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As of the 2024 Michelin Guide, there are 19 restaurants in Chicago with a Michelin-star rating. The Michelin Guides have been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. They were designed as a guide to tell drivers about eateries they recommended to visit and to subtly sponsor their tires, by encouraging drivers to use their cars ...
L & L Tavern is a bar at 3207 N. Clark Street (at Belmont Avenue), in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago. It was named one of the best dive bars in the country by Stuff Magazine. [1] When it opened was by Paul Gillon in the 1950s, the bar was called the Columbia Tavern & Liquors. Its current name comes from prior owners Lefty (John Miller ...
The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. [1] In 1999, The Berghoff won a James Beard Foundation Award in the "America's Classics" category, which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country.
The bar also includes a separate room where an "ice chef" prepares custom ice cubes for drinks. [1] The bartenders are treated like chefs, and work in a fenced-in "cocktail kitchen". [2] The bar is within the restaurant Next, in Chicago's Fulton Market District, part of the West Loop neighborhood. Another bar in the space, The Office, is a 22 ...
The Mirage Tavern was a drinking establishment at 731 N. Wells St. in Chicago purchased by the watchdog group Better Government Association and the Chicago Sun-Times in 1977 to investigate widespread allegations of official corruption and shakedowns visited on small businesses by city officials. The journalists used hidden cameras to help ...
The restaurant was founded by Leon Finney Sr., originally of Mississippi, in 1940. [1] It was one of the earliest barbecue establishments in Chicago. Along with other restaurants like Lem's Bar-B-Q, Leon's popularized the "Delta style" of barbecue that predominates in the South Side.
Everest was a French restaurant run by Jean Joho in Chicago for over 30 years. [1] First opened in October 1986, [1] it was located on the 40th floor of 425 South Financial Place, and served Alsatian cuisine. [2] The restaurant had earned one Michelin star. [3] It closed at the end of 2020; the COVID-19 pandemic was a cause of its closing. [4]
Longman & Eagle is a gastropub, [6] focused on serving upscale versions of traditional bar fare. Early in the restaurant's history, some of its produce was sourced by Chicago-based urban forager Dave Odd; restaurants including Browntrout and Blackbird have also employed Odd. [7] In particular, Longman emphasizes meat-based dishes. [8]