1. Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
8.7
1120 N State St (btwn Elm St & Maple St), Chicago, IL
Pizzeria · Near North Side · 169 tips and reviews
Courtney Boone: Get the chocolate chip cookie with ice cream!
Dieter Kiesel: Keep it simple at Lou's. Get a deep dish, make it a butter crust, save room for the deep dish chocolate chip cookie dessert...with ice cream...with whipped cream...and a cherry!
Diana Friess: A Chicago Classic: Get a deep dish pizza, make it a butter crust, but save room for the deep dish chocolate chip cookie dessert...with ice cream...with whipped cream...and a cherry!
5. Xoco
8.8
449 N Clark St (at W Illinois St), Chicago, IL
Mexican Restaurant · Near North Side · 360 tips and reviews
Cathi Odtohan: I shouldn't have to tell you to try the churros & hot chocolate. But for some added decadence, use a churro to scoop up the Negra Modelo Chocolate ice cream. YUM
Suzanne Ko: Get the goat barbacoa torta special on Saturday - absolutely awesome in smoky flavor! Other tasty items are the hazelnut chocolate cookie, ice cream and limonada.
Ritika: The baja chicken sandwich was amazing! ! Also the chocolate desserts are great. .
Chicago Tribune: For dedicated dessert lovers, there is the Chocolate Bar, a three-hour chocolate dessert buffet ($45, $55 with chocolate martini) presented at 9 on Friday and Saturday nights. Read more.
Crain's Chicago Business: Desserts are absolutely worth it, including an impeccable ginger crème brûlée and a variety of terrific house-made cookies. It's the perfect place to linger over coffee and seal a deal. Read more.
Molly E: Fantastic Sunday brunch.
7. Chicago Chop House
8.2
60 W Ontario St (at Dearborn), Chicago, IL
Steakhouse · Near North Side · 41 tips and reviews
Dulce Corazon: Best Steaks in Chicago Hands Down and Martini's too as well as their delicious Chocolate Lava Cake!!!!
PureWow: It’s all about the classic American steakhouse inside this 19th-century brownstone. You can’t go wrong with the long-boned tomahawk steak, dry aged to perfection. Read more.
Time Out Chicago: We prefer the subterranean piano bar, with vintage photos of Capone and crew and the high wooden tables are packed with storytellers and uncompromising carnivores. http://tmoutchi.us/10esgeQ Read more.
15. Kinzie Chophouse
7.4
400 N Wells St (at Kinzie St), Chicago, IL
Steakhouse · River North · 55 tips and reviews
Jonathan Warner: Got the NY Strip with the fully loaded baked potato amazing food complimentary anniversary desert the chocolate cookie pie OMG..... It's a must .... Wicked service great servers
Adam Webb: Great food...great atmosphere. Our server was awesome (Monique)...good wine at reasonable prices too.
Kaci Ramirez: Amazing! Service is spectacular, food is great and wine is even better!