Au Cheval in the West Loop has our favorite Chicago burger, but that’s not the only great thing on the menu.

Funky, fresh, and delicious. Big & little's is one of the best and most interesting restaurants you can eat at.

Good Measure is a divey-looking bar in River North that serves great food.

Maillard Tavern is a restaurant in River West with fantastic burgers.

3 Greens Market has a lot going on: Small Cheval burgers, Dillman’s pastrami, salad bar, coffee, booze, and ping pong. Feel free to hang out.

Kuma’s Corner is all about burgers and heavy metal music. Don’t take your parents here.

Small Cheval, from the makers of Au Cheval. Good news, the burgers here are also great.

Shake Shack's burgers live up to the hype, but the food love stops there. Local partnerships at least help give the first Chicago location some street cred.

The Loyalist is a nice basement bar and restaurant with good food and drinks.

An iconic dive burger bar that we fully support.

Little Bad Wolf is a gastropub in Andersonville serving upscale bar food in a cool and relaxed environment.

bopNgrill is a cheap and quick eats Korean-American fusion spot. We’ve turned it into a new dance move.

Burgers, beers, and delicious milkshakes.

25 Degrees is a solid, dimly-lit burger and beer kind of spot in River North. We approve.

Son Of A Butcher is a spot serving solid bar food in Logan Square.

Whisk serves breakfast & brunch seven days a week, and then mostly burgers for dinner after 5 pm. It’s a good BYOB spot to have on the radar.