1. Virtue

    Southern

    In a Hyde Park corner across from the university, Erick Williams runs a dining room with an animated bar and a kitchen that takes Southern cooking seriously—corn bread arrives with a steak knife and honey butter. The dirty rice with chicken gizzards and house-made charcuterie with pepper jelly suggest a chef thinking past nostalgia toward something more deliberate.

    James Beard Awards
    2023 · Winner · Emerging Chef · Damarr Brown
    2022 · Winner · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Erick Williams
    Food & Wine
    2025 · The Top 15 US Restaurants
    Michelin Guide
    Bib Gourmand
    Time Out
    #12 · The 25 best restaurants in Chicago
    The New York Times
    The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now
    Eater
    The 38 Essential Restaurants in Chicago
    2019 · The Best New Restaurants in America
    Address
    1462 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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