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  • 1 / 10
    Smoked bacon and eggs on a modern Japanese menu, and not a tweet of dissent.
    820 W. Lake St., 312-733-4818, Website

    Related: Read more about this West Loop spot.

    Photo: Anna Knott
  • 2 / 10
    Da Mare moved out of Bridgeport way too soon.
    2701 S. Eleanor St., 312-724-8811, Website

    Related: Check out photos of our visit and read more about the Bridgeport restaurant.

    Photo: Courtesy of The Duck Inn
  • 3 / 10
    This hip retro diner and its sort-of-Mex menu have made Wicker Park so cool even Paul Kahan is impressed.
    1545 N. Damen Ave., 773-645-4060, Website

    Related: Read more about the Wicker Park restaurant.

    Photo: Courtesy of Dove’s Luncheonette
  • 4 / 10
    Maybe you can pay someone to stand in line for you.
    66 E. Ohio St., 312-667-1701, Website

    Photo: Hilary Higgins/RedEye
  • 5 / 10
    A 42-ounce wagyu tomahawk steak costs $155 here. Makes the $6 Parker House rolls seem like a bargain.
    66 W. Kinzie St., 312-284-4990, Website

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

    Photo: Courtesy of RPM Steak
  • 6 / 10
    Where Homaro Cantu (Moto) makes miracle-fruit-based pastries as popular as the gluten-free muffins at the grocery store.
    4219 W. Irving Park Rd., Website

    Related: Read about Berrista Coffee’s chicken and waffle sandwich.

    Photo: Courtesy of Berrista Coffee
  • 7 / 10
    The new mecca for grilled cheese lies about a football field away from NU’s stadium. No purple attire required.
    1700 Central St., Evanston, 847-905-0669, Website

    Photo: Patrick Niebres
  • 8 / 10
    Everyone who lives downtown treks to some Lao or another, making this location a no-brainer.
    520 N. Michigan Ave., 312-818-8099, Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Lao Sze Chuan
  • 9 / 10
    Closed June 2012; reopened December 2014. This could be the longest comeback in restaurant history.
    111 E. Chestnut St., 312-649-0055

    Photo: Courtesy of Pane Caldo
  • 10 / 10
    Pizza drama in Bucktown: Brendan Sodikoff challenges the locals to learn how to fold ’em.
    1732 N. Milwaukee Ave., Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Roxie’s by the Slice
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Chicago’s most buzzed-about restaurants this month

By Penny Pollack
February 3, 2015, 12:09 pm
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