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Places To Eat and Drink

You could eat at a different Chicago restaurant every day for 20 years and never eat at the same one twice. With more than 7,300 restaurants, Chicago’s sure to have many that suit your taste, budget and mood. Whether you’re looking for Chicago-style hot dogs or French haute cuisine, steaks or seafood, pierogi or pizza, you can find them in Chicago. And they’ll be good.

Chicago-Style Pizza and Hot Dogs
A visit to Chicago is not complete unless you’ve tried two of Chicago’s iconic cuisines: Chicago-style deep-dish pizza and the Chicago-style hot dog.

Fine Dining
Chicago has more AAA five-diamond restaurants than any other city in the nation, and our restaurants consistently win awards from Gourmet magazine and the James Beard Foundation.

Neighborhood dining and drinking
Chicago neighborhoods are packed with hot spots for a fun night out. Bucktown and Wicker Park attract a chic younger crowd. Wrigleyville, as you might expect, is loaded with sports bars packed with fans during baseball season. Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods offer a virtual United Nations of dining choices.

Culinary Concierge

Visiting Chicago and looking for a place to grab a nosh or maybe looking for a gourmet dinner without the gourmet prices? The Culinary Concierge --in the Visitor Center of the Chicago Cultural Center-- is a hungry tourist's best friend. Open 10 am – 6pm every day of the week, the Culinary Concierge offers suggestions for restaurants, grocers and anything else food related.

Dining Resources - Restaurant Reservations and Delivery
Exploring the city's diverse restaurant and culinary scene is simple with our handy dining resources. Search online for restaurant reservations in real time and get confirmation instantly! Don't feel like going out? Order in from among thousands of restaurants with just a few clicks of a mouse!

Ethnic Restaurants and Markets
Soul Food, Cajun, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, French, Spanish, Peruvian, Guatamalan, Lithuanian, Bohemian, Afghan, Ethiopian, you name it, Chicago offers as diverse a selection of dining choices and markets as practically any city in the world.

Foodie Events
Chicago is a foodie’s paradise. If you want to do your own cooking, go to one of our many farmers’ markets or ethnic and specialty grocery stores. Or, perhaps, you may want to try one of the city's cooking classes, food tours, and other specialty, year-round culinary events.

SHARE YOUR CHICAGO FOOD PHOTOS

Flickr user cinnachick took this photo at San Soo Gap San, a restaurant that serves Korean barbecue, on Western Ave. north of Foster.

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GOOD QUESTION

Q: Where can I get a meal for under $30? I want to go "where locals eat - classy but not pretentious, comfortable & creative."

Our Twitter follwers weigh in with their restaurant
suggestions:

@alacardchicago suggests: Lula Cafe in Logan Square.

@MSURabbott adds: OpenTable is a cool resource, you can research and make a reservation http://tr.im/db3p

@izatchu suggests: I'd say Hopleaf, if you could get a table. But how about also Friendship Chinese in Log. Sq.? Both are less busy weeknights.

@timfrick adds: YesThai on Damen/Foster; Hema's Kitchen off Devon or Clark St., Cho Sun Ok on Lincoln Ave.; or La Cazuela on Clark are good.

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