Restaurants

In a ceremony held in Chicago for one of the biggest recognitions in the U.S. food and beverage industry, one Chicago chef took home an award. 

China is the second-most populous and third-largest country by area in the world, so its cuisine is amazingly diverse. You can find many regional Chinese dishes and restaurants around Chicago, with the help of our guide. 

The seasonally obsessed Feld has received a number of accolades in the past year or so. Its chef Jake Potashnick shares where he unwinds after or before service. 

Raised in Humboldt Park, Dominique Leach now serves barbecue at her Lexington Betty Smokehouse in Pullman amidst frequent appearances on TV.

"It’s easy to focus on all the bad s--t, right?" says Won Kim, the chef behind the Bridgeport counter-service restaurant. "But you don’t survive ten years without a community behind you.”

Jonathan Zaragoza opened his family's Birrieria Zaragoza at 18 and has since garnered a social media following for regional salsa recipes and cooking alongside professional athletes. 

From bitter Italian greens like tardivo and puntarelle to specific varieties of beets and spinach, chefs collaborate with farmers to introduce new products to the Midwest.

The puffed pancake is the ideal base for everything from fruit to savory toppings. Try a version from farm-focused, wood-fired Burl, which just launched Sunday brunch. 

When you go out to eat, it’s not just the chef who influences what ends up on your plate – farmers do, too. A recent event hosted by Green City Market in its new, permanent home showed how. 

A James Beard Award, Michelin stars, appearances on The Bear, lines down the block: Kasama has notched them all by serving casual Filipino breakfasts, artful pastries, and precise tasting menus out of one small space. 

Not only do Bonyeon's executive pastry chef Alana Wang and executive chef Alex Ching share a kitchen for the 12-seat chef's counter; they also have similar favorite restaurants and bars in Chicago, as they tell us.

While filming Riding the Rails, host Geoffrey Baer inspired Liam Davy, beverage director at Hawksmoor Chicago, to shake up something special. 

The White Palace Grill has been serving regulars for decades, even as its South Loop neighborhood has changed around it. The diner will appear in the final season of The Bear, further cementing its iconic status.

"When a restaurant is flowing it’s a kind of symphony," says Eric Shin, who is simultaneously CEO and co-founder of SeoulSpice restaurants and principal percussionist for the National Symphony Orchestra.

Chicago has three nominees for this year's James Beard Awards, one of the food industry's highest honors. The awards ceremony will take place in Chicago.