When the behemoth Slagel Farm burger on an onion-studded potato bun hits your table, you’ll vow to bring half home. Then you’ll take one bite and realize no one has that kind of willpower. Read more.
Don't overlook the coffee (Bang Bang roasts its own), the insane biscuits (with a spread of housemade jams & butters) or the huge yard, strung with lights & filled with picnic tables & lush greenery. Read more.
This Mexican mainstay has an amazing back patio; potent and fruity margaritas; sweet-as-pie servers; and decent dishes for a nice price. http://tmout.us/maA24 Read more.
Fifteen-dollar buckets of long-necks a special does not make. For real deals, mark your calendar: Monday night means Duke of Perth, the handsome Lakeview Scotch emporium, for two-for-one entrées. Read more.
The brunch here is so good—and so affordable—that we're beginning to consider the shaded back patio more as our personal backyard. Read more.
This comfy, dim neighborhood bar has hazy red lighting and fantastic black-and-white photos. Their relaxed vibe is complimented more with the sound of vintage jazz in the backdrop. Read more.
A bustling Hong Kong diner. Lazy susans are stuffed with noodles, dumplings and steaming pots of tea. Live lobsters swim in tanks and whole animals hang in the window. Read more.
This is the encyclopedic definition of an old-school jazz bar, minus the cloud of cigarette smoke and with the addition of a topless Roman statue. The ambience is worth the cover charge. Read more.
This spot is Chicago's smallest social Petri dish at an impossible 460 square feet. After even one of the potent, oversized cocktails served here, nearly everything feels electric. Read more.
