2012 Eat Out Awards: Best New Restaurants
Goosefoot is one of 2012 Eat Out Awards: Best New Restaurants.

1. Goosefoot

8.6
2656 W Lawrence Ave (at Washtenaw), Chicago, IL
New American Restaurant · Ravenswood · 25 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Every dish is precise on the eight-course, $90 tasting menu, highlights of which include a luxurious chestnut-mushroom soup and a Cinderella pumpkin semifreddo coated in nougatine powder. Read more.

GT Fish and Oyster is one of 2012 Eat Out Awards: Best New Restaurants.

2. GT Fish and Oyster

531 N Wells St (at Grand Ave), Chicago, IL
Seafood Restaurant · River North · 195 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Sunfish ceviche sparkles with acidity but never drowned by it, barbecue eel is geniusly paired with a potato-and-octopus salad, and pastas (squid-ink gnocchi; crawfish tortellini) are masterful. Read more.

Next is one of 2012 Eat Out Awards: Best New Restaurants.

3. Next

8.5
953 W Fulton Market (at Morgan St.), Chicago, IL
Molecular Gastronomy Restaurant · Fulton Market · 55 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: To dine at Next is not to experience a meal that reaches some objective standard of “greatness.” But it is a rareopportunity to submit oneself to a specific vision of what great dining might look like Read more.

Slurping Turtle is one of 2012 Eat Out Awards: Best New Restaurants.

4. Slurping Turtle

116 W Hubbard St (at N LaSalle St), Chicago, IL
Noodle Restaurant · River North · 191 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Highlights of the menu—hamachi tartare in little taro-root tacos, fried ramen noodles tossed with spicy mustard for a dish called Chiyan Pon, and joyful desserts like softball-sized cream puffs. Read more.

Yusho is one of 2012 Eat Out Awards: Best New Restaurants.

5. Yusho

2853 N Kedzie Ave (at W. George St.), Chicago, IL
Japanese Restaurant · Logan Square · 80 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Juicy chicken wings, thinly sliced beef tongue, sumptuous tofu, beautiful mushrooms topped with a poached egg—these are the highlights of a menu that pulls through no matter what you order. Read more.