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• 42 Degrees N. Latitude 
•   Lincoln Square  
• AMERICAN
•  $ 

Comfy neighborhood bar/restaurant catering to locals and anyone who likes their bar food with arugula.

• Ann Sather 
•   Wrigleyville  
• AMERICAN, SCANDINAVIAN
•  $ 

Old Swedish restaurant with a failstaff menu that's worked for the past 40 years, including those decadent cinnamon rolls.

• Atwood Café 
•   The Loop  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Hotel Burnham's house restaurant is big on comfort food.

• avec 
•   West Loop  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Long, stylish room serves amazing food and wine from knowledgeable servers.

• Bad Dog 
•   Lincoln Square  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

This low-light restaurant/nightspot shifts from fine-dining professionals to late-night music junkies.

• Billy Goat Tavern 
•   Near North Side  
• AMERICAN
•  $ 

An underground cheeseburger joint with more characters than Cheers.

• Bite Café 
•   Ukranian Village  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Hipster caf� serves consistently yummy food next door to indie-rock temple Empty Bottle.

• Bongo Room 
•   Bucktown/Wicker Park  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Breakfast taken to gut-busting epicurean extremes.

• Cafe Selmarie 
•   Lincoln Square  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Neighborhood favorite for American stick-to-your-ribs comfort fare.

• Chalkboard 
•   Uptown  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Chef-owner Gilberg Langlois offers a daily-changing array of comfort food specials in his first solo restaurant venture.

• Chicago Firehouse 
•   South Loop  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Classic American dishes served in a restored firehouse in the South Loop.

• Clarke's 
•   Wrigleyville  
• AMERICAN, DINER
•  $ 

All-night diner with consistent, good food for not a lot of money.

• Costello's Sandwich & Sides 
•   Roscoe Village  
• AMERICAN
•  $ 

Friendly, constantly busy, neighborhood sandwich shop with great selections and laid-back vibe.

• Cru Wine Bar & Café 
•   North Side  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Gold Coast wine bar gets it right every time, especially now that they've added hot entrees to the menu.

• Crust 
•   Wicker Park  
• AMERICAN, PIZZA
•  $$ 

Organic flatbread pizzas and infused vodka make Crust a great neighborhood staple.

• Daily Bar & Grill 
•   Lincoln Square  
• AMERICAN
•  $ 

The lynchpin of Lincoln Avenue nightlife, with an outdoor patio and high-end bar fare for the young and restless.

• Dunlays on the Square 
•   Logan Sqr/Humboldt Prk  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Now Logan Square has a little bit of Wrigleyville (the location of the first Dunlays is on Clark in the heart of high-fivin' Cubstown).

• Eve 
•   Gold Coast  
• AMERICAN
•  $$$ 

An elegant sibling to Lincoln Square's Tallulah brings a sophisticated palate to the Gold Coast.

• Feed 
•   Ukranian Village  
• AMERICAN
•  $ 

BBQ chicken and other reassuring food items served in an atmosphere with cornpone appeal.

• Fiddlehead Café 
•   Lincoln Square  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

The kitchen went from square to seasonal, wine-friendly American at this comfortable and contemporary spot.

• Firefly 
•   Wrigleyville  
• AMERICAN, BISTRO, FRENCH
•  $$ 

Dark bistro spot for late-night French food lovers& or just late-night lovers.

• Fixture 
•   Lincoln Park  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

A blink-and-you'll-miss-it restaurant with a dark, intimate vibe and tempting small plates.

• Fizz Bar & Grill 
•   Roscoe Village  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Huge, beautiful space wasted with too many TVs and not enough style.

• Flying Saucer 
•   Logan Sqr/Humboldt Prk  
• AMERICAN
•  $ 

Neighborhood brunch/lunch spot that we'd love to like but we just can't because the food and service are a horrorshow.

• Goose Island Brewpub 
•   Lincoln Park  
• AMERICAN
•  $$ 

Yep, this is where they brew the beer. Tour the brewery on Sunday but skip the food in favor of a freshly stoppered growler filled with hoppy ambrosia.