Careful, creative cooking puts the zing in La Zingara. Pastas and soups, especially ravioli and minestrone, are particularly alluring. The restaurant fills quic... READ MORE
If you're in the mood for Mexican, stop in this cozy restaurant where the food is always hot (in the temperature sense READ MORE
This local Italian stop is mainly carryout and delivery (if you want the sit-down experience, go to the Des Plaines storefront) but very popular with locals. An... READ MORE
This carryout-and-delivery-only spot prides itself on the fact that everything's made from scratch, in house. The menu's enormous but surprisingly good at doing... READ MORE
This outpost of the popular pan-Asian chain, which moved into larger digs in May of 2007, features a the same massive menu packed with globetrotting noodle and ... READ MORE
This casual Chinatown Square spot specializes in dim sum ordered "sushi style"--that is, by checking boxes on a carbon-copy form, as opposed to plucking plates ... READ MORE
Good old-fashioned Italian hospitality greets you -- along with warm bread and olive oil imported from Greece -- at this Printer's Row trattoria. The menu inclu... READ MORE
This popular Chinatown eatery specializes in hot pots as well as as more traditional cuisine. On the menu: shrimp with squid sauce; black pepper beef chop; salt... READ MORE
Chicago has a rich, longstanding love affair with pizza, and loyal fans have lined up for decades to enjoy Lou Malnati's deep-dish pies. From the time the first... READ MORE
Though the menu at this South Loop sister spot to Highwood's Curry Hut includes many Indian dishes, the real draw is the Nepalese food. If you're unfamiliar wit... READ MORE
This South Loop spot is all about pizza, offering thin crust specialty pies such as the Manhattan (grilled chicken, broccoli, ricotta, romano and fresh mozzare... READ MORE
This casual South Loop spot, which hosted guests such as Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey in their day, was founded in 1939 by Alex DeMilio and a... READ MORE
This modest storefront BYOB in Chinatown specializes in steaming hot pots. A cooler near the entrance houses a selection of pre-plated proteins, including beef,... READ MORE
This South Loop spot from the co-owners of Zapatista is named after one of the owner’s childhood neighbors on the South Side, an Italian-Polish couple who’d sur... READ MORE
This BYOB fills the "friendly neighborhood bistro" role for its South Loop neighbors quite nicely, with intimate table service and a menu of inexpensive hom... READ MORE
Offering traditional Chinese cuisine ranging from Cantonese-style stir fry to rice and noodle dishes, Chinatown eatery Ming Hin's most popular menu items includ... READ MORE
In Printer's Row, sushi is hard to find. Enter Umai, whose offerings include Japanese barbecue, miso-glazed eggplant, traditional ramen like the creamy pork ton... READ MORE
