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Time Out Chicago restaurant reviews
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Best restaurants The best restaurants reviewed by Time Out Chicago. |
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Restaurants reviewed by Time Out Chicago (Showing 1-80 of 1037)
| River West Pub Food | ||
| July 24, 2008 - The way Mike Miller sees it, the new Bottom Lounge is "a slam dunk." Brought in as a third partner by Bottom Lounge... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North American | 
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| July 24, 2008 - 3/6 stars - Above all else, Rich Melman is a businessman. His business just so happens to be restaurants. The Lettuce Entertain... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park Vegetarian and International | ||
| July 24, 2008 - Ever had a craving and just couldn't think of any restaurant to satisfy it? Yeah, Susan Thompson has too. The craving... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North Japanese, Steakhouse and Sushi | ||
| July 17, 2008 - 3/6 stars - I'd like to say that my first meal at Ajasteak was ruined purely by the other guests in the restaurant. There was the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Austin Sushi | ||
| July 17, 2008 - 4/6 stars - Okay, I'll admit it. I had my doubts that new Elmwood Park sushi joint Inari would offer much to write home about... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River West Italian and Pizza |
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| July 17, 2008 - Leaving a cushy gig as executive chef of the successful Coco Pazzo, taking over the former Thyme/Timo space... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Streeterville Pub Food | ||
| July 10, 2008 - Even though Marcus Samuelsson's C-House has been open for weeks, most of that time it has only served breakfast. So... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North | ||
| July 10, 2008 - 4/6 stars - Chef Graham Elliot Bowles wears his heart on his sleeve. In fact, he displays it on every inch of his eponymous new... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Square | ||
| July 03, 2008 - This place might be all about the chili, but it also goes retro with this cocktail-wiener classic. Chili-lovers, fear... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View | ||
| July 03, 2008 - Class ACT When Bar 1 Events acquired the space for its new bar Fion, the owners knew right away it couldn't be like... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +62% | Loop Hot Dogs and Fast Food |
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| July 03, 2008 - Marks the spot at gold coast dogs., restaurants & bars, chicago restaurants, chicago bars, restaurant guide... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| UIC Eastern European, Burgers and Hot Dogs |
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| July 03, 2008 - The first thing you notice when you saunter up to the service window at Jim's Original (1250 S Union Ave, 312-733... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| West Town | ||
| July 03, 2008 - 4/6 stars - The tiny, barbacoa -stuffed sope that sat on the side of a plate full of lamb chops made my decision for me: If I was... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Logan Square | ||
| July 03, 2008 - Back ON THE SAUCE Geno Bahena has done his thing in every corner of the city: in Lincoln Park (Tepatulco), in River... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +69% | North Center/Irving Park Diner, Burgers and Sandwiches/Subs | |
| July 03, 2008 - In an age of calorie-counting, carb-reducing, fat-free, sugar-free, taste-free everything, one culinary beacon isn't... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Park | ||
| June 19, 2008 - The world doesn't need another Panda Express, and from the outside, that's all Little Brother's seems to amount to... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Logan Square American |
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| June 19, 2008 - DO-OVER Fifteen years ago, Northside Bar and Grill was one of the trailblazers of Damen Avenue. And now-well, now it... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| June 19, 2008 - If you say you've never drunkenly, sloppily, shamelessly wolfed down a Flash Taco burrito or an Underdogg hot dog... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North | ||
| June 12, 2008 - One TO KEEP AN EYE ON When Spy Bar closed five months ago to undergo renovations, we didn't so much as blink. And we... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River West | ||
| June 12, 2008 - 4/6 stars - The proper reaction to seeing the words "Sunday Gravy" on a menu should be one of uneasiness. Or fear. Wariness... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +79% | River North American and French |
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| June 05, 2008 - 2/6 stars - Clearly the powers that be at Avenues wanted to keep the molecular gastronomy buzz rolling, so they hand-picked... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View | ||
| June 05, 2008 - 4/6 stars - Like a good little mole fanatic, I've swooned over Mexican sauces all over this city. I've waxed poetically about the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| May 29, 2008 - Saturday NIGHT, NO LONGER LIVE When veteran bar owner Nick Novich (Nick's Beergarden, Nick's Uptown) went to renew... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park American, Italian and Mediterranean |
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| May 29, 2008 - 4/6 stars - I'd love to gush about the poached tuna at Mado. I'd love to explain, in detail, how rich and meaty it was, and how... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View | ||
| May 29, 2008 - 3/6 stars - Even with a delicious cocktail in hand, even in the Zen-den comfort of the sage-green dining room, and even under the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Loop Burgers | ||
| May 22, 2008 - Epic CURE It isn't quite as hardcore as Morgan Spurlock's self-inflicted agony, but restaurateur David Friedman's... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River West | ||
| May 22, 2008 - 4/6 stars - First things first: Veerasway will not replace your favorite Indian restaurant on Devon Avenue. But the thing is, the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North | ||
| May 22, 2008 - 3/6 stars - ZED451 would like you to believe it is nothing like Sal & Carvao, the chain of churrascarias it bought, renovated and... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Andersonville | ||
| May 15, 2008 - 3/6 stars - The server at Big Jones opened her eyes wide with surprise. "Oh wow," she said, shaking her head and laughing... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Park | ||
| May 15, 2008 - Crossed SIGNALS See if you can figure this one out: A sushi restaurant isn't doing so hot ("Look around," the owner... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Square Pizza | ||
| May 15, 2008 - 3/6 stars - It isn't clear if a coin-toss or arm wrestling determined what type of pizza would be served at I Monelli-co-owner... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Park | ||
| May 15, 2008 - Sea CAPTAIN Laurent Gras is not an impulsive man. The French-born chef labored away at his San Fran stunner Fifth... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Streeterville | ||
| May 08, 2008 - Testing THE WATERS New York chef Marcus Samuelsson has earned countless raves for his Swedish food at Aquavit, his... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Hyde Park | ||
| May 08, 2008 - 3/6 stars - Starbucks follows a simple dictum of expansion: If an indie coffee shop can survive in an area, one of its chain... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| May 01, 2008 - There GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD Until now, the boys at Eat Well Drink Better have kept their projects relegated to the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North Steakhouse | ||
| May 01, 2008 - 2/6 stars - The kindness assault started with the hostesses who greeted us. There were five of them: Four stared us down with big... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Pilsen Spanish, Seafood and Tapas |
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| May 01, 2008 - Last November, Javier Haro got a call from the producers of the Gordon Ramsay television show Kitchen Nightmares... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Albany Park/North Park Bakery | ||
| April 24, 2008 - A BREATH OF FRESH AIR If you visited Blue Sky Inn's farmers' market stands last season for its gingersnap cookies... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Uptown/Edgewater | ||
| April 24, 2008 - 4/6 stars - Adding nubs of green onion to thick labna is not a revolutionary move. Chop some onion, mix it in-it takes maybe two... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| North Center/Irving Park | ||
| April 24, 2008 - 4/6 stars - It would be easy to put Kan Pou in the category of basic neighborhood Thai joint, but that would overlook the details... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +100% | Andersonville Wine Bar | |
| April 17, 2008 - THEY'VE GOT SPIRIT, YES THEY DO As far as wine-shop names go, In Fine Spirits has always been somewhat of a misnomer... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +89% | Loop | |
| April 17, 2008 - 4/6 stars - The sous vide pork belly at Mercat a la Planxa-the restaurant in the newly renovated Blackstone Hotel-is like warm... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View Asian, Indian and Thai | ||
| April 17, 2008 - 3/6 stars - Comprehensive isn’t normally a word we’d associate with beauty pageants, but if the new restaurant Miss Asia were in... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| West Town | ||
| April 10, 2008 - 3/6 stars - The minute I walked into Natalino's I was greeted by the sight of a well-dressed man at the host stand, a phone glued... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Square | ||
| April 10, 2008 - 3/6 stars - "How are the lobster deviled eggs" I asked my friend. "Good, but not very lobstery and too salty. How are the crab... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Park | ||
| April 10, 2008 - "I guarantee that when you see this menu you're going to want to order [at least] three things," Stephen Muller said... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Albany Park/North Park Middle Eastern and Mediterranean |
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| April 03, 2008 - While we can get huevos almost anywhere these days, and a breakfast of croissants and lattes can be had at 7-Eleven... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +81% | River West American |
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| April 03, 2008 - The fact that you can come as you are, wearing anything from your finest duds to your most threadbare concert tee... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River West Wine Bar | ||
| April 03, 2008 - A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS When you want to throw a brunch but can't cook, you call on everyone you know to bring... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View Pizza | ||
| April 03, 2008 - A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN Is there pizza in the afterlife? Chris Peckat doesn't pretend to know. But he does have a... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View | ||
| April 03, 2008 - Crazy HORSE Despite our greatest hopes, the owners of The Pony do not claim Ginuwine's song of the same name as the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| April 02, 2008 - Chocolate BAR It sounds like a simple-enough concept: Serve wine, serve chocolate, pair the two together. But the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Evanston | ||
| April 02, 2008 - Martha Stewart better watch out, because not only can Guan Chen, chef of Guan Restaurant, likely cook circles around... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View Pub Food | ||
| April 02, 2008 - Cubs PUB Sorry, Cubs opening-day tickets are all sold out. And the bleachers that surround the field? You had to... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +83% | Bucktown/Wicker Park American, Desserts/Ice Cream and International |
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| April 02, 2008 - 5/6 stars - At some point during a recent meal at Schwa-between the pad thai and the arctic char roe, I believe-a chef came out... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +75% | Evanston Pizza |
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| April 02, 2008 - 4/6 stars - If a pizzeria doesn't make you want to eat pizza, is it a complete failure? That was the deeply philosophical... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| West Town | ||
| March 21, 2008 - Porn DOGS If we told you that nightlife veteran Dion Antic-of Harry's Velvet Room and the original Iggy's fame-was... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| March 19, 2008 - Raising THE BAR (FOOD) Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner are under no delusions that the menu at Fifty/50 is anything but... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River West | ||
| March 19, 2008 - 3/6 stars - The inconsistencies started when I was asked if I wanted to check my coat. It wasn't really a question-when I said I... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Humboldt Park/Garfield Park | ||
| March 19, 2008 - 2/6 stars - "Is that a strip club" "What's with the sign at that new place on Chicago Avenue" "Have you seen that new bar" Within... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Albany Park/North Park | ||
| March 13, 2008 - "To be honest, we couldn't afford to go further south," Segni explains of his pale peach BYOB on the far North Side... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| River North | ||
| March 13, 2008 - 4/6 stars - The $38 price tag on the trout at Sixteen-the stately dining room on the 16th floor of the newly constructed (and yet... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Evanston | ||
| March 05, 2008 - 2/6 stars - My first impression of the new Life Vegan in Evanston came when a ten-year-old girl arrived at our table, filled my... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Rogers Park/West Ridge | ||
| March 05, 2008 - 4/6 stars - The bright sprigs of herbs: parsley, cilantro; the cool cubes of rich feta; the radishes, a sharp contrast to the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Andersonville Italian and Pizza |
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| February 21, 2008 - 4/6 stars - The minute Nanette saw us walk through the doors, she skipped over and grabbed me around the waist. "Where have you... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Logan Square Eastern European and Pub Food | ||
| February 21, 2008 - In a town with only a handful of Romanian restaurants, this Avondale gem has served the Eastern European crowd for 23... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +65% | Andersonville French, Breakfast/Brunch and Pub Food |
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| February 14, 2008 - It started in 2001, when Lynn Malec had the foresight to open an upscale French restaurant in the then-still-up-and... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lincoln Park | ||
| February 14, 2008 - 3/6 stars - The hostess wore a minidress and stilettos. Our server disappeared to pour drinks for the crowd forming at the bar... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +79% | River North American, Desserts/Ice Cream and Steakhouse |
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| February 14, 2008 - IT'S IN THE BAG From the looks of his new cocktail project at mk, you'd never know that head bartender John Kinder... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| February 14, 2008 - Elvis IS JEALOUS The bad part about Violet Hour's cocktails being so damned delicious is that we suck down three of... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View | ||
| February 07, 2008 - 4/6 stars - "Arggggh," he groaned. "Again." And then he disappeared with our tray of uneaten wings. A minute later, he reappeared... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Andersonville |
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| February 07, 2008 - 3/6 stars - Depending on which server you have at La Cocina de Frida-and depending on how good your Spanish is-there's a chance... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Lake View | ||
| February 07, 2008 - They say that the only thing that's constant is change. Amend that to "change and beer" and the fact that Sheffield's... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| North Center/Irving Park English and Pub Food |
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| January 31, 2008 - Muscle YOUR WAY IN On a snowy Monday night at the Globe Pub, Hulk Hogan is the guest of honor via satellite. With... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Bucktown/Wicker Park | ||
| January 31, 2008 - 5/6 stars - Reviewing mediocre restaurants is a challenge. When met with a restaurant that shows no personality and food that is... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Logan Square | ||
| January 31, 2008 - 2/6 stars - And so our dinner went. Course after course, we grappled with our food, trying to find nice things to say about it... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +81% | West Town Vegetarian, American and Pub Food |
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| January 24, 2008 - Sunday services Want to succeed in Chicago's restaurant biz? Serve brunch. It helps if you have a twist, and should... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +89% | Lincoln Square Greek, European and Mediterranean |
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| January 24, 2008 - 4/6 stars - A Greek-American family friend of mine often jokes that there's one big underground kitchen in Greektown, with... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| +89% | Rogers Park/West Ridge | |
| January 24, 2008 - 3/6 stars - There is nothing more indicative of the Uncommon Ground experience than its specials list, which sometimes, when the... full review at Time Out Chicago | ||
| Logan Square | ||
| January 24, 2008 - Won't you be my neighbor? Some regulars offer advice (perhaps unsolicited) or a raunchy joke or two at their local... full review at Time Out Chicago |
