Lemon rings
$$, Outdoor Seating, Modern, Full Bar, Seafood, Lake View
"Fried onions, jalapeños and lemon rings at Fish Bar. An incredible snack. The fact that they haven't started bagging and selling them worldwide is pretty baffling."
ChefKurt Tarpley
Nashville
Accolades
- ChefsFeed WinnerOne of the Best Things to Eat in Chicago
Where I Go Out
Lobster parfait
$$, Outdoor Seating, Full Bar, New American, Whisky Bar, Hotel, Logan Square
"Quite possibly the best bite of food I've ever eaten. I probably cried."
Chicago style hot dog
$, American, Hot Dogs, Kimball
"Get the Chicago dog or brat at Hot Dog Station. No one talks about this place and they should."
Phở
$, Vietnamese, Uptown
"There's a lot of phở out there, but I haven't had better than this. My favorite is the #1, which is made with six different types of meat. The broth has the perfect amount of sweetness and they cook the tendons perfectly, which is where a lot of places err."
Pork shoulder
$$$, Outdoor Seating, Wine Bar, Full Bar, New American, West Loop Gate
"Seriously, go there right now and order it. However they've decided to prepare it, it'll be the best thing you've eaten in awhile or maybe ever."
Fresh oysters, shrimp cocktail and crab claws!
$$$, Happy Hour, Seafood, Near North Side
"They're just consistently the best I've eaten in Chicago. They serve the same varieties as the other guys, but a place that can store and clean those things quickly, with no flecks of shell and all the liquor intact even when they're crazy busy, is a pretty special thing."