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  • 1 / 10
    Taking food porn to the next level. Pass the Cajun Foreplay spice rub, please.
    923 W. Weed St., 312-462-1053 Website

    Photo: Brent Herrig
  • 2 / 10
    Chicago Cut’s new sib features seafood and steaks instead of steaks and seafood.
    20 W. Kinzie St., 312-280-8882 Website

    Photo: Anthony Barlich
  • 3 / 10
    Where no one’s calling the French-fried wings Freedom Chicken.
    100 W. Monroe St., 312-754-6560 Website

    Photo: Caitlin McCarthy
  • 4 / 10
    From a food court in Dundee to Lincoln Square’s latest obsession.
    4603 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-250-2437 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Taco in a Bag
  • 5 / 10
    Fans of Scofflaw and Slippery Slope insist they are here for the seafood—not the killer drinks.
    3213 W. Armitage Ave., 773-486-7465 Website

    Related: Read more about the new seafood spot.

    Photo: Lenny Gilmore/RedEye
  • 6 / 10
    West Rogers Park is all in for spicy shrimp and crayfish served in giant plastic bags.
    5665 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-784-6848 Website

    Photo: Lenny Gilmore/RedEye
  • 7 / 10
    This came-out-of-nowhere brasserie tilts Humboldt Park into foodie territory.
    1012 N. Western Ave., 773-661-2116 Website

    Related: Find out more about the new Humboldt Park restaurant.

    Photo: Laurie Peacock & Maggie Rife of Revealed Studios
  • 8 / 10
    Five years ago, would you have bet on ramen as the West Loop’s next heartthrob?
    819 W. Fulton Market, 312-666-1710 Website

    Photo: Kimiyo Naka Michaeli
  • 9 / 10
    At this rate, ramen and tea will soon be neck and neck with burgers and shakes.
    1629 N. Halsted St., 312-624-9604 Website

    Photo: Kevin Pang/Chicago Tribune
  • 10 / 10
    Proving once again that massive portions of every-which-way pasta never go out of style.
    1852 W. North Ave., 773-935-2695 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of The Pasta Bowl
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Chicago’s most buzzed-about restaurants

By Penny Pollack
June 1, 2015, 10:48 am
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