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Tortoise Supper Club serves prime rib, steaks and fresh seafood in a jazz-era dining room at 350 N. State St. in River North. The menu runs from oysters on the half shell and steak tartare to prime filet mignon, Beef Wellington, Chilean sea bass and a prime rib cut served …

The Exchange occupies the atrium of the historic Railway Exchange Building at 224 S. Michigan Ave. in the Loop, serving lunch, happy hour and dinner Wednesday through Saturday. The dining room sits beneath a three-story glass ceiling with a marble staircase, steps from the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park …

Sushi Taku Rotary has opened in Lincoln Park at 935 W Webster Ave, bringing a conveyor-belt, all-you-can-eat sushi format to the neighborhood. The restaurant is a branch of the Sushi Taku family, which also has locations in Wicker Park and Logan Square. At Sushi Taku Rotary, a rotating belt carries …

Silk Road of Chicago has been serving Chinese food from its Loop storefront on Adams Street for about two decades, a run long enough that the restaurant counts regulars who still come downtown specifically for its spicy chicken. The menu runs through familiar Chinese-American staples made to order in an …

Strings Ramen serves bowls of handmade ramen noodles at 1353 W Fullerton Ave in Lincoln Park, one of several Chicago-area locations for the shop, which says it has been making noodles in-house since 2014. The kitchen makes its noodles daily with an imported Japanese noodle maker and offers ramen in …

Salad House, at 3176 N Broadway in Lake View, serves build-your-own salads, wraps and grain bowls, with more than 40 toppings available to mix and match. The shop also offers a set menu of signature bowls and salads for anyone who’d rather skip the customizing. Signature options include the Classic …

Riccardo Enoteca has been serving Northern Italian fare on Clark Street in Lincoln Park, directly across the street from its sister restaurant Riccardo Trattoria. Run by chef Riccardo Michi and his wife Veronica, the enoteca takes a more casual approach than the trattoria, built around antipasti, salads, pasta, pizza, and …

Pizza Friendly Pizza serves thick, Sicilian-style pizza by the slice and whole pie from an alley space at 1039 N. Western Ave. in Ukrainian Village, next door to the Empty Bottle. The spot has been part of the neighborhood’s pizza scene since 2020, with an indoor dining room added in …

Pizza Lobo serves New York-style pizza from a renovated former 7-Eleven at 5457 N. Clark St., at the corner of Clark Street and Catalpa Avenue in Andersonville. The dough is three-day fermented sourdough, giving the pies a thin, foldable crust, and pizza is available whole or by the slice. The …

Piece, a brewery and pizzeria on North Avenue in Wicker Park, has served New Haven-style thin-crust pizza and house-brewed beer since 2001 in a converted former roofing and construction building. The menu includes New Haven-style pizzas, such as the Tomato Pie, the White Clam pie and a classic pepperoni pie, …

Phodega, at 1924 W. Division St. in Wicker Park, bills itself as an “Asian American noodle and snack shop.” The counter-service spot pairs bowls of Vietnamese pho with a corner-store section stocked with packaged snacks and drinks, a format the owners have run on Division Street since 2019. The menu …

Parlor Pizza Bar operates its River North location at 405 N. Dearborn St., occupying 9,000 square feet on the ground floor of the 20 W. Kinzie office tower. It’s one of three Chicago locations for the wood-fired pizza concept, alongside restaurants in the West Loop and Wicker Park. Parlor Pizza …

Osaka Sushi & Fresh Fruit Smoothies operates at 400 S Michigan Ave in the Loop, at Van Buren Street. The counter-service restaurant offers sushi, ramen and smoothies for eat-in, pickup, delivery and catering. The menu includes rolls such as California, Rainbow, Dragon, Crispy Shrimp and Hawaii, along with sashimi combos, …

Offset BBQ serves slow-smoked barbecue at 1720 N. California Ave. in Humboldt Park, near the California Avenue entrance to the 606 trail. The kitchen smokes chicken, pork, brisket and St. Louis-style ribs over an offset smoker, the style the restaurant is named for, and serves the meats by the pound …

Forever Yogurt runs a self-serve frozen yogurt shop at 5309 N Clark St in Andersonville. The shop is one of eight Illinois locations of the Chicago-based chain, which also has stores in Lakeview, Logan Square, Niles, Norridge, Homewood, La Grange and St. Charles. The format is self-serve: customers take a …