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Virtue
Southern
Skillet cornbread arrives with a steak knife and honey butter, which tells you most of what you need to know about Erick Williams's Southern restaurant in Hyde Park. The dining room is warm and unhurried, the kind of place the university crowd treats as a standing Thursday plan. Williams holds two James Beard Awards, and the Michelin Guide gives it a Bib Gourmand. The cooking is rooted and serious without ever feeling like a lecture.
The awards strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Emerging Chef · Damarr Brown
- AAA Three Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Erick Williams
- Food & Wine The Top 15 US Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- Time Out #12 · The 25 best restaurants in Chicago
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Chicago
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
One number, weighted & current 92
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Gumbo
“One menu highlight is the mildly spicy gumbo served with andouille sausage, chicken and rice.”
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Shrimp and crawfish étouffée
“If you love grits, try the shrimp and crawfish étouffée but don't leave without digging into the house-made cornbread served with honey butter.”
AAA -
Blackened catfish
“the exquisitely blackened catfish with barbecued carrots”
The New York Times -
Skillet corn bread
“For starters, imagine skillet corn bread with a steak knife for slicing and slathering on the honey butter”
Michelin Guide
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