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    This stop for Tex-Mex grub and booze makes it eight and counting for One Off Hospitality.
    1545 N. Damen Ave., 773-645-4060 Website

    Related: Read more about the new Wicker Park restaurant.

    Photo: Courtesy of Dove’s Luncheonette
  • 2 / 10
    What do you call a new meat mecca in River North that puts geniality above all? RPM Steak.
    66 W. Kinzie St., 312-284-4990 Website

    Related: Read more about the River North steak house and see our dining critic’s first impressions in What Penny Eats.

    Photo: Jeff Marini
  • 3 / 10
    The burgers here are so manly that some guys make multiple visits in one day.
    1480 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-423-2005 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Umami Burger
  • 4 / 10
    About the only thing Megan and Dave Miller don’t do in pursuit of fresh wheat is forge their own scythes.
    4610 N. Western Ave. Website

    Related: Find out what our dining team thought about Baker Miller on a first visit.

    Photo: Anna Knott
  • 5 / 10
    Meet the newest member of Hyde Park’s restaurant-of-the-month club.
    1301 E. 53rd St., 773-643-1652 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Yusho Hyde Park
  • 6 / 10
    Pizza for the kids, skirt steak for the parents. S’mores for everybody.
    112 S. Washington St., Hinsdale, 630-537-1459 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Vistro
  • 7 / 10
    If you have never thought of Czech food as being fun, you have never eaten Knackwursts in blankets.
    11 W. Illinois St., 312-955-0439 Website

    Related: Find out what our dining critic thought of her first visit to the River North restaurant.

    Photo: Barry Brecheisen
  • 8 / 10
    The Sandovals bet some smart money on Chicagoans’ love for hot dogs and tacos.
    738 N. Clark St., 312-756-7560 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Mercadito Counter
  • 9 / 10
    Reopened eight months after it was damaged in a fire, this hypercreative sushi spot charms Lincoln Parkers all over again.
    2638 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-935-2000 Website

    Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune
  • 10 / 10
    The owners claim the polar vortex inspired this cozy room and its Med seaside menu. That puts a new spin on last winter.
    432 W. Diversey Pkwy., 773-857-2540 Website

    Related: Read our dining critic’s first impressions of the new café.

    Photo: Anna Knott
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Chicago’s most buzzed-about restaurants right now

By Penny Pollack
November 4, 2014, 10:02 am
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