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Chicago Restaurant Guide

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GAYOT.com's Picks:
10 Hot Spots for Dining
Au Cheval
The Boarding House
E + O Food and Drink
Fat Rice
Found Kitchen and Social House
The J. Parker
La Sirena Clandestina
Little Goat Diner
Siena Tavern
Sumi Robata Bar

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Restaurant News in Chicago

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Chicago New & Notable Restaurants

If you're looking for a new dining spot in Chicago, check out the
Top 10 New & Notable Restaurants
as well as our round-up of all the New Restaurants in Chicago that have opened recently.

Find out what's hip on the dining scene with the Top 10 New & Notable Restaurants in Chicago

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Closed Restaurant Reviews

They might be gone, but they're not forgotten. Browse through our closed restaurant database for Chicago to reminisce about your favorite eateries from the past. Abril, we'll miss you.


Top 10 Most Read Reviews by Our Users

1. Bavette's Bar & Boeuf
2. Au Cheval
3. Spiaggia
4. Everest
5. Benny's Chop House
  6. Alinea
  7. Chicago Cut Steakhouse
  8. Lockwood
  9. Coco Pazzo
10. Anteprima

Chicago Restaurants

Holding the title of the third biggest city in the nation, Chicago has many mouths to feed. Thousands of fantastic restaurants in Chicago are able to keep up with the unique culinary needs of its inhabitants and visitors. Many of the restaurants in Chicago pay homage to the city's famous deep-dish pizza, offering pizzas with oozing cheese and chunky tomato sauce fortified by up to three-inch walls of buttery crust. Dining in Chicago is also marked by the Chicago-style hot dogs and Chicago-style Italian beef sandwiches. Said delicacies can be obtained in restaurants or at the many food trucks and stands that occupy the bustling streets of Chicago. For those with a more refined taste in food, Chicago is also home to restaurants featuring everything from haute cuisine to ethnic fare to seafood.
Chicago Top 10 Restaurant Lists

Discover the top restaurants in Chicago for various cuisines and categories like sushi, steakhouses, pizza, happy hours and romantic dining. Find the best restaurants in Chicago here!

Discover the best restaurants in Chicago for sushi, steak, a romantic night out and more
RESTAURANT AWARDS 2013

Check out the 2013 edition of GAYOT's Annual Restaurant Issue, which features the Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S., Rising Chefs and more.