Althea is an upscale and creative vegan restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue.

Aster Hall is a fancy mall food court on the Magnificent Mile from the Au Cheval team.

Z Bar is a fancy rooftop bar and restaurant located in the Peninsula Hotel.

Billy Goat Tavern is an iconic burger restaurant, and this is their Navy Pier location.

This is the DMK Burger Bar location at Navy Pier.

This is the Navy Pier location of Fish Bar.

Cindy’s has the best rooftop and views in Chicago that overlook Grant Park and Lake Michigan.

Purple Pig has been around awhile, but it's still a great small plates restaurant that makes for a fun night.

Excellent sandwiches are hiding on the second floor of Eataly. We tell you how to find them.

The Windsor is an American Grill just off the Magnificent Mile. You can do better.

An iconic dive burger bar that we fully support.

Doc B's fills a River North gap by being a sit-down restaurant that serves casual and health conscious food.

A Michigan Avenue dud. Labriola isn't worth your time.

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.