Chicago Restaurants

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Chicago-area Restaurants/Bars I'd Recommend

2013/03/20

Wicker Park

• Taxim - Greek
• Cumin - Indian
• Piece - Pizza
• Antique Taco - Tacos
• Neon Wilderness - drinks
• Big star - tacos
• Queen Mary - Bar

North (Logan Square/Roscoe Park/Albany Park and such)

• Owen and Engine - British/beer/cocktails
• Fat Rice - Macau food
• Smalls - filippino bbq
• Bang Bang Pie - pie
• Kitschn on Rosco - breakfast/brunch/tiki drinks
• Kamatsu - filipino food

Uptown/Ravenswood/Andersenville/Lincoln Square

• Tank Noodle - Vietnamese
• Sun Wah - Chinese, Beijing Duck
• Gogi - Korean BBQ
• Tacos in a Bag - walking tacos
• Nhu Lan - Banh Mi
• Hop Leaf - beer and sandwiches
• Regalia - Italian
• Pecking Order - Filipino (CLOSED)

Loop

• Doughnut Vault - Coffee and Donuts
• Do-rite Donuts - Coffee and Donuts
• The Gage
• Vol. 39 - fancy/expensive cocktails
• Mindy's Hot Chocolate in Revival - Donuts and Bagels - CLOSED
• Fry The Coop CLOSED

West Loop

• Sepia - Rustic American / Cocktails
• Saint Lous Assembly
• Moneygun
• Girl and the Goat - Small plate / Cocktails
• Next - Frou-frou food
• Aviary - frou-frou drinks
• Lone Wolf - Great Pub Food/Beer/Cider selection
• Publican - Pork/Shellfish/Beer
• Green Street Smoked Meats - BBQ
• Sawada - Coffee/Hot Boozy Drinks
• Au Cheval - Up-scale diner (best burgers)
• Lena Brava
• Embaya - Up-scale Vietnamese CLOSED
• Nellcôte - Italian/American
• Public Quality Meats - LUNCH
• Ramen Takeya - Ramen

River North

• Sable - Small plate / Cocktails not good anymore
• Gilt Bar - American / Cocktails
• Avec - Mediterranean
• Bavettes - Steak
• Xoco - Mexican Street Food
• Big and Littles - Seafood Tacos
• Ramen-san - Ramen/Japanese Grill not good
• Bar Sotano
• Frontera Grill
• Berkshire Room
• Beacon Tavern
• Meli Cafe - Good Breakfast
• Franklin Room - Great Happy Hour/Lunch Specials

Bridgeport / Pilsen / Little Italy

• Nanas - American
• Three Aces - American/Italian
• Jarabe - Mexican
• Nightwood (CLOSED)
• Pleasent House / Marias Bar
• Duseks / Punch House
• Haisous / Ca Phe Da - upscale vietnamese

Suburbs

• Bold, Algonquin
• Bien Trucha, Geneva
• Altiro, Geneva
• A Toda Madre, Geneva
• Emilios, Hillside
• Mockingbird, East Dundee
• Pequods, Morton Grove - pizza
• Chicago Culinary Kitchen, Palatine - bbq
• Ramen House Schinchan, Palatine - ramen
• Tacos El Norte, Lake Zurich - tacos
• Al's Pizza - Warrenville