The Checklist HOW MANY OF CHICAGO’S 50 ICONIC FOODS HAVE YOU TRIED? Pączki at Dinkel’s Bakery Patty melt at Top-Notch Beefburgers Rainbow Cone at Original Rainbow Cone BREAKFAST Pork chop sandwich Chef’s special dry chili chicken Apple fritter at Jim’s Original at Lao Sze Chuan at Old Fashioned Donuts Red hot Chicago Classic Bagel and lox at Dave’s Red Hots at Lou Malnati’s at Kaufman’s Bagel & Delicatessen Superdawg Chicken Vesuvio Pączki at Superdawg at the Village at Dinkel’s Bakery Kalamata chicken Silog SMALL BITES at Athenian Room at Uncle Mike’s Place Chorizo-stuffed medjool dates Mustard-fried catfish at Avec at BJ’s Market & Bakery HANDHELDS Egg rolls Pasta Yia Yia SOUTHTOWN DAILY Bistec asado taco at Orange Garden at Lula Cafe at Taqueria El Milagro Fried shrimp with Hienie’s sauce Rib-eye steak Breaded steak sandwich at Hienie’s Shrimp House at Gene & Georgetti at Ricobene’s Garrett Mix Rib tips and french fries Corned beef sandwich at Garrett Popcorn Shops at Lem’s Bar-B-Q at Manny’s Cafeteria Lollipop wings Thin-crust sausage pizza & Delicatessen at Great Sea Restaurant at Vito & Nick’s Pizzeria Doña Cuca gordita Peppered salmon Vegetarian messob at Carniceria Aguascalientes at Calumet Fisheries at Demera Ethiopian Restaurant Fishwich Pig Face at Dock’s at Girl & the Goat SWEET STUFF Griddled burger Saganaki Caramel cake at Edzo’s Burger Shop at Greek Islands at Brown Sugar Bakery Italian beef Wings with mild sauce Chocolate cake at Al’s #1 Italian Beef at Harold’s Chicken Shack at Portillo’s Jibarito Hot fudge sundae at Borinquen Lounge MAIN DISHES at Margie’s Candies Lengua taco Baby back ribs Italian lemonade at La Chaparrita Taqueria at Twin Anchors at Mario’s Italian Lemonade Mr. G Restaurant & Tavern Portuguese-style milk egg tart at J.P. Graziano Grocery Barg at Chiu Quon Bakery & Dim Sum Nhu Lan special bánh mì at Noon O Kabab Rainbow Cone at Nhu Lan Bakery Beijing duck dinner at Original Rainbow Cone Patty melt at Sun Wah BBQ at Top-Notch Beefburgers Birria Polish sausage at Birrieria Zaragoza at Express Grill Carnitas at Carnitas Uruapan PHOTOGRAPHY: (PĄCZKI) COURTESY OF DINKEL’S BAKERY; (PATTY MELT) JEFF MARINI; (RAINBOW CONE) ZAK KOESKE/ 94 .