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773-262-5280

2629 W. Devon Ave., Ave., Devon W. 2629

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confirm hours of operation of hours confirm like barbecue forever. barbecue like

Uru-Swati a half-mile west at at west half-mile a Uru-Swati

[email protected] ahead/check website first to first website ahead/check unless you want it to smell smell to it want you unless

Consider vegetarian vegetarian Consider

Call itineraries: on Note Note: Don’t wear cashmere, cashmere, wear Don’t Note:

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773-334-1589

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chopalkababsteak.com

5247 N. Western Ave. Ave. Western N. 5247

books and old “Saturday “Saturday old and books 16 Side South

■ 773-338-4080 773-338-4080

(spicy kimchee/pork stew) kimchee/pork (spicy

perpetuated by guide- by perpetuated 14 Account Expense ■ 2240 W. Devon Ave. Devon W. 2240

beef), kimchee zigae zigae kimchee beef),

Chicago beyond what’s what’s beyond Chicago 12 car) (no North River ■ chili chicken chili

ribs), bulgogi (marinated (marinated bulgogi ribs),

restaurant scene, a a scene, restaurant Grilled goat chops, goat Grilled Get: 10 2 Hits Greatest Chicago’s

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Kalbi (beef short short (beef Kalbi Get:

to encapsulate our city’s city’s our encapsulate to 8 1 Hits Greatest Chicago’s ■ Pakastani BYOB Pakastani

tabletop barbecue tabletop

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representations of the city. city. the of representations Beijing and Lao Shanghai in in Shanghai Lao and Beijing

INTRODUCTION

features great rooftop beer beer rooftop great features

restaurants, including Lao Lao including restaurants,

Both Chicagos are valid valid are Chicagos Both

Contents Note: Lincoln Square location location Square Lincoln Note:

string of regional Lao Lao regional of string

tamale-selling abuelas. tamale-selling

genessausageshop.com Note: Owner Tony Hu has a a has Hu Tony Owner Note:

aquarium smokers and and smokers aquarium

Ave., 773-728-7243 773-728-7243 Ave.,

tonygourmetgroup.com

sidewalks, Goose Island Green Line, rib tips grilling on on grilling tips rib Line, Green Island Goose sidewalks,

773-777-6322; 4750 N. Lincoln Lincoln N. 4750 773-777-6322;

Ave., 312-326-5040 312-326-5040 Ave.,

5330 W. Belmont Ave., Ave., Belmont W. 5330 Chicagoans consists of three-flat buildings, beanbag toss on on toss beanbag buildings, three-flat of consists Chicagoans

restaurant at 2172 S. Archer Archer S. 2172 at restaurant

Field Museum and the John Hancock Center. The Chicago of of Chicago The Center. Hancock John the and Museum Field wurst, chicken noodle soup noodle chicken wurst, Multiple locations, original original locations, Multiple

sausage (kabanosy), knack- (kabanosy), sausage

architectural cruises in an area triangulated by Willis Tower, the the Tower, Willis by triangulated area an in cruises architectural

twice-cooked pork, hot pot hot pork, twice-cooked

Double-smoked snack snack Double-smoked Get:

defined by deep dish pizzas, -caramel popcorn and and popcorn cheese-caramel pizzas, dish deep by defined three-chili chicken, chicken, three-chili

dreams Cumin lamb, Tony’s Tony’s lamb, Cumin Get: other inhabited by those who call it home. The former is is former The home. it call who those by inhabited other

that’ll fulfill your sausage sausage your fulfill that’ll

Chinese in Chicago in Chinese versions of itself: one as described by the hotel concierge, the the concierge, hotel the by described as one itself: of versions

Old-world Polish butcher butcher Polish Old-world

popularized regional regional popularized

Like any world-class city, Chicago presents two simultaneous simultaneous two presents Chicago city, world-class any Like

Shop The restaurant that that restaurant The

Welcome to Chicago! to Welcome

Lao Sze Chuan Sze Lao Gene’s Sausage Sausage Gene’s D C

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CHICAGO DINING 101 Summer 2014

By Kevin Pang

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pizza. Al’s #1, chains like Portillo’s Portillo’s like chains #1, Al’s

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An example of square-cut square-cut of example An finer purveyors (Johnnie’s, (Johnnie’s, purveyors finer A

Everyman , and and sandwich, Everyman

87TH B jus-soaked roll — is Chicago’s Chicago’s is — roll jus-soaked

STONY ISLAND STONY and peppers hot beef, roast 83RD

D irresistibly sloppy bomb of of bomb sloppy irresistibly

salt). — the the — beef Italian salt). 94

slices, sport peppers, celery celery peppers, sport slices,

CICERO PULASKI WESTERN

relish, onions, pickle, tomato tomato pickle, onions, relish, 90

triumvirate. hot dog (mustard, neon neon (mustard, dog hot

Thalia Hall (live shows) shows) (live Hall Thalia that’ll serve a Chicago-style Chicago-style a serve that’ll

Dusek’s (restaurant) and and (restaurant) Dusek’s almost every neighborhood, neighborhood, every almost

(drinks) is part of the the of part is (drinks) the corner grill, found in in found grill, corner the GARFIELD

Note: Punch House House Punch Note: Most ubiquitous of all is is all of ubiquitous Most

takeouts. COTTAGE GROVE COTTAGE squares. into crisscross punchhousechicago.com

links found in barbecue barbecue in found links shaped wedges, the pie is cut cut is pie the wedges, shaped 312-526-3851 312-526-3851

shorthand for rib tips and hot hot and tips rib for shorthand Instead of standard triangle- standard of Instead 94 1227 W. 18th St. St. 18th W. 1227

the South and West sides, sides, West and South the sausage and cheese party cut: cut: party cheese and sausage

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“tip-link combo” uttered on on uttered combo” “tip-link preference is the thin-crust thin-crust the is preference

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Pimm’s Cup, Pilsen Pilsen Cup, Pimm’s

HALSTED Get:

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shrimp by the paper bag. bag. paper the by shrimp dish pizzas. More representa- More pizzas. dish 55

ambience, with punch punch with ambience, houses selling breaded breaded selling houses ans exclusively consume deep deep consume exclusively ans

CERMAK

290 Underground VFW Hall Hall VFW Underground Cermak Road, it’s the fry fry the it’s Road, Cermak this false belief that Chicago- that belief false this

Chicago

Southwest Side along along Side Southwest mid-’60s. As for pizza, there’s there’s pizza, for As mid-’60s.

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90 ROOSEVELT cheeseburger. On the the On cheeseburger. Chicago sometime in the the in sometime Chicago

serving a two-handed two-handed a serving introduced to America via via America to introduced

Lakeview, it might be a pub pub a be might it Lakeview, but all acknowledge it was was it acknowledge all but

Note: Second location now open in Three Oaks, Mich. Oaks, Three in open now location Second Note:

borhood has its say. In In say. its has borhood along South Halsted Street, Street, Halsted South along

964 W. 31st St., 773-523-7437, pleasanthousebakery.com 773-523-7437, St., 31st W. 964 Everywoman? Each neigh- Each Everywoman? town restaurant magnates magnates restaurant town

Chicago’s Everyman and and Everyman Chicago’s among a handful of Greek- of handful a among Chicken balti pie, premium pasty, deluxe gravy chips gravy deluxe pasty, premium pie, balti Chicken Get:

What is the food of of food the is What sandwich are hotly disputed disputed hotly are sandwich

Blue-collar English food with farm-to-table sensibility farm-to-table with food English Blue-collar

Origins of the gyro the of Origins

Proletariat food Proletariat

Pleasant House Bakery House Pleasant E and slice beef in-house daily. in-house beef slice and

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A La Chaparrita tradition, Achatz’s food was Luxury dining altogether exacting, playful, Supermarket taqueria of 2500 S. Whipple St. We begin with restaurants interactive and theatrical, the highest order 773-254-0975 at the top — tops in creative influenced by Spain’s Get: Crispy tripe and al Note: The supermarket makes verve, critical acclaim and avant-garde cooking move- pastor tacos, tepache its own longaniza sausage, price tag. First some context: ment (for example, a green (fermented pineapple drink) which it sells by bulk. Fine-dining in Chicago taffy balloon dessert during the ’70s was shaped suspended with helium). by chefs like Jovan Trboyev- For this genre of restau- DEVON DETAIL B 94 E 94 ich and Jean Banchet, whose rant, where diners can expect AREA cooking philosophies were to pay $400 and up per ELSTON ensconced in the school of person, continues to 90 F FOSTER classic French. Then came be the standard-bearer. 290 LAWRENCE in 1987, who Others, like L2O, , 55 Chicago sourced exotic ingredients Tru, Spiaggia and Grace, C LINCOLN

CICERO and preached farm-to-table shoot for multi-Michelin-star WESTERN kitchen before it was en status. Any international C Lake vogue. Trotter’s kitchen gourmet with a passing BELMONT Michigan produced a coterie of familiarity of Chicago’s Chicago’s most influential dining scene will reference MILWAUKEE chefs today. these restaurants first. B Smak-Tak Among them is Grant One level down in pricing, Homey Polish cooking Achatz, the man responsible but with no less decorum, are Mile 1 in lodge setting for guiding our city’s Chicago’s famed steakhouses. 90 restaurants to a new stratum Gibson’s, Gene & Georgetti’s Get: Pierogis, hunter Chicago 94 of ambition. When he and Morton’s have long been stew, stuffed cabbage MICHIGAN opened Alinea in 2005, his the go-to beef emporiums for rolls CANAL cooking garnered praise that business suits and conven- 290 5961 N. Elston Ave. OGDEN went beyond local adula- tiongoers. Here you’ll find 773-763-1123 tions. Ruth Reichl, in chicken Vesuvio, a Chicago smaktak.com A CERMAK Gourmet magazine, called it invention — bone-in chicken D the best restaurant in the with potatoes sauteed in Note: Translation means 26TH “taste-yes!” 55 country. Where Trotter’s white wine, garlic and olive preached refinement and oil, then roasted until crisp.

Note: Reservations will need to be secured months ahead. months secured be to need will Reservations Note:

Polish is the most-spoken most-spoken the is Polish mostly Cantonese food food Cantonese mostly

L2Orestaurant.com After English and Spanish, Spanish, and English After with a bustling variety of of variety bustling a with

spiaggiarestaurant.com 773-868-0002, West, Xoco. Asian ethnicity in Chicago, Chicago, in ethnicity Asian

F Ave., 312-280-2750, 312-280-2750, Ave., Park Lincoln N. 2300 L2O: ampo, Frontera Grill and and Grill Frontera ampo, Chinese represent the largest largest the represent Chinese

I 980 N. Michigan Michigan N. 980 Spiaggia: levels of formality: Topolob- formality: of levels Pakistani restaurants. The The restaurants. Pakistani alinearestaurant.com

restaurants, in descending descending in restaurants, to 40-plus Indian and and Indian 40-plus to

312-226-8144, elideas.com 312-226-8144, 312-867-0110, St.,

with his trio of popular popular of trio his with and Damen avenues is home home is avenues Damen and

H E 2419 W. 14th St., St., 14th W. 2419 Ideas: EL Halsted N. 1723 Alinea:

Hubbard and Illinois streets streets Illinois and Hubbard Avenue between California California between Avenue

sixteenchicago.com grace-restaurant.com

block of Clark Street between between Street Clark of block milelong stretch of Devon Devon of stretch milelong

Ave., 312-588-8030, 312-588-8030, Ave., 312-234-9494, St.,

He practically owns the entire entire the owns practically He compact restaurant rows. The The rows. restaurant compact

401 N. Wabash Wabash N. 401 Sixteen: Randolph W. 652 Grace: G D

the cuisine to four-star status. status. four-star to cuisine the nities produce vibrant and and vibrant produce nities

Rick Bayless, who elevated elevated who Bayless, Rick Pockets of ethnic commu- ethnic of Pockets Most of these restaurants have set tasting menus. tasting set have restaurants these of Most Get:

in Chicago without a hat tip to to tip hat a without Chicago in Staropolska, Red Apple). Red Staropolska,

restaurants in town in restaurants

can’t mention Mexican food food Mexican mention can’t Northwest Side (Smak-Tak, (Smak-Tak, Side Northwest

The most adventurous, expensive, Michelin star-chasing star-chasing Michelin expensive, adventurous, most The

west of the Loop. You also also You Loop. the of west Milwaukee Avenue on the the on Avenue Milwaukee

Grace/Alinea/L2O/Sixteen/EL Ideas/Spiaggia Grace/Alinea/L2O/Sixteen/EL

Street Market, a mile south- mile a Market, Street Polonia can be found along along found be can Polonia

found Sundays at Maxwell Maxwell at Sundays found restaurants for the Chicago Chicago the for restaurants

the culture), and it can be be can it and culture), the Some of the most popular popular most the of Some

where regulations all but stifle stifle but all regulations where language among Chicagoans. Chicagoans. among language

restaurant deal in town. in deal restaurant JOHN J. KIM / TRIBUNE PHOTO TRIBUNE / KIM J. JOHN

street food scene (in a city city a (in scene food street

lunch is the best 4-star 4-star best the is lunch

for Chicago’s most robust robust most Chicago’s for

& . &

Note: The $25 three-course three-course $25 The Note:

Mexicans are responsible responsible are Mexicans

Goat chops at Chopal Kebab Kebab Chopal at chops Goat

blackbirdrestaurant.com abound.

312-715-0708 312-715-0708 taquerias and carnicerias carnicerias and taquerias

619 W. Randolph St. Randolph W. 619 neighborhoods where where neighborhoods

in Pilsen and Little Village, Village, Little and Pilsen in dinner.

reside on the Southwest Side, Side, Southwest the on reside Menu changes often for for often changes Menu

country. The largest groups groups largest The country. or whitefish sandwich. sandwich. whitefish or

than people from any other other any from people than For lunch, pork belly belly pork lunch, For Get:

representing more Latinos Latinos more representing

fine-dining boom fine-dining

ans is of Mexican descent, descent, Mexican of is ans

began West Loop’s Loop’s West began

One in every five Chicago- five every in One

The restaurant that that restaurant The

International

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C Original Rainbow Cone The official ice cream of Chicago summers A Top Notch Get: The rainbow cone Beefburgers 9223 S. Western Ave., 773-238- 7075, rainbowcone.com Legendary burger restaurant that still Note: The five flavors of the butchers its own beef rainbow cone are chocolate, strawberry, Palmer House Get: Half-pound cheese- (vanilla with cherries and burger with grilled onions walnuts), pistachio and orange 2116 W. 95th St. sherbet. 773-445-7218 Note: Why are the French fries so good? (They’re D Uncle John’s BBQ TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES / TRIBUNE PHOTO 2010 fried in beef fat.) and Dat Donut Diners eating al fresco at the Purple Pig. dinner for two (by Chicago South Side Chicago-style ‘Yuppie’ dining barbecue next to 24-hour standards, this is considered a B Vito & Nick’s doughnut shop For lack of a better term, we midtier price). Restaurants use “yuppie” in its literal sense that fit that bill include: Girl & Classic Chicago Get: At Uncle John’s, rib tips thin-crust pizza — restaurants frequented by The Goat, Lula Cafe, The and hot links. At Dat Donut, young, urban professionals. Publican, Hopleaf, The Purple Get: House special pizza ask for anything fresh from This covers a wide swath of Pig, Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba, Sunda, (sausage, mushroom, the fryer. establishments, to be sure, but Balena, so on and so forth. green pepper, onion) Uncle John’s: 8249 S. Cottage by our definition these The overwhelming majority 8433 S. Pulaski Rd. Grove Ave., 773-952-6236, restaurants: 1) offer beverage of these restaurants are on the 773-735-2050 Dat Donut: 8251 S. Cottage programs; 2) have changing North Side, though in recent vitoandnicks.com Grove Ave., 773-723-1002 menus that reflect ingredient years, restaurants like Note: Cash only. Friday is datdonut.com seasonality; 3) are “buzzy” Nightwood and Dusek's have all-you-can-eat fried Note: Always ask for barbecue spots covered by media; and thrived south of Roosevelt smelts night. sauce on the side. 4) charge around $100 for Avenue.

charm factor but longer lines. longer but factor charm Monday. and Sunday closed

Hubbard St. Hubbard

open since 1921, has higher higher has 1921, since open location North River Note:

Note: Psst. The entrance is in the alley behind the building on on building the behind alley the in is entrance The Psst. Note:

Note: Western Avenue location location Avenue Western Note:

rickbayless.com

threedotschicago.com

JASON LITTLE / PHOTO FOR REDEYE FOR PHOTO / LITTLE JASON

margiesfinecandies.com Ave., Milwaukee N. 1471

312-610-4220 312-610-4220

773-348-0400 773-348-0400 at 2014 summer opening

435 N. Clark St. Clark N. 435

and 1813 W. Montrose Ave. Ave. Montrose W. 1813 and 312-661-1434; St., Clark N. 449

Reckoning

773-384-1035

Mexican hot chocolate hot Mexican

Punch, Dead Dead Punch,

1960 N. Western Ave. Ave. Western N. 1960

woodland mushroom , torta, mushroom woodland

Puka Puka Puka Puka Get:

split choriqueso, Churros, Get:

crowd

Turtle sundae, turtle turtle sundae, Turtle Get:

foods

craft cocktails cocktails craft

Old-school ice cream parlor cream ice Old-school street Mexican-inspired

updated for the the for updated

Margie’s Candies Margie’s Xoco C B The tiki bar, bar, tiki The

Three Dots and a Dash a and Dots Three E

Expect hour-plus lines. hour-plus Expect

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1/4 Miles Michigan

RANDOLPH

Saturday, cash only. only. cash Saturday,

Lake

a.m.-4 p.m. Monday to to Monday p.m. a.m.-4

WACKER

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ILLINOIS Navy Pier Navy

773-279-9550

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OHIO 3324 N. California Ave. Ave. California N. 3324

290

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recommends

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DETAIL DETAIL MICHIGAN CHICAGO

dog, or whatever whatever or dog,

CLARK ORLEANS duck sausage hot hot sausage duck

old-timers tell stories. tell old-timers

Foie gras and and gras Foie Get:

Note: Come during lunch, and sit at the mahogany bar. Listen to to Listen bar. mahogany the at sit and lunch, during Come Note:

purveyor

500 N. Franklin St., 312-527-3718, geneandgeorgetti.com 312-527-3718, St., Franklin N. 500

Gourmet hot dog dog hot Gourmet

Chicken alla Joe, broiled petite strip steak strip petite broiled Joe, alla Chicken Get:

good Oct. 4, 2014) 4, Oct. good

Old-school Chicago steakhouse since 1941 since steakhouse Chicago Old-school (restaurant closes for for closes (restaurant

Gene & Georgetti’s & Gene Hot Doug’s Hot D A

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options in Chinatown (Archer hub of top-notch Middle FULLERTON 94 HALSTED DETAIL and Wentworth avenues on Eastern restaurants.) A NoMI Kitchen 90 AREA the South Side). On the North Italian restaurateurs made Park Hyatt hotel F CLARK Side, Argyle Street between Little Italy (Taylor Street) and restaurant with 290 Sheridan Road and Broadway the Heart of Chicago spectacular Michigan E 55 Chicago features a cluster of Vietnam- neighborhood (Oakley Avenue view CLYBOURNNORTH 90 ese restaurants. The Filipino, Avenue between 24th and 294 Get: The weekend Korean and Middle Eastern 26th streets) into red-sauce brunch restaurant scenes in Albany gravy central. A handful of I Mile 1/2 800 N. Michigan Ave., 7th Park are, by comparison, reliable German restaurants CHICAGO more insular, catering to their exist in Lincoln Square. Pub floor, 312-239-4030, A hyatt.com countrymen (some menus food is ever present in B OHIO don’t have English transla- Beverly, home to the annual Note: The only brunch in 90 94 KINZIE G tions). But if you seek cuisine South Side Irish Parade. town with brioche French that won’t compromise Puerto Ricans settled in

RANDOLPH MICHIGAN toast and sushi. C authenticity, Albany Park Humboldt Park, where the D WESTERN boasts the most diverse array jibarito ( with of international restaurants in fried plantains in place of 290 Chicago. (Bridgeview isn’t bread) garnered much fame Chicago part of Chicago but is another at Borinquen restaurant. ROOSEVELT The Hungarian style pancake H OGDEN at Smak-Tak!, a Polish B David Burke’s Primehouse restaurant on Steakhouse with dry-aging room the northwest on site side. Get: 55- or 75-day dry aged rib-eye ALEX GARCIA / TRIBUNE PHOTO steak, 40-day prime steak burger 2005 616 N. Rush St., 312-660-6000 davidburkesprimehouse.com Note: Dry-aged can be purchased for home grilling.

tions suggested. tions nights.) most a.m. 1:30 until 94

to 8 p.m. 8 to

Note: Dinner only, reserva- only, Dinner Note: (open p.m. 11 after or lunch

90

except Sunday, noon noon Sunday, except

ridiculously long, so visit during during visit so long, ridiculously

RACINE balenachicago.com Tuesday, dinner only only dinner Tuesday, ROOSEVELT

Note: Dinner lines can be be can lines Dinner Note:

312-867-3888 312-867-3888

1 Mile Note: Closed Closed Note:

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1633 N. Halsted St. Halsted N. 1633 auchevalchicago.com

290

yusho-chicago.com

312-929-4580 312-929-4580

sausage pizza sausage

773-904-8558

800 W. Randolph St. Randolph W. 800

sea urchin and crab, fennel fennel crab, and urchin sea

B

2853 N. Kedzie Ave. Kedzie N. 2853

RANDOLPH

Squid ink pasta with with pasta ink Squid Get: bacon) the (skip burger OGDEN

takoyaki

duck heart hash, cheese- hash, heart duck

best Chicago

(if they have it), it), have they (if

Chopped chicken liver, liver, chicken Chopped Get:

donning your Sunday Sunday your donning

yaki, chawanmushi chawanmushi yaki,

porary Italian worth worth Italian porary people beautiful for

90 chicken, okonomi- chicken,

Sophisticated, contem- Sophisticated, upscaled spoon, greasy The

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places. Mario’s closes for the winter. the for closes Mario’s places. DETAIL DETAIL 94

Note: Park on the street, not the lot, if you plan on visiting both both visiting on plan you if lot, the not street, the on Park Note:

94

Mario’s: 1068 W. Taylor St. Taylor W. 1068 Mario’s:

Note: 21 and over only. over and 21 Note:

90

DIVERSEY

312-226-4017,

hopleaf.com

D

Al’s: 1079 W. Taylor St St Taylor W. 1079 Al’s:

BELMONT 773-334-9851

“dipped”), lemon ice lemon “dipped”), 5148 N. Clark St. Clark N. 5148

hot peppers (ask for it it for (ask peppers hot

style beef brisket beef style

Italian beef with with beef Italian Get:

mends, Montreal- mends, KEDZIE

ASHLAND chaser lemon the server recom- server the

sandwich plus icy icy plus sandwich

Whatever beer beer Whatever Get: WESTERN

Classic Chicago Chicago Classic

and other rare beers rare other and

each other) each

selection of Belgian Belgian of selection CLARK

(Across the street from street the (Across

Mind-boggling Mind-boggling

FOSTER

Italian Lemonade stand Lemonade Italian Hopleaf

E E

Al’s #1 Italian Beef and Mario’s and Beef Italian #1 Al’s A

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D A The Purple Pig B Frontera Grill The Publican MONTROSE DETAIL 94 Mediterranean-inflected Rick Bayless' raucous and Pork, oysters, beer hall A C AREA communal small plates signature Mexican restau- Chicago Get: Charcuterie, farm chicken, BELMONT

ASHLAND Get: Roasted bone rant any of the seafood offerings 290 90

CALIFORNIA marrow, jowl bacon-duck Get: Ceviche trio, sweet corn 837 W. Fulton Market 94 55 , tamales, guacamole, tortilla 312-733-9555 90 milk-braised pork shoulder soup 294 thepublicanrestaurant.com C

WESTERN 500 N. Michigan Ave. 445 N. Clark St., 312-661-1434 Note: Dinner only Monday to 312-464-1744 rickbayless.com Friday, weekend brunch. thepurplepigchicago.com Note: Limited reservations. Reservations suggested. Note: Prime foot traffic Line up here at 4:30 p.m. if you

HALSTED location + no reservations plan on dining. Closed Sunday MILWAUKEE LASALLE G = super busy and Monday. CHICAGO G OHIO G B River C Eataly KINZIE North

MICHIGAN Navy Pier D CANAL An Italian foods G STATE department store RANDOLPH G Lake The Get: Nutella crepes, Near West 90 Michigan Loop affogato (gelato plus Side 94 G espresso, located on G G Miles 1/2 first floor), prosciutto bar (second floor) G Garrett Popcorn COTTAGE GROVE Chicago 90 43 E. Ohio St. Habit-forming popcorn 94 312-521-8700 Get: Chicago mix (cheese eataly.com and caramel combo) Miles 2 87TH Note: There are 23 Multiple locations, “restaurants” inside garrettpopcorn.com G here. Walk around first Note: Last-minute stragglers before committing. can pick up popcorn at O’Hare 57 94 E. JASON WAMBSGANS / TRIBUNE PHOTO 2013 Terminal 3.