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  • 1 / 10
    If headlining The Hot List and The Liquid Hot List is a form of double-dipping, so be it.
    832 W. Randolph St., 312-492-7775 Website

    Related: Browse photos of the West Loop bar on Seen on the Scene.

    Photo: Abel Uribe
  • 2 / 10
    Division Street hasn’t been this busy since the filming of About Last Night . . .
    49 W. Division St., 312-877-5575 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of The Halal Guys
  • 3 / 10
    A cheffy version of Logan Square’s revived greasy spoon. Read: No longer dirt-cheap.
    2545 N. Kedzie Ave., 773-278-2215

    Related: Read our dining critics’ impressions of Johnny’s Grill.

    Photo: Potluck Creative
  • 4 / 10
    Marc Malnati (Lou Malnati’s) and Giulia Sindler (Kamehachi) spawn a love child.
    1529 N. Wells St., 312-664-2899 Website

    Related: Check out their blackened mahi mahi tacos on What Penny Eats.

    Photo: Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune
  • 5 / 10
    Between his BYO policy and two-day mole process, Anselmo Ramirez has gained mayoral status in Albany Park.
    3402 W. Montrose Ave., 773-539-5887 Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Ixcateco Grill
  • 6 / 10
    Myron & Phil fans: The phoenix rose from the ashes, moved to Niles, and got a new ID.
    6480 W. Touhy Ave., Niles, 847-677-6663

    Photo: Courtesy of Wildwood Tavern
  • 7 / 10
    Gold Coasters ignore really silly names—Not Mushroom for Improvement—and score really bold pizza.
    110 E. Pearson St., 312-266-3110 Website

    Related: Browse photos of their cannoli, baccalà carpaccio salad, a mozzarella tasting, and other goodies on What Penny Eats.

    Photo: Courtesy of Bar Toma
  • 8 / 10
    Au Cheval’s sib boasts a seriously small menu: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries.
    1732 N. Milwaukee Ave. Website

    Photo: Courtesy of Small Cheval
  • 9 / 10
    The perfect place to chill after the scene at Cindy’s, a rooftop bar in the same building.
    CAA Hotel, 12 S. Michigan Ave., 312-792-3515 Website

    Related: Read more about the Michigan Avenue restaurant in our review.

    Photo: Clayton Hauck
  • 10 / 10
    Why a deli name for a Mediterranean-inspired resto?
    660 N. Orleans St., 312-624-9892 Website

    Photo: Brian Nguyen/Chicago Tribune
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Chicago’s most buzzed-about restaurants in October

By Penny Pollack
October 5, 2015, 9:55 am
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