77 community areas, one guide
Chicago's Top Restaurants, Shops and Services, North Side to South
Deep-dish and tavern-style pizza, Italian beef, taquerías, salons, auto repair shops, dentists, real estate agents and more: our editors pick the Chicago businesses that locals trust.
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Brunch, hot dogs, furnace repair, pet care, driving schools: every category leads to rankings built for the way Chicagoans live.
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The lake, the L and the neighborhoods
Chicago is officially divided into 77 community areas, and locals will tell you each has its own best. Carnitas in Pilsen, Italian beef on Taylor Street, South Asian sweets on Devon Avenue and dim sum in Chinatown share a city with the lakefront dining rooms downtown.
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Our editors weigh every category across Chicago's neighborhoods, side with businesses that have kept a strong local reputation for years and confirm where each one is, its phone line and its hours before publishing. Nothing is published and forgotten.
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