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Where To Eat Around The Second City
These are the places you should be eating and drinking around The Second City.
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Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile
The Sofitel is a five-star hotel with a surprisingly casual afternoon tea experience.
Adorn Bar & Restaurant
This restaurant inside the Four Seasons Hotel is a solid choice for all your casual-fancy needs.
Butch McGuire's
Butch McGuire's is an Irish Pub in Gold Coast that's best known for their over-the-top holiday decorations.
The Bellevue
The Bellevue is an American restaurant in the Gold Coast that's a good option for tourists and business meals.
Pippin's Tavern
Pippin's Tavern is a Gold Coast bar with an interesting menu and surprisingly good food.
I Can't Believe It's Not Meat
I Can't Believe It's Not Meat is a casual vegetarian restaurant in the Gold Coast.
Maple & Ash
Maple & Ash sits in the middle of the Chicago steakhouse Venn diagram. It’s both new-school and old.
3 Arts Club Cafe
Three Arts Cafe is a beautiful restaurant inside the atrium of the RH store in the Gold Coast.
Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House
Hugo’s is a classic seafood spot, and the fish counterpart to Gibsons’ steaks.
Blue Door Kitchen & Garden
Blue Door Kitchen serves southern food in an old mansion in the Gold Coast. The courtyard patio is beautiful for when it's nice outside.
Tempo Cafe
Tempo Cafe is the local Gold Coast diner open 24 hours a day. It's also exactly what we assume the coffee shop from Seinfeld is like.
Friends Ramen
Friends Ramen serves mini ramen bowls in the Gold Coast, but it's not very good. Skip it and opt for regular size ramen bowls somewhere else.
Nico Osteria
Nico Osteria is a seafood-focused Italian restaurant in the Gold Coast’s Thompson Hotel.
Velvet Taco
Velvet Taco serves tacos that aren't really tacos. It's a bacon cheeseburger and chicken tikka kind of taco situation.