Ruxbin may not get as much press as it used to, but it's still excellent. A must hit for a quiet meal.

Boeufhaus is a different kind of Chicago steakhouse. It's small, loud, cool, and still serves excellent steaks.

Classic and low key Italian. in West Town.

Hash is like a casual hipster commune that serves delicious and cheap breakfast.

Flo is a Mexican-American restaurant best saved for the weekends, because the weekends are when you eat Huevos Rancheros & Fruity Pebbles French Toast

Charlatan feels like a designer hunting lodge. Come for the beers and pastas, stay for the pig head.

An upscale brewpub that's brewing their own beer and making quality food to go with it.

You need more taco places in your life. Traspasada can be one of them.

So many farm-to-table restaurants, zero farms around. Homestead changes that a bit by growing vegetation on site.

Uncle Mike's Place is a West Town diner with a Filipino twist.

Beatnik is a restaurant and cocktail lounge in West Town serving average food in a beautiful environment.

The Winchester is a neighborhood spot in Ukrainian Village that we like to hit for brunch.

Quality sushi in a cool space, but we're not sold it's worth the price.

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.

Shaman is a small plates Mexican BYOB spot from the same people who brought you Chilam Balam, and it's one of the better BYOB restaurants around.

Coalfire is the king of Instagram pizza pictures, but does it taste as good as it looks? We say no.