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Chicago New & Notable Restaurants
Keep up with what's hot on the Chicago dining scene with our list of the Top 10 New & Notable Restaurants in Chicago.

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1. Spiaggia
2. Benny's Chop House
3. Café Absinthe
4. Bistro Campagne
5. Everest
  6. Alinea
  7. mk
  8. Coco Pazzo
  9. Anteprima
10. Chicago Cut Steakhouse
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.
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