📍 Hyde Park, Chicago

A Southern American restaurant in Hyde Park led by chef-owner Erick Williams, celebrating the cuisine carried north via the Great Migration with heritage techniques and contemporar...

The largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere housed in the only surviving building from the 1893 World's Fair. Walk through a real U-505 German submarine, explore a coal mi...

Counter-service New Orleans-inspired spot in Hyde Park great for Sunday brunch. Fluffy biscuits and gravy, shrimp and grits, and po'boys that transport you to the French Quarter. F...

Hyde Park Lebanese counter a few blocks from the University of Chicago, pulling shawarma, falafel, and hummus that hold up to real scrutiny. Quick, affordable, vegetarian-friendly ...

The wall carvings at Medici on 57th are basically a Hyde Park time capsule — generations of University of Chicago students have left their mark, and the pan pizza and burgers have ...

Hyde Park's cafeteria-style institution where you grab a tray, point at the meatloaf or pot roast, and sit wherever there's room. Barack Obama was a regular back when he lived in t...

Atwater Village dive that has been at it for over 70 years — black leather booths, a spacious patio, and a calendar that swings from disco DJ nights to cowboy DJs to karaoke. The m...

Hyde Park's enduring tavern, open since 1948 and known to everyone who's spent time near the University of Chicago simply as Jimmy's. Generations of students, professors, and local...

More than 50 beers on tap in a relaxed, old-school alehouse that Glendale and Atwater Village regulars treat as a neighborhood right. No gimmicks, no theme — just a serious tap lis...