I've been to a lot of restaurants in Chicago -- and a lot of them have been amazing. But since Chicago's a big food town, chock full of talent and with a little bit of a second city chip on its big shoulders, it's always pushing forward and demanding more from itself. Consequently, more amazing new places pop up every week, which -- combined with the sad fact that I'm not independently wealthy -- can make it pretty challenging to conquer all.To help me stay focused on finding the best of the best I haven't tried, I like to keep a little running list... which I'm sure is not shocking to those of you who know (and love?) me -- and my propensity for lists.
But this list will also give you an idea of some of the things and places you can expect to see on the site as I continue on my culinary journey -- a.k.a. food crawl my way across the city:
- Alinea
- Spiaggia
- Lula Cafe
- Nightwood
- The Purple Pig
- The Publican
- NoMi
- mk
- Japonais
- Atwood Cafe
- Cafe de Architectes
- Cibo Matto
- Decca
- Balsan
- Ria
- Macku
- Cumin
- Thalia Spice
- Branch 27 (need to get back following big changes in staffing)
- Arun's
- Katsu
- Kuma's Corner
- Hot Doug's
- Franks n Dawgs
- Takashi
- Duchamp
- The Bristol
- Chikurin
- Urban Belly
- Belly Shack
- epic
- graham elliot
- Great Lakes Pizza
- Coalfire
- Tank
- Mado
- Irazu
- Sapori Trattoria
- Boka
- Schwa
- Sprout
- Il Mulino
- Bite
- Cafe Orchid
- Los Nopales
- Opera
- Mana Food Bar
- Tiffin
- Grahamwich
- Ruxbin Kitchen
- L20
- Le Colonial
- Mercat a la Planxa
- Turquoise
- Eve
- Feed
- Filter
- Moto
- (k)new
- one. six one
