This upscale South Loop convenience store is just like 7-Eleven, with all the same essentials of modern living but with none of the weird smells of pancake-wrapped hot-dog bites or cluttered shelves. Mehr erfahren.
If you stick to beef, go with “Grandma’s onion soup” rub and flank your burger with an order of the accomplished fries. Add a scoop of the housemade custard, and you’ll be even happier. Mehr erfahren.
$33 will get you beef-cheek ravioli with lobster jus, herb-crusted whitefish with brussels sprouts and prawn slaw, and chocolate praline with hazelnut ice cream, coffee foam and candied hazelnuts. Mehr erfahren.
Try the uni avocado toast from our 100 Best list: Chef Ryan LaRoche’s unlikely combination of briny sea urchin, smooth avocado, Mangalica ham and bright capers exhibits a keen understanding of flavor.
Dig into whole wheat–carrot pancakes, hearty omelettes and cool melon-ginger juice. You might be full, but don't leave empty-handed: Pick up the pumpkin whoopie pies, which kick cupcakes to the curb. Mehr erfahren.
We recommend sampling portions of yellow squash “pasta,” asparagus ravioli in spicy tomato sauce and the brown rice-mushroom sliders, Chocolate pot de cremé for dessert and try the cucumber Sakerita. Mehr erfahren.
When Jenna Lyons, creative director of J.Crew (a 2011 Most Innovative Company), visits the store's Italian shoe factory, she stops by this mom-and-pop eatery for roasted potatoes with rosemary.
Cool bar with live International music at the weekends and other entertainment during the week. It gets busy after 10pm so getting a table is down to luck or a really early arrival Mehr erfahren.
Both the four-ounce griddled burgers and eight-ounce charbroiled ones are excellent. So are the fries dusted w/ truffle salt & Parmesan. Don't miss ultra-creamy "Five Dollar" milk shakes that cost $4. Mehr erfahren.
Thought you’d want to know: Purple Pig has been nominated for Best New Patio and Scott Harris has been nominated for Restaurateur of the Year in Time Out Chicago’s 2011 Eat Out Awards. Vote now! Mehr erfahren.
Despite having a fear of heights, Christian Bale donned his batsuit, looking 110 stories down from a ledge on the Willis (Sears) Tower for a scene in "The Dark Knight" (2008). Mehr erfahren.
Hot dogs are about as American as baseball. Each year, fans consume nearly 1.5 million at Wrigley Field! Mehr erfahren.
Get a taste of everything by ordering small side portions of pulled pork, brisket, Texas sausage and St. Louis ribs.
The collection encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from around the world & more than 260,000 pieces. The Modern Wing was opened in 2009 & is the largest expansion in their history.
In a suspenseful scene, which was shot at Navy Pier for "The Dark Knight", the Joker (Heath Ledger) pits two ferries full of people - one loaded with citizens, one with prisoners, against each other. Mehr erfahren.
Thought you’d want to know: Kevin Boehm & Rob Katz have been nominated for Restaurateurs of the Year in Time Out Chicago’s 2011 Eat Out Awards. Vote now! Mehr erfahren.
Good specials and good place to retreat in between panels and sessions. Pro Tip: There is an outlet in the corner of the exterior wall. Grab that table to juice your gadgets. - Christina Warren
Atop his pioneering casual Mexican place, chef Rick Bayless uses portable, self-watering containers to grow several varieties of tomatoes and chiles used in the "rooftop salsa.”
