Drink saké. Don’t know it? No problem—manager Kerry Tamura can suggest one to ease you in. Read more.
Don't miss the caramelli, a Tootsie-Roll-shaped pasta, stuffed with butternut squash and tossed with sage, amaretti crumbs, and brown butter sauce at this fine-dining Italian restaurant in the Loop. Read more.
Feast on culinary creations like a 3.5lb (!!) 'Big Mel' chimichanga, buffalo chicken nachos, & Mexican saganaki. Wash it down w/ a specialty Marg Read more.
This is a great room to see music! Plus I’ve done my stand up here and two specials for TBS here. Be sure to catch a show while you’re in the neighborhood. Read more.
This cash-only, Prohibition-style speakeasy tucked underneath Gilt Bar's a candlelit hideaway carefully mixing up 'tails like the Death's Door Daisy (DD vodka, Aperol, St. Germain, lemon). Read more.
Sandra & Mathieu Holl were known for their pastries & quiches @ the Green City Market. Here they serve more ambitious fare, such as croissants, bread pudding, cookies, and locally sourced sandwiches. Read more.
Pick up a growler (but don’t be one!) from Half Acre’s first very own storefront w/ local microbrews. Stay tuned to Thrillist for frequent in-store tasting events & limited releases of choice beers Read more.
The drunkards down Jim Cibak's Belgian-style wheat, dry-hopped pale ale and English luncheon beer, and chef Jason Petrie is slammed with orders for Parmesan-bacon-sage popcorn or beer-battered scrod. Read more.
You’d think the focus of this bar, which sits on the roof of the Dana Hotel, would be the view. But there’s so much to distract you—the roaring fire pit for starters. Read more.