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Got this to go and boy, it was a great intro to Chicago:…read more Got their big combo dipped which was amazing, super flavorful but didn't feel heavy at all personally. The side of hot giardiniera is a must, not too spicy and was a good combo with the beef. The fries here are so good, crunchy and perfectly salted, you can't go wrong with this. The tamale boat was alright, wouldn't get it again. Chicago dog was also just okay, the sausage wasn't too memorable. Gotta be honest, had a better one at Ohare International, shoutout to HomeRun Inn at Terminal 2!

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The only reason I'm giving it a 4/5 is because for $19 I wish the sandwhich was bigger (or the…read moreprice was lower...). I'm not going to lie... I can't stop thinking about the sandwich I ate here. They have two vegetarian options on their menu and I went with the Modena sandwich. It was perfectly sweet, a little salty and had the most delicious pistachio cream. The focaccia bread it was made on was perfectly chewy as well. I wish they had more sides on their menu so I could try!

Lizzano is a true neighborhood staple--we've ordered from here and stopped in at least 10-15 times…read moresince they opened, and it never misses. The bread is always fresh, the ingredients taste high-quality, and everything just hits. Our go-tos are the Il Carnivoro, Sicilla, Piccante, and the Italino... but honestly, I'd trust anything on the menu at this point. Also, their happy hour is such an underrated gem--Wednesday through Sunday from 5-7pm. They do 50% off Italian boards (perfect for a girls' night) and $9 spritzes. We're heading there this week and already looking forward to it.

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Zarella Pizzeria & Taverna

4.5(286 reviews)

We were recommended to come here by our hotel, "if you can get a table." We figured since it was…read more2:30 on a Friday, it couldn't be that hard. Well. There was an hour long wait but the bar is open seating and, as in most bars, everyone sat one seat apart, but we got lucky and snagged two adjacent barstools. The restaurant is large and interesting to look at. Service is friendly. The menu is brief, but I'm guessing everything on it is delicious! We had just arrived in Chicago and assumed we had been referred to a Chicago-style pizza place. Nope! This place has "tavern-style" (extreme thin crust) and artisan (wood-fired style). We ordered the artisan with the margherita pizza and the Sunday salad. The kale Caesar looked really good too. The Sunday salad was a 4x elevated version of the Olive Garden salad that we all pretend we don't love. (Don't let me lose you at Olive Garden; I do not eat at Olive Garden.) it had incredibly fresh baby gem lettuce, delicious Italian dressing, salami, garbanzo beans, cherry tomatoes, fennel (I think), ditalini pasta, and probably cheese of some kind. Very flavorful, fresh and delish! And it was large! IMHO, a great pizza must have the foundations of a great crust-wood-fired crispy on the outside, light and chewy inside---and a delicious sauce. Zarella's dit the bill on both! I imagine whatever pizza you get it will be superb, but I'm partial to the red sauce. Def worth trying!

Love the vibe here. Modern and warm pizza spot in Chicago…read more Service was nice and friendly. Food was absolutely delicious and shareable. We ordered two savers style pizzas for a group of three. This is a place that certainly merits the appreciation for the space. I heard there's a speakeasy?

The super thin, perfectly cooked crust

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Mendocino Farms

4.1(43 reviews)

I was walking to my friend's condo the other day when I was so happy to discover a Mendocino Farms…read morenearby! The last time I had eaten here was in San Diego, so I was excited to enjoy their food again. I ordered the Lemon Chicken & Farro Soup, and it was so delicious that I ended up taking a bowl home to enjoy for lunch later in the week. For lunch, I also ordered the Fajita Steak Salad, and while there was a delay in getting my order, the fabulous Maya apologized profusely for the wait and even sent me home with an extra cup of soup. Talk about great customer service! When my salad finally arrived, I was blown away by the portion size. It was HUGE! I could only eat so much, so I ended up taking the rest home for dinner. Between the fresh ingredients, flavorful steak, and delicious dressing, this salad was an easy five-star meal! There are so many great options on the menu that you really can't go wrong. Between the delicious food and the outstanding hospitality from Maya and her team, this Mendocino Farms made a fantastic impression.

I came in with low expectations after walking past this place so many times, but everything was…read moregenuinely so good. The service was also amazing. 10/10. You order at the counter, but the server gave me recommendations and told me about the restaurant's history. They even let me sample their homemade juices and the green juice was so good. You can tell they actually care about the customer experience. Chen's Crispy Rice Salad was so good, especially the miso sesame dressing. It was savory with a nice crunch from the crispy wontons. 8.5/10. The Seasonal Goat salad was genuinely one of the best salads I've ever had. 9.5/10. Super light and refreshing, with sweetness from the Pink Lady apples and dried cranberries. It reminded me of Chick-fil-A's Market Salad, but the roasted almonds took it to another level. So satisfying and I'm already craving it again. Vibes are super casual, so this is definitely going into my rotation.

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City Nikki's

4.2(26 reviews)

I checked out this new spot in River Noeth about a week and a half ago to watch some football on a…read moreSunday. There are a lot of bars and places to watch football in this area, but this spot seems like it's a great one. First, the food was very good. I ordered the smashburger with tots, buffalo chicken wings, an espresso martini and a cookie skillet for dessert. I've had a lot of smashburgers and this is a very good one. The espresso martini measures up to anyone that I've had in any Chicago bar. The tots were hot and crispy and the chicken wings very good. The cookie skillet is a a must order for dessert. I loved the ambiance. It's a pretty classic bar and grill with a lot of TVs, but their patio sets the place apart. It gets tons of sun and still has plate of TVs to watch the game. The service as excellent. My waitress was nice, attentive and had good suggestions. This is a must visit apart for a drink, food or to juts watch the game.

Great spot to watch the Chicago Marathon! They're open early, open up the walls, and offer patio…read moreseating. Their breakfast sandwich with tots was good, and the service was friendly. I'd definitely come back here to watch a game or grab a drink with friends.

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Gold Coast Market

5.0(25 reviews)

1.0 mi•Near North Side

Great place. Good prices and friendly people. If they don't have what you want, talk to them they…read morewill stock it in the future.

Delicious sandwiches ! Did carry -out x 2 while visiting Chicago ; but very nice , casual area to…read moreeat in

0.8 mi•River North, Near North Side

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Portillo's & Barnelli's Chicago

3.9(7.4k reviews)

Number 7, now you are closer to heaven; pick your order…read more I will never forget the poetic server who called you to pick up your order. It's a shame I didn't get his name, but how can you have a bad day listening to him create lines back-to-back with such calm? The ambiance is lively, the decoration has a Midwestern theme full of famous individuals who have visited Portillo's. The hot dog hit the spot, and for less than $5 (Chicago hot dog) one can't complain.

Kari's Rating 8/10…read more As someone who is always at This Portillo is considering it's very close to where I live, it was decently busy this Sunday evening around 7:30. There was a large cluster of individuals in line to use the kiosk because they seem too scared to talk to a human-even though there's absolutely no line to talk to the women up front. It's kind of sad realize how antisocial people have become but also, I know it's beneficial to use a kiosk for the company because they're getting really fast data results, people tend to add more of their order because they're not being watched and they're able to do it in an antisocial way. Honestly, it's actually really fascinating. This place is always busy so as normal, we waited for about 20 minutes. It's OK, it looked like they were a little bit short staffed as 95% of the population of the restaurant was waiting in line. It's usually backed up at this location as it's super busy and very popular but tonight, I can't tell if it's because they're just backed up, or if no one can hear the number because they use those funny one liners after each number which makes it harder to hear the actual number called. I think this location-as it is mostly a tourist spot-is usually very clean. Tonight, it was not. I think it might've just been that one table around us, but whoever sat there before the fries were all strewn about and the sauces were all over the table cloths and there were napkins everywhere, and it just looked kind of bad. Since it's not normally like this, I figured it just was a one off or it might've just happened.

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Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea

3.8(74 reviews)

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Pretty spacious location. Plenty of seating, both indoor and outdoor. It looks like they have…read moreoutlets if you plan to stay awhile. I stopped in for a quick Banana Walnut Muffin this time and it wasn't bad.

Note to Fairground....The new flavors are trash or the batista has no idea what she is doing…read more.. I'm going with the flavor profiles are garbage...Watermelon Matcha taste like soda mixed with burnt ash...How is this considered watermelon or matcha....cant taste either. And the peach cobbler latte contains zero flavor of peach or a cobbler...Come to find out the peach flavor is supposed to come from the foam...Nope even the foam was flavorless...lol How is Dunking Donuts coffee better than this expensive vomit tasting coffee... You can do better than this Fairgrounds but I will never know because I will never be back...Chicago has an awesome coffee shop every 2 blocks.

1.0 mi•Near North Side, River North

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Gold Coast Cafe

3.8(64 reviews)

Good service. Welcoming staff. Good food. A fave of my friends and family. Really enjoy the…read moreatmosphere.

Everything could improve. 2 workers, 5 patrons. My sandwich was left in the panini press for 20…read moreminutes, and one of the workers was loudly complaining about patrons yelling (they didn't yell) at her for not having their two coffees in the 30 minutes they were there. Take your business elsewhere.

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Schneider Deli

4.4(225 reviews)

I had to get food, (particularly chicken soup) for a sick friend of mine who was stuck in a hotel…read morein Chicago and it was very hard to find a place that had chicken soup who would deliver it to the hotel. (I am in Las Vegas ) Unfortunately the delivery service the Deli usually uses quits before 2:30 and so I couldn't get it delivered. I called the Deli to ask if they had a different service and the owner said, he would take it there himself to my sick friend THAT KIND OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IS WHAT WE NEED MORE OF! Small businesses give a damn and I love that this owner was kind enough to go all the way over to the Warwick Allerton to personally deliver her chicken soup and tuna, which by the way she said was absolutely fabulous!! When given an option I will pick a small business over corporate America any day... And this owner just gave me another good reason why. Kudos to a business owner with pride and concern.

I was only in Chicago for 24 hours, just to see the yanks at Wrigley but I was able to bounce into…read moreSchneider Deli for a late breakfast and boy am I glad I did!! I grabbed a pastrami, egg and swiss on a plain bagel.. It was perfection, like they wrote the manual, like I was in midtown manhattan! The bagel was warm and crisp and soft and the pastrami was marbled and rich. There's only about five tables in the place. The staff is friendly. Awesome little deli!

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Jay A.

16 years ago

I went to the French Market at noon during the lunch peak. Sure enough there was a line forming in front of Saigon Sisters and I wanted to try their Pho soup there. I've tasted almost all of their sandwiches before, all except the fish banh mi, but today I was curious to compare their soup to the authentic restaurant market at the Argyle area. The broth was hot and flavorfull, I tasted it before adding in the sriracha hot sauce and hoisin sauce. It came in a nice lunch size plastic bowl big enough for lunch, but not as big as the over flowing dinner bowls like some restaurant in Viet town. It included the noodles, with the signature beef flanks, and the beef meat balls already in the broth, and I was handed a bag with a slice of lime, some greens with mint, and bean sprouts. The lunch was great, and certainly hit the spot. In comparison to the restaurants found far north of the city, These guys did pretty good with having to work in a crammed little kitchen, and the having their chefs pump out braised pork, braised beef in coconut, and duck confit just to name a few. And If you really know just how long it takes to cook the Pho broth, and all these other ingredients they have for the sandwiches, you can really appreciate the delicacy and balance they have going on and the amount of effort they put into their food. I mean these guys literally barely have any elbow room to produce what I would call "the best sandwiches I've ever tasted" in a small boxed-in sandwich shop. What a great lunch choice since I don't know of any place giving the option of having real authentic Vietnamese Pho, and even in Viet town the sandwiches do not nearly compare to the robust flavor these guys have to offer in their menu. It's no wonder the line is constantly building in front of their booth during lunch time as they efficiently create little masterpieces of sandwiches per customer, it is definitely their specialty. I am very excited to know they are opening a new restaurant, if these guys can make such wonders in such a small place, I wonder what they have in store for us in a real restaurant setting. . ..Lunch is always deliciously superb, I'm now waiting for my dinner options. read more

Sarah C.

16 years ago

I definitely feel sorry for me, my friends who got suckered, and for the people who work there. I was really in a good mood when my friends brought me to this market a few days ago. It was about $7-9 and then add the damn tax. I bought the chicken sandwich and it was good but not $9 good. You would be MUCH better off at Agryle Redline and have more fun exploring than a dreary place like that. The only thing I regret is not getting the soup which smelled good. Back to the real important thing: the food. The chicken was chewy and way too sweet and salty, the bead was a mix of hot and crusty and scratched the roof of my mouth, and the peanuts were way too much. To be honest I don't like peanuts on hot savory foods anyway but I though I'd try it. I didn't even taste the lemon juice. I am going to make my own sandwich at home. However, I give it 2 stars than I should have because the girls at the register and the people making the sandwich were so nice. read more

Alex G.

260

11 years ago

This place is way overpriced. One bowl pho, a spring roll, papaya salad, and a fried rice with some sparkling water tallied about $100 out the door. For upscale vietnamese at this price i'd recommend Le Colonial which has stellar ambience and way better food. As for what this place does, your better off heading up north of uptown or to chinatown for a more authentic experience at less than half the cost. read more

Alec D.

9 years ago

Vietnamese food dumbed down for the white business men who eat here. This place will surely disappoint if you have had real Vietnamese food elsewhere. If your in the mood for Vietnamese food downtown try Le colonial or go to tank noodle for some authentic pho. read more

Ananya T.

5 years ago

DO NOT EAT HERE! Dan Aregoni who works at Saigon Sisters was the boss of a fellow student at my school and virtually sexually harassed her, I would not support a business that treats women in the workplace like this. read more

Lily N.

14 years ago

A pleasant surprise having this here so close to work. I really like the spring rolls, and the bahn mi is good (though of course there are better ones on Argyle). Fast, friendly service. read more

Tac0 De 0jo X.

9 years ago

The owners of this restaurant are notoriously racist! POC don't waste your money here. I promise the food is average, unremarkable, and mediocre at best. read more

T M.

4 years ago

Great BanhMi sandwiches, in particular the Porky!

D. J.

4 years ago

The VBQ Banh Mi is worth the walk over.

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