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55 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 55 Restaurants
✨ Fine Dining, Trendy, Date Night
The undisputed dining capital of Chicago. Randolph Street and Fulton Market pack more Michelin stars per block than anywhere in the Midwest.
Known for: Girl & the Goat, Avec, Au Cheval, Publican
Don't miss: Monteverde, Smyth, Girl & the Goat, Au Cheval
💡 Restaurant Row is Randolph between Halsted and Ogden. Book ahead -- walk-ins are tough.
Top 10 in West Loop / Fulton Market
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Smyth
New American Tasting Menu · 2 Michelin Stars
Two Michelin stars for John and Karen Shields farm-driven tasting menu that is as much about the land as the plate. Ingredients come from their own farm in Door County, Wisconsin, ...
97
2
Oriole
New American Tasting Menu · 2 Michelin Stars
Two Michelin stars hidden down a West Loop alley -- you literally walk through a parking lot to find it, which makes the gorgeous room inside even more dramatic. Noah Sandoval tast...
97
3
The Aviary
Molecular Cocktails
Grant Achatz cocktail bar where drinks are served in custom vessels, some requiring tools to consume. The ice program alone is worth a PhD. This is the Alinea of cocktails -- inven...
95
4
Ever
New American / Tasting Menu · MICHELIN 2 Stars
Curtis Duffy's two-Michelin-star fine dining destination. Artfully plated, precisely choreographed New American tasting menus served on sleek black tables under museum-quality ligh...
95
5
Monteverde
Italian Pasta · James Beard Award
Sarah Grueneberg handmade pasta temple in the West Loop that serves some of the best noodles in America. The cacio e pepe is transcendent, the tortelloni in brodo is comfort in a b...
94
6
Girl & the Goat
New American · James Beard Award
Stephanie Izard Top Chef winner restaurant that put the West Loop on the map and never stopped being one of the hardest reservations in Chicago. The goat empanadas are iconic, the ...
93
7
Au Cheval
Burgers / Diner
The best burger in Chicago and one of the best in America -- a double cheeseburger with a fried egg on a perfectly squishy bun that has inspired a thousand imitations. The wait can...
93
8
Elske
Scandinavian / New American
David and Anna Posey Scandinavian-inspired West Loop gem with a tasting menu option and an a la carte bar menu. The flavors are clean, precise, and deeply seasonal. The kringle pas...
93
9
Next
Rotating Theme · Michelin 1 Star
Grant Achatz's West Loop restaurant that reinvents itself completely every few months with a new theme, menu, and identity. Past themes have included Paris 1906, Childhood, and Tha...
93
10
Avec
Mediterranean · James Beard Award
The communal-table wine bar that helped launch Randolph Street as a dining destination. Paul Kahan wood-oven Mediterranean shares are perfect for groups -- the chorizo-stuffed medj...
92
All 55 Restaurants in West Loop / Fulton Market
J.P. Graziano
Italian Sandwiches
91
Adalina Prime
Steakhouse / Italian
90
Maxwells Trading
American Fusion
90
Al's #1 Italian Beef
Italian Beef
89
The Loyalist
Burgers / American
89
Kumiko
Japanese Cocktail Bar
89
Untitled Supper Club
Supper Club / Live Music
88
Rose Mary
Croatian-Italian
88
Green Street Smoked Meats
Texas BBQ
87
Bar Tutto
Italian / All-Day Cafe
87
Osaka Nikkei
Japanese-Peruvian
87
The Warehouse
American / Brunch
86
Taqueria Chingón
Mexican / Tacos
86
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
Japanese Ramen
86
Little Goat Diner
American Diner
86
Duck Duck Goat
Chinese-American
86
The Whale
Cocktail Bar / American
86
El Che Steakhouse & Bar
Argentine Steakhouse
86
Gibsons Italia
Italian / Steakhouse
86
Brown Bag Seafood
Seafood / Casual
85
Bar Biscay
Spanish / Basque
85
Maude's Liquor Bar
French Bistro / Cocktail Bar
85
The Oakville Grill & Cellar
American / Wine
84
Sweetgreen
Salads / Fast Casual
80
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