Monteverde is an Italian restaurant in the West Loop. It sounds boring on paper, but there’s so much more to it than that. Excellent food all around.

Exceptional and impressive. That’s what comes to mind when describing the Korean-American food at Parachute.

Galit is a Middle Eastern restaurant in Lincoln Park with great food.

Giant is doing special things in Logan Square. It’s a great restaurant ideal for a date or any small group.

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

5 Rabanitos is a casual BYOB restaurant in Pilsen serving seriously great Mexican food.

El Che Bar is a cool and trendy Argentinian restaurant in the West Loop.

Soule is a BYOB restaurant in West Town serving delicious soul food.

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

Hogsalt Hospitality does French food. Patrick Kane once went on a date here and you should too.

The Delta is a Southern restaurant in Wicker Park specializing in hot tamales.

Classy without being overly pretentious. Riccardo Trattoria is one of our favorite Italian restaurants around.

Cabra is a great Peruvian-inspired small plates restaurant in the West Loop.

Gilt Bar is the rare River North spot that’s easy to get into, and also has great food. Prepare for a lot of meat, butter, and salt.

Passerotto is a great neighborhood restaurant in Andersonville serving Korean food with some Italian influences.

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