📍 Lakeview, Chicago

Matisse Tavern & Grill is a Lakeview gastropub on West Diversey built around scratch cooking and a serious drinks program. The kitchen makes its dressings, sauces, and baked go...

A Boka Restaurant Group fried chicken shop on Southport Avenue in Lakeview. The format is tight — focused menu, counter service, no frills — and the chicken is the argument. Useful...

Kurdish kitchen on Clark Street in Lakeview, one of the few restaurants in Chicago focused on the cuisine. The menu spans breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the grilled meats, stews...

Filipino kitchen on Belmont Avenue in Lakeview, built around kamayan-style boodle feasts eaten by hand over banana leaves. The spread runs from pork adobo ribs and lechon sisig to ...

Jennivee's is a bakery and cafe on North Halsted Street in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood. It works out of a storefront in the heart of the area, turning out baked goods and cafe...

A late-night dessert lounge on Belmont in Lake View that leans hard into the hangout angle: sweets, a room to eat them in, and live dessert stations you can book to bring the party...

1903 Schlitz-tied house at the corner of Belmont and Southport that has anchored Chicago's independent music scene for decades. The back room books emerging and mid-tier touring ac...

Garnet Ave's most committed dive: dark room, pool tables, cheap drinks, and a crowd that's been coming for years. No craft cocktails, no pretense — the patio fills up when the weat...

Sheffield's has been a Lakeview anchor for over four decades, five minutes from Wrigley and a world away from the ballpark crush. The retractable roof and outdoor patio keep things...

Lakeview's karaoke anchor, running every night with private rooms, Jamaican food, and a crowd that takes the mic seriously. The tropical bar program and beer garden give it a warme...