These tacos are among the best I’ve had in a while. They’re located in the back of a convenience store on Cermak and Wood. Highly recommended! The skirt steak is incredibly juicy and has a smoky flavor. Both salsas are spicy and flavorful. I’d love to try the chorizo tacos next time. Each taco costs $5, and the portion size is generous.

Labor Day lobster rolls. Great food, great weather, great music.

$16.99
9.5/10
Clark street and Foster Avenue

Transit Options:
1 minute to 22 Clark Bus
1 minute to 92 Foster Bus
2 minutes to 50 Damen Bus
14 minute walk to Berwyn Red Line Station
15 minute walk to Ravenswood UP-N Metra Station
9 minutes to 81 Lawrence Bus
10 minutes to 36 Broadway Bus
15 minutes to 151 Sheridan+Stockton+Lake Shore Bus
15 minutes to 147 Express Bus
15 minutes to 146 Express Bus
18 minutes to 78 Montrose Bus
24 minute walk to Damen Brown Line Station
21 minute walk to 84 Peterson Bus

Now I know it’s not super authentic, and maybe not on a level of Tuk Tuk or Anna’s…but this is still kind-blowing and super underrated.

I don’t come across crispy noodle places too often (please offer suggestions) and I’ve been going here for years as my late night Thai fix. It’s pretty awesome you can get some tasty noodles late in the evening.

But apparently there’s a new chef, and has turned the regular crispy Thai into a revelation. It’s much more of a style like mee krob with the fried noodles. But the results are like these sweet crispy wonton chips that melt in your mouth. Almost resembles maple candied bacon. Simply unreal. I’m obsessed and need to find a way to recreate this masterpiece at home

Seriously hung over after a long night at the bar with a friend moving to the east coast soon. The only thing that does is make me need Szechuan food. We drove to Chinatown and found parking super quickly even though the streets were absolutely packed.

We ordered:
Spicy Cumin Lamb- fragrant, flavorful and much more tender than versions we have had elsewhere in the city. Highly recommended, and normally my favorite.

Chicken Giblet Dry Hot Pot- the winner. The giblets were really chewey but in a pleasant way I enjoy. The sauce could have had more MaLa but all in all just killer and I couldn’t stop eating it.

Dry Fried Green Beans- my go to veg. Only the pea shoots with garlic are better.

Pork Wontons in chili sauce- another winner. I’m here for the raw garlic on top.

If you love Szechuan like we do, you should definitely check it out.

Guess they recently started doing pizzas, thought it was pretty much perfect, no notes

Mid-40’s downstate IL boy who just discovered Giardiniera and I’m smitten. (Where has this been all my life?) Beyond hot dogs, how do you cook with it / incorporate it into other dishes?

Looking for a place that specializes in Thai spicy pad Thai. I want to sweat my ass off. Keep ordering extra spicy pad Thai and it’ll come with 2 things of sriracha! Pls help

The Fine Arts Building is hosting a showing of the 1922 Nosferatu along with original score by Chicago’s Circuit Des Yeux (Haley Fohr) in October.

My husband is a huge movie buff but neither of us have seen the film. We also don’t get out much so we want to make this night an event for us and PARTY LIKE IT’S 1922.

We’re thinking of heading to Brando’s after but would love to create a bar/restaurant-hopping experience to experience the city like it’s 1922. What speak easys, restaurants, sights, etc would you add to our itinerary?

Any restaurants we know of that are making their chicken tenders from scratch? In a perfect world they also have mac & cheese and cold beer… But I’ll travel for just homemade tenders.

for example, if you go to Kincades by Wrigley for home games they have a free hot dog station. does anyone know of any good or fun specials during upcoming Bears games? or just great spots to watch the games with the focus being on fantastic food (but still good atmosphere to follow the games?) Thanks!!

​Hey r/Chicagofood,

​My wife is running the Chicago Marathon, and I'm looking for recommendations for where to eat on Sunday night after she finishes.

​We’ve been to Chicago a few times before and have already knocked out a lot of the typical tourist spots (Au Cheval, Lou Malnati's, Pequod's, Portillo's, Publican, El Ideas, etc.), so we are looking for something outside the typical tourist track.

​Here is what our food plan looks like so far:

​Friday: Dinner at Smyth

​Saturday: Pasta at Tortello (keeping it lighter/carbs for race prep)

​Sunday: ???

​What we’re looking for on Sunday:

​Vibe: She’ll have just finished 26.2 miles, so comfort, great food, and a place where she can wear comfy clothes. We love high-end fine dining, but Sunday night would be a more relaxed or fun.

​Cuisine: Very open! We love everything from wood-fired meats and regional Italian to upscale Mexican, Mediterranean.

​Neighborhood: Flexible, but ideally easy enough to get to from downtown.

TIA!!!!

The 3rd Coast Cafe is discontinuing dinner. It will now close at 3pm. Too bad. I used to go there a fair amount.

Craaaaving Greek food. I did the baklava froyo at Andros Taverna last night and it was unreal. I kind of want to keep the party going . Other desserts you would recommend that are similar?

Ideally Lincoln park

Hey - coffee roaster here visiting for a couple of days and looking for places that focus on light roast, single origin coffee.

On the list so far are Metric and Dayglow.

Most others I’ve found seem to be dark roast or nice places but more focused on sugary drinks.

Missing any?

Detroit style is my preferred pizza type so I’ve been trying to find a favorite spot (pan is a close second place). Sharpie’s remains my-go to.

Picture 1: Paulie Gee’s Carnivore ($22)

Probably the polar opposite of Professor Pizza. Everything about this felt light, particularly the bread/crust. Approaching focaccia bread territory. As someone that is not a fan of excess of amounts of sauce (especially on top of pizza), I appreciated the amount of ingredients on top of the cheese. Flavor was decent overall.

Picture 2: Professor Pizza build your own (pepperoni, vodka sauce, mozzarella, added parm cheese)($48)

The price was a tough sell for me, which is why it has taken me so long to try this place, but I finally decided to give it a go. In fairness, you’re basically getting two pizzas here. Most places that serve Detroit style can be finished on the spot. Nobody is finishing this pizza on the spot, unless it’s 3+ mouths sharing it. These slices are heavy duty and I say that as someone that can finish a Jet’s 8 corner pizza on my own.

Two things that stood out: the flavor and the crust.

The flavor was a bit overpowering, possibly because they went overboard on the amount of ingredients on top of the cheese.

The crust was super crusty. Each slice felt like a literal brick. I like a crispy, caramelized crust on the outside, softer in the inside. Nothing was burnt, but this was 100% crisp and crunch.

Hi all, my wife and I are coming to Chicago for our first out of state vacation with our (will be) 11 month old in early October. We are staying in River North. We normally travel for food and drinks and we're trying our best to still make that a priority even with the baby, but are obviously being cognizant of what will work for the baby and not be completely offensive to other guests. Also trying to stay relatively close to our hotel and not venture too far from the hotel as much as we can without sacrificing. We won't have a rental car so will be relying on public transportation and ubers (but for ubers we then have to lug the carseat) We will be landing around lunch time Thursday, and staying through Monday (Probably airport lunch on the way out timing wise)

Hotel has breakfast buffet so will likely just do that outside of grabbing a donut from Doughnut Vault or Cinnamon roll from Ann Sather

For lunch: Definitely want a Beef and Chicago Dogs. Planning on Al's and Devil Dawgs respectively as both are walking distance from the hotel. We haven't nailed down the other two lunches. Plan is to stay flexible and find something on the go, but very open to suggestions

For dinner, planning to do ~5:30pm reservations: The Loyalist, Obelix, Monteverde, and Bayan Ko Diner (Pairing with Malt Row Brewery hopping day as one exception to staying close to the hotel)

To call out the two big omissions: neither of us are huge steak people, and haven't loved Deep Dish when we've had it before. Coming from Austin so not prioritizing Mexican, which I know Chicago also has quite a bit of.

Our schedule will roughly look like waking up 7-8, breakfast, walkaround nearish by, nap 10-12 at the hotel and then out for the rest of the day until bedtime with second nap on the go. Activity wise, I have rough ideas but haven't locked in any on particular days in case it helps with food suggestions:

• No hard plans for Thursday after travel
• Architecture boat tour, Millennium Park, Maggie Daley Park
• Lincoln Park Conservatory and Zoo
• Malt Row Brewery Hopping
• Field Museum as a bad weather backup or if we want another major activity

We very much like to pack a ton in normally when traveling, so this is dialing it back quite a bit for us trying to be cognizant of the baby

Anything that feels like a great fit that we are missing? Anything that I'm planning on that we shouldn't? Thanks in advance!

During the early 2000’s, my family would order from ‘Roselli’s Restaurant & Pzzr’ (6166 W. Higgins). The restaurant has been closed for years so I know this is a long shot but they had the BEST minestrone soup. It was thick and green like a pea soup. Anyone have the recipe or know where I can find it?! TYIA!

First time visit this weekend. We got there about 10 min before opening and there were about 20 people in line already. It took about 15 min once open to get orders placed and seated. There are only about 9 outdoor tables but they were turning over relatively quickly and I’d say about half the line was placing take out orders.

We ordered a half chicken ($16), macaroni gratin ($12), and Oliver’s collards ($8) which was perfect for a light lunch for two. Very reasonably priced. They also had a well curated selection of mainly French wines most priced in the $25-50 range from high quality producers. Most of the wines were under a 2x retail mark-up, which was great to see. Honestly, it would be a great place to just lounge and catch up with friends over some food and few bottles of wine if it settles down a bit. With how busy it is right now, I’d feel bad lingering for a long time at one of the few tables.

Staff was very attentive and friendly. They kept things moving and organized.

Now to the food. The chicken was a good size, I’d guess about 4lb, and well cooked. My partner and I both have a fairly high salt tolerance, but between the brine and whatever seasoning rub was on the outside of the chicken, the skin and outer parts were just too salty. The deeper parts of the breast and thigh were perfect, but whatever extra seasoning they put on the skin just pushed it over the edge. I’m hoping we just got an outlier? Because the less salty bites were great. And the sides…loved them. Collards were some of the best we’ve had, lots of bacon, onions, roasted garlic - delicious. There was nothing overly unique about the gratin, but it was delicious and well made, no complaints.

Overall, I’d say it’s definitely worth a try. Food and wine prices are great. The sides alone are worth going to try. I’m really hoping the seasoning on our chicken was just an anomaly. If so, I could definitely see this becoming a spot we frequent regularly. We’ll give it another try to see.

A couple of friends and I are riding the LFT all the way down to the Indiana border and are looking for food recs in the East Side neighborhood. Need vegetarian and gluten-free options to accommodate some members of the group. I know Calumet Fisheries is well known and I definitely want that for myself. Please don’t suggest anything in Indiana as we have some divvy riders so can’t take the bike across.

Really good roll and the fries are perfect, came to visit from NYC and got hungry by the bean. Saw this subreddit recommend this spot and I went by today

I’ll be visiting Chicago for the first time ever this weekend, taking my girlfriend for her birthday. We’re going to be staying near the Loop and I’m looking for some recall for a good dinner spot. Ideally I’d like to keep dinner at or around $200 (even less is even better), and I’m open to really any type of cuisine, but would like a nicer sit down spot. Italian, Indian, any sort of Asian, French, we like it all and are open to anything great.

Hey. Coming to Chicago for the first time and looks for recs near the Art Institute of Chicago. My partner and I deff want a good hot dog. We are always looking for local pubs or joints that are a bit more low key than some of the fancier places I see n Google in that area. Thanks 😊 also looking for roof top ideas anywhere in the city if you have those too. Thanks