Beat the brutal weekend crowds by dropping by the takeout window to grab a couple of tacos or plant yourself at the wall-length counter for a few beers or quality cocktails. Mehr erfahren.
You’d think the Cubano is the required order, but the big draw is the steak: thin slices of juice-dripping beef piled onto fresh bread, topped with griddled onions and toasted on the hot press. Mehr erfahren.
This shop puts out batches of vanilla glazed, chestnut, buttermilk old-fashioned and other doughnuts of both cake and yeast varieties. And they are marvelous—perhaps the best you will ever have. Mehr erfahren.
Do not ask for ketchup when you order one of the legendary slender, snappy hot dogs that come topped with a fistful of fries at this SRO institution that’s been serving ’em up since 1951. Mehr erfahren.
As the best South Side barbecues do, Lem’s has you order through bulletproof glass and then take your ribs. But it would take much more to scare away devotees of these vinegary, charred rib tips. Mehr erfahren.
This hot-dog drive-in is as old-fashioned as ever, with uniformed servers bringing your order to your car. After a meal of hot dogs, fries, and “Supershakes,” expect to literally roll yourself home. Mehr erfahren.
