Best Restaurants in Chicago?
 

Does anyone have any restaurant recommendations for Chicago? I will be traveling there for an extended weekend in June and have never been. Thx :)

Best Restaurants in Chicago?
 

Tripadvisor? Yelp?

Some of my favorites: Bavette's (steak), Bohemian House (BoHo), Avec (sharing / small plates), Twin Anchor's (BBQ), Big Star (tacos), Antique Taco. These are all over the city, so if you are in a specific area or need more ideas feel free to PM me.

The best way to approach this based on what?

Your taste?
Price?
Popular Opinion?
Critics choice?

What is best for me might not be best for you.

Head over to www.lthforum.com search and read up...you'll probably fine some quality suggestions over there. It's the Chicago based Culinary chatsite.

The "best" are Alinea and Grace, with a host of other contenders. But there's a price tag that accompanies those.

It really depends on what type of food you like, and what you're willing to pay.

What we're all saying in one way or another is that you need to give us some idea of how you're defining "best". Most stars, costs the most, good inexpensive local places, best reviewed? As well, some help on what you like to eat would help - steak? vegetarian? Indian? Asian? Burgers? Pizza? Italian? What part of the city will you be in?

We need something to go on since there are thousands of great restaurants in Chicago.

Apologies for the broadness of the question. I guess, I was asking for recommendations for restaurants that are "authentically Chicago."

Read these articles for a start:
http://chicago.eater.com/maps/iconic...o-list-classic
http://chicago.eater.com/maps/10-cla...o-dining-rooms
http://chicago.eater.com/maps/25-cla...agoan-must-try

There are a lot of lousy "authentically Chicago" restaurants. Aside from a few regional specialties (Chicago style hot dogs, deep dish/stuffed pizza, chicken vesuvio), Chicago doesn't have a distinct cuisine. Care to share some of your favorite restaurants in your home town or memorable meals you've eaten in your travels? Or even your favorite cuisines?

Yes, a little more help would be good...

I'd say there's one exception in the sit-down restaurant category, the steakhouse. I'd recommend Gibson's or Gene and Georgetti's for real Chicago-style restaurants.

There's also a number of good Italian restaurants in Little Italy, some of which are very authentic.

Finally, if the OP wants something a little more adventurous and upscale, try Moto. Chicago is also recognized as being on the forefront of molecular gastonomy.

Great point...we're certainly known for our steakhouses. Alinea is another molecular gastronomy restaurant and one of the top-ranked restaurants in the world.

Lou Malnatis pizza
Pizzeria Uno or Due.
Al's Italian Beef
Portillos hot dogs
Ann Sathers

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I agree that those are not close to the best restaurants in Chicago. If that's you're point, fine. But then where would you suggest a visitor go for deep dish pizza, hot dogs, Italian beef or a place that serves the kinds of food that Ann Sather does? These are iconic Chicago restaurants and I would bet most of us think they're all the places to go for that kind of food (however, Mr. Beef is far superior to Al's. :)).

I would concur with ILuvParis, why? Especially since the OP amended his question to be: