Custom Placements: Dining Lead 1
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago: October 2025
The city’s most buzzed-about restaurants this month, in order of heat
Fleeting Flavors
The funnest places to eat these days? Pop-up restaurants. Here are four of our favorites.
Local Style Chips
Laura Gardner put the flavors of a Chicago-style hot dog, deep-dish pizza, giardiniera, and Italian beef into chip form.
Georgia on My Mind
Wheeling’s Stumara captures the romance of the country’s cuisine — when, that is, it sticks to the classics.
London Calling
The British import Hawksmoor brings its take on a steakhouse to River North, with mixed results.
Ocean Grill & Bar Is Top-Tier Vietnamese Cuisine
An unassuming newcomer is turning out impeccable seafood and incredible pho.
The Predinner Drinking Spot the West Loop Needed
Bisous takes inspiration from 1960s France, offering a lounge-y bar and great drinks.
Pasta Prince
Trying to decide where to dine out today raises all kinds of questions. Is the food good? Can I go without a reservation? Are the ingredients responsibly sourced? At Wilson Bauer and Alice Richter’s Flour Power, the answers are all yes. But the menu is so teensy — just three daily pastas ($16 to $18), focaccia, and … Read more
French Revolution
At Obélix, Oliver Poilevey deliciously modernizes French flavors with global inspirations.