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Frontera Grill
445 North Clark Street
312-661-1434
www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/
frontera-grill
Cuisine: Mexican
Despite the continually chang-
ing ingredients and menu flavors,
Frontera Grill's goal remains the
same: to showcase Mexican food.
With brunch, lunch, and dinner
menus, diners can enjoy a number
of appetizers, entrées, street foods,
and more.
Girl & the Goat
809 West Randolph Street
312-492-6262
girlandthegoat.com
This restaurant from executive chef
Stephanie Izard opened in 2010 and
has a family-style menu. It features a
variety of dishes, including seafood
and goat. There is also an extensive
wine menu and craft beer options.
GT Fish and Oyster
531 North Wells Street
312-929-3501
gtoyster.com
Cuisine: Seafood
More than 5 years after opening,
GT Fish and Oyster aims to bring
a half-traditional and half-modern
menu focused largely on fish, with a
number of small plate options. The
menu features a variety of seafood,
including hot and cold options.
Smoque BBQ
3800 North Pulaski Road
773-545-7427
www.smoquebbq.com
Cuisine: Barbeque
Smoque BBQ's menu focuses simply
on BBQ, featuring ribs, brisket,
pulled pork, chicken, and Texas sau-
sage, along with a number of salads,
sides, and desserts.
Spiaggia
980 North Michigan Avenue
312-280-2750
www.spiaggiarestaurant.com
Cuisine: Italian
This Italian restaurant from chef
Tony Mantuano is located in the
Magnificent Mile area. It has a tast-
ing menu, a la carte options, and a
bar and lounge menu. EW
Eataly
43 East Ohio Street
312-521-8700
www.eataly.com
Cuisine: Italian
Eataly is Chef Mario Batali's market
style restaurant that offers a variety
of cuisine in one place. Visitors
can pick up ingredients for later
or eat in.
Eddie V's Prime Seafood
521 North Rush Street
312-595-1114
www.eddiev.com
Cuisine: Seafood
Eddie V's offers a wide variety of
seafood, including oysters, crabs,
lobsters, and more.
Fat Rice
2957 West Diversey Avenue
773-661-9170
www.eatfatrice.com
Cuisine: Asian
Fat Rice's goal is to serve Euro-Asian
comfort food, with influences from
China, India, and Southeast Asia.
The menu includes noodles, dump-
lings, and vegetables, as well as meat
and seafood options.
Open for more than 10 years, this
restaurant aims to give a Midwest-
ern twist on Mediterranean food. It
emphasizes the wine selections, with
options from different regions and
in various price points.
Balena
1633 North Halsted Street
312-867-3888
balenachicago.com
Cuisine: Italian
Balena offers a wide selection of
Italian foods, including appetizers,
pizza, and pasta. It also features a
number of Italian desserts and a
variety of wine.
Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder
2121 North Clark Street
773-248-2570
www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com
Cuisine: Italian and Pizza
This well-known restaurant features
unique dishes, including the Oven
Grinder, a large sandwich on an
Italian loaf, and pizza potpies. The
restaurant is located in Lincoln Park.
Payment is cash only.
Enjoy some Chicago deep
dish pizza or one of the
city's many other options
Alinea
1723 North Halsted Street
312-867-0110
www.alinearestaurant.com
Cuisine: New American
Open for a little more than a decade,
Alinea seeks to highlight both its
cuisine and total atmosphere. The
restaurant offers different food and
drink tasting menus for diners to
choose from.
Au Cheval
800 West Randolph Street
312-929-4580
auchevalchicago.com
Cuisine: American
This bar and diner has a number of
brunch and other dining options,
including meats, fish, sandwiches,
and sides. It also has an extensive
beer menu, as well as wine and
cocktails.
Avec
615 West Randolph Street
312-377-2002
avecrestaurant.com
Cuisine: Mediterranean
AAO City Preview • October 15–18, 2016
Chicago dining
September 2016
Source: Choose Chicago
