Kaleigh S: The fried chicken salad is so good. If you really want to blow your diet, try the lobster nachos - but share with a friend. It's an enormous portion.
Max Moss: The lobster nachos are the greatest thing to have ever blessed mankind. If you come here and you don't get them, you're doing life wrong. The turkey burger was also pretty good.
Redeye Chicago: The amazing open floor plan show's how spacious and welcoming this place can be. Enjoy some of the great bites and cocktails. Read more.
2. Big Jones
8.5
5347 N Clark St (btwn W Summerdale Ave & W Balmoral Ave), Chicago, IL
Southern Food Restaurant · Andersonville · 138 tips and reviews
Andy Spyrison: Yummy fried chicken salad on the back patio. Read more.
Lori O.: We had a fabulous brunch! The food was super tasty yumminess and the cocktails were fun, interesting and delicious. Good service too!
Time Out Chicago: Trust us, you don’t want even a morsel of the Pimiento cheeseburger to go anywhere but in your mouth. http://tmoutchi.us/YmTIHi Read more.
4. Handlebar
9.1
2311 W North Ave (btwn Oakley & Claremont), Chicago, IL
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Wicker Park · 130 tips and reviews
PETA: Go with a friend on the buffalo 'chicken' wrap and fried 'chicken' salad. Vegan bar food in Chicago? Sold!
Kim: They make a mean Bloody Mary! Also, you can't beat the Turkey Tea on the patio. Some of my veggie favorites: Chili cheese fries and the buffalo "chicken" wrap.
Serious Eats: This biker bar (bikes not motorcycles) in Wicker Park specializes in vegetarian fare.
5. Heaven On Seven
111 N Wabash Ave (Between Washington St. & Randolph St.), Chicago, IL
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · The Loop · 56 tips and reviews
David Gould: The jambalaya is one of my favorite comfort foods (w a cup o' gumbo, of course). The LSD (Louisiana Soul Deluxe) is great, too. Go during Thanksgiving week to get a turkey dinner unlike any other!
Jeff Hentschel: The gumbo is a great way to start your meal!
Rose: The gumbo and southern fried chicken are to die for!!
Time Out Chicago: The garlic bread with blue-cheese fondue, lobster cocktail with garlic and soy, and the goat-cheese cheesecake are all (wait for it) slam dunks. http://tmoutchi.us/10esgeQ Read more.
Chicago Tribune: One thing you can't miss is the garlic bread: a plentiful portion of toasted garlic bread is drizzled with an ultrarich fondue of Wisconsin Ader Kase blue cheese, soaking into the bread's pores. Read more.
Time Out Chicago: Try the garlic bread from our 100 Best list: It was a close call between this side dish and the goat-cheese cheesecake. But garlic-schmeared bread smothered in blue-cheese sauce wins every time.