Joe’s is consistently one of the best steakhouses in town, and you shouldn’t even order steak. Stone crabs are where it’s at.

A Mexican seafood celebration. Prawns so good you’ll be begging for more.

A fish shack on the South Side that everyone should visit at least once. Calumet Fisheries is a true classic.

We’d ditch all of our family and friends for a bag of seafood at The Angry Crab.

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

High-end Peruvian food that will cost you a bit but is worth the price.

Shaw’s is like the seafood version of a steakhouse. Come for a nicer dinner and order all the oyster, crab, and lobster.

Cold Storage is seafood bar attached to a steakhouse. Post up at the bar for oysters and other fresh fish.

Glenn's Diner feels like a diner, but it specializes in simple seafood. They also have spaghetti and meatballs and a cereal bar. You'll like it.

Portsmith is an upscale seafood restaurant inside the Dana Hotel in River North.

Hugo’s is a classic and fancy seafood spot, and the fish counterpart to Gibsons’ steaks.

Awesome shellfish in a basement dive bar complete with year-round Christmas lights. Go eat all the crab and drink all the beer.

Fisk & Co. is a very good seafood-focused restaurant in the Loop’s Hotel Monaco.

GT Fish & Oyster is ideal for those who like all the pleasures of the sea. Mandatory oysters to start.

Fish Bar is like the offspring of a New England fish shack that spent some time in New Orleans. Nothing wrong with that.

Utilize Hub 51 for its strengths. Disclaimer: that doesn’t include full course dinners.