Pierre Gourmet is a French cafe in the bottom of the Peninsula Hotel.

Woodwind is a small plates restaurant on the 18th floor of a high rise in Streeterville.

Giordano’s is a pizza chain with perfectly fine deep dish.

Robert's is a pizza restaurant in Streeterville.

Caffe Olivia is a lakefront cafe on the Ohio Street beach.

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.

Drumbar is an upscale cocktail bar in the Raffaello Hotel.

Marisol, in the Museum of Contemporary Art, serves delicious seasonal American food.

Beatrix is a casual and versatile restaurant in Streeterville.

Somerset is a restaurant in the Gold Coast serving excellent American food that you should be eating immediately.

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

Excellent sushi in an unlikely spot. This tiny restaurant at the bottom of the Hilton hotel on Mies van der Rohe Way street is worth a trip for any real sushi fan.

A tradition unlike any other - Ron of Japan for teppanyaki and egg sauce.

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