DK Travel : Chicago : Places to eat

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Nine

This hip restaurant specializes in steaks and seafood. There’s also a champagne bar and the Ghost Bar for drinks and dancing.
North Pond

This pond-side restaurant (a former skaters “warming house”) serves up American gourmet cuisine.
North Pond Café

Hidden from the road in leafy Lincoln Park, North Pond is a treasure – once you find it. Lodged in an Arts-and-Crafts-style building, the café offers a seasonal menu with an emphasis on produce sourced in the Midwest. Though dinner is the star, lunches of sandwiches, soups, and salads are equally creative and well presented (see North Pond).
Opera

Trendsetter Opera serves contemporized Chinese food in a former 1930s warehouse. Don’t miss the five-spice squid and slow-braised pork.
Original Pancake House

This homey breakfast haven does everything well, but its signature dish is the apple pancake.
Pasteur

Waitresses wearing pretty cheongsams , candles on the tables, and lush ferns on the room’s periphery create a romantic setting for Vietnamese cuisine at Uptown favorite Pasteur. Best dishes include the assemble-your-own spring rolls. Continue with the aromatic pho soup and clay-pot chicken.
Penang

Chicago’s only Malaysian restaurant. Ask your server to recommend the best dishes on the menu.
Phoenix

Superior Chinese dim sum, served with a panoramic view of downtown Chicago, garner outthe-door lines for this Chinatown gem. Dishes emerging from the kitchen are quickly snatched by waiting diners, leading many to ask for a table near it.
Phoenix

Phoenix attracts dim sum diners from near and far. Go early on weekends or prepare for long waits.
Pierrot Gourmet

Run by the elegant Peninsula hotel, this café serves inventive salads, open sandwiches and pastries.

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Restaurant price categories

Price categories include a three-course meal for one, a glass of house wine, tax, and a 15–20%% tip.
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