter Word

    Turkish Coffee


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    3022 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2354 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  69. Rank 69. Oriole

    French-Japanese New American

    A former warehouse accessed by freight elevator, Oriole channels restrained elegance through its open kitchen and striking ceiling collage. Chef Noah Sandoval's French-Japanese tasting menu demonstrates disciplined technique, with black truffle capellini and foie gras canapés executed with quiet precision.


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    661 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1012 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  71. Rank 71. Galit

    Modern Middle Eastern

    Inside a modest storefront, Zach Engel's modern Middle Eastern cooking unfolds through a prix-fixe of diners' choosing, opening with creamy hummus, warm pita, and pickles that establish the evening's warmth. The falafel carries unexpected brightness, wines from the Levantine region flow with purpose, and the whole operation hums with genuine hospitality.


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    2429 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    3152 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  74. Chef Edward Kim crisscrosses global flavors with Midwestern restraint, as in wok-fried cauliflower that crackles with Szechuan heat and tangy chili. The cooking avoids novelty for its own sake, letting crispy textures and pungent garlic speak for themselves.


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    1401 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  75. Rank 75. Boka

    Modern New American

    Lee Wolen's dining room—all banquettes, mirrored fixtures, quiet confidence—sustains its reputation through unwavering technique and seasonal rigor. Hokkaido scallops arrive with green garlic purée and aerated sabayon; house-made ricotta gnocchetti swims in cream beneath crispy chicken skin. A restaurant that has earned its steadiness.


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    1729 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    1600 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    2934 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  78. Rank 78. Brasero

    South American


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    1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    3612 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  80. Rank 80. Sepia

    New American

    A former print shop on Jefferson Street holds a dining room where exposed brick and floor-to-ceiling wine racks frame Chef Andrew Zimmerman's restless intelligence. His brioche with black truffle and leek velouté, his sablefish with barbecue spice and smoked apple, suggest a cook equally at home in Southeast Asia, Korea, and the American South.


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  81. Rank 81. Nadu

    Regional Indian

    Chef Sujan Sarkar's Nadu serves contemporary regional Indian cuisine designed for sharing, with meen gassi—walleye in coconut and tamarind curry—standing out as a richly spiced centerpiece. The warm, upbeat dining room welcomes walk-ins at the bar, though reservations help secure a table for the vegetable moilee and other dishes meant for the whole table.


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    2518 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  82. Rank 82. Asador Bastian

    Basque-inspired Steakhouse

    Asador Bastian applies Basque grilling discipline to dry-aged beef cooked over charcoal with deliberate restraint, avoiding performance for precision. Set in a 1883 building, the restaurant prioritizes selection and control over volume, anchored by a working open kitchen.


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    214 W Erie St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  83. Rank 83. Sharpies

    Detroit-Style Pizza


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    Contemporary

    Each season brings a new culinary theme—ancient Rome, Hollywood, fin-de-siècle Paris—executed with technical precision and theatrical flair. The tasting menu pivots entirely every few months, making repeat visits feel like discovering a different restaurant.


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    953 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    108 E Superior St, FL 4, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    3057 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  87. Rank 87. Bisous

    Parisian


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    938 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  88. Rank 88. Thattu

    Coastal Indian


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    2601 W Fletcher St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  91. Rick Bayless's Mexican fine dining showcases seasonal, tradition-rooted dishes with unexpected flourishes, from memela divorciada to salmon in pipian sauce. The agave-focused beverage pairings elevate each course with studied care.


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    445 N Clark St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  92. Rank 92. Pizz’amici

    Tavern-Style Pizza


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  93. Rank 93. Maple & Ash

    Steakhouse

    A wood-fired steakhouse that doubles as a scene: leather banquettes, a photo booth, and a semi-open kitchen where dry-aged beef and whole octopus emerge burnished from the flames. The seafood tower arrives tableside, lobster tail and king crab glistening in garlic butter and chili oil, but it's the theatre—the music, the glow—that makes you want to stay.


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    8 W Maple St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  95. Rank 95. Jeong

    Korean

    Dave Park and Jen Tran have built something rare here: a tasting menu that treats Korean flavors with the precision of haute cuisine without irony or apology. A disk of salmon tartare arrives under doenjang yuzu gastrique and crisp rice crackers; octopus swims in peach sauce alongside kimchi. The room is sleek and intimate, the cooking inventive and exact.


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  96. Rank 96. Elske

    Contemporary

    The Posey's airy dining room and garden patio set a calm stage for cooking that honors ingredients with Danish-inflected restraint. Duck liver tart with salted ramp, composed vegetable plates, and gently handled proteins move across the season; desserts—shaped by Anna Posey's visual arts background—balance considered composition with simplicity. A thoughtful wine and juice program follows.


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    1350 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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  98. Rank 98. Cariño

    Mexican

    Beneath the rumble of the Uptown L, Chef Norman Fenton orchestrates a tasting menu of Mexican cooking that pivots between tradition and invention—huitlacoche ravioli with fried corn silk, lamb tartare tostada styled as al pastor. The counter seats you close enough to watch his small team work, their energy matching the pace of each course.


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  99. A converted warehouse in West Loop fills nightly with the sound of conversation ricocheting off black-framed windows and an almost endless bar, its kitchen playing confidently with Japanese, Chinese, and Thai influences across dishes like soup dumpling tortellini and turbot with kombu beurre blanc. The rooftop garden feeds the plates; the bartenders fuel the momentum.


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  100. Rank 100. Anelya

    Eastern European

    In a cozy Avondale dining room, Johnny Clark and Beverly Kim honor Clark's grandmother through meticulously sourced Eastern European fare: green borsch alive with nettles, a zakusky cart of tart roe and seed hummus, butter-glazed pampushky bread. The stuffed cabbage arrives as a study in restraint—locally raised beef, deliberate flavors, no flourish beyond what the ingredients demand.


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    3472 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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