Hard to Get Reservations in Chicago

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7 Restaurants

Updated February 26, 2020

Restaurants:	goosefoot, Girl & the Goat, Les Nomades…
Price Range:	$$ - $$$$
Cuisines:	Contemporary American, Contemporary French…
Neighborhoods:	Lincoln Square, West Loop, Gold Coast / Streeterville…

goosefoot

$$$$

Contemporary American

Lincoln Square

4.9

998 reviews

For fine dining in a calm, minimalist setting, with as much attention to detail paid to the overall scene as to the food itself, head to goosefoot. This is Chris and Nina Nugent’s tiny, 34-seat BYO in Lincoln Square, with a tasting menu that is elegant, thoughtful, and undoubtedly delicious. You’ll head home with some handmade chocolates, a packet of seeds for your garden, and a smile.

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Girl & the Goat

$$$$

Contemporary American

West Loop

4.8

12895 reviews

Chef Stephanie Izard isn’t just the first female Top Chef winner—she’s also the lady behind one of Chicago’s most celebrated restaurants. Cuisine-wise, Girl and the Goat is probably best described as “global”—but labels don’t matter here. This is delicious, exciting food, the kind of stuff you’ll be thinking about the rest of the weekend.

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Les Nomades

$$$$

Contemporary French

Gold Coast / Streeterville

4.9

2026 reviews

Walking into Les Nomades feels like walking in on a secret; the space, which is in a gated brownstone, is warm and intimate, with the kind of low-key, relaxed elegance that is impossible to manufacture. The food itself is as special as the place itself, with a French-ish menu that’s at once classic and fresh. We particularly love the salmon, soft-shell crabs, and roasted duck breast.

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Parachute

$$$$

Korean

Avondale / Irving Park

4.7

1538 reviews

Parachute is one of Chicago’s most-talked-about restaurants, and it’s not hard to see why. Chefs Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark’s take on Korean-American food is singular and unique, with takes on classic dishes like bibimbap, mandu, and dukbukki that are at once thoughtful, exciting, and new.

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Gibsons Italia

$$$$

Italian

River North (Chicago)

4.9

2148 reviews

What do get when you cross one of the city’s greatest steakhouses with some of the city’s most delicious pastas? You get Gibsons Italia, a restaurant from the same people behind the renowned Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, which gives both steak and pasta top billing. The result is the best of both worlds, with Italian dishes prepared with the same directness and care as the many cuts of beef. Just make sure to get a martini to wash it all down.

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Maple & Ash

$$$$

Steakhouse

Gold Coast / Streeterville

4.8

4047 reviews

This is the Midwest, after all, which means there are lots of places to eat steak in this town—and Maple & Ash is certainly one of the most fun. This is a place that leans into classic steakhouse tradition, with excellent versions of the seafood towers, the wedge salads, the rainbow of sides—and the steaks, cooked over a live fire, consistently measure up.

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Three Dots and a Dash

$$$$

Polynesian

Chicago

4.7

1251 reviews

There are few bars in Chicago as transportative as Three Dots and a Dash—head down a tiki-torched-lined alley, then down a flight of stairs, and you’re in a full-blown tiki wonderland, complete with bamboo walls, a thatched roof, and paper lanterns and tiki carvings everywhere in sight. The drinks are just as immersive as the decor, with pitch-perfect painkillers, mai tais, punches, and various other tiki-inspired cocktails that taste like an instant vacation.

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