{"id":13496,"date":"2017-01-30T13:31:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=13496"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:54:01","slug":"unique-restaurants-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/unique-restaurants-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best & Most Unique Restaurants in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard to pin down the five best places to eat among the plethora of Chicago\u2019s culinary offerings. There\u2019s just so many great\u00a0restaurants in Chicago \u2013 so many sublime dishes served in this cuisine capital. You\u2019d be hard pressed to come up with the five best restaurants in Chicago, given that there\u2019s no accounting for taste.<\/p>\n

But for unique dining experiences, Chicago\u2019s creative chemistry, cutting-edge dining room design concepts, and clever wait staff can\u2019t be beat. They scream original and once-in-a-lifetime.<\/p>\n

Here are five of the best and most unique restaurants in Chicago:<\/p>\n

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1. Alinea<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Photo Credit: Alinea<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course. You knew this Chicago restaurant would top the list<\/a>. A tip of the hat to this consistently elegant, modern, ongoing experiment. With its rare three Michelin stars, Alinea is practically an institution on the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants’ Dinner list. And for good reason.<\/p>\n

Chef Grant Achatz and Dave Beran mix it up with themed adventures that dress up the dining room as well as the plates \u2013 as they keep coming. From a choice of three seasonal menus that change every four months, you get an 18 to 22-course menu and theme-enhanced experience coordinated by the staff at this Chicago restaurant.<\/p>\n

Alinea, located in Lincoln Park, promises drama, sensation, and a pricey (about $300 sans pairings) yet sumptuous meal seared indelibly into your imagination. Impress a significant someone with a night out<\/a>\u00a0to this Chicago restaurant.<\/p>\n

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2. The Girl & the Goat<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Photo Credit: The Girl and the Goat<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember Stephanie Izard from Top Chef<\/i>? The Girl & the Goat proves that she can crank out urban, super cool, fun plates from uncommon (and slightly unseemly if you saw them in the market) ingredients, like duck tongues and pig face, right in the West Loop<\/a>. This restaurant in Chicago allows you to choose\u00a0from an array of small plates that sizzle with both innovative amazement and uncommonly good mainstays, like bread \u2013 citrus brioche, served with miso-harissa butter topped with pomelo relish.<\/p>\n

Try the goat empanadas made with miso blue cheese aioli, and served with squash-apple slaw. They\u2019re worth your long wait for a much-coveted spot among the hungry hordes and welcoming wait staff.<\/p>\n

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3. EL Ideas<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Photo Credit: EL Ideas<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

El\u2019s (named after the L trains) anti-stuffy, Michelin-starred, haute cuisine served in a brick-lined 28-seat eating establishment, located in an unassuming industrial park, begs your entire attention \u2013 everywhere \u2013 once you get inside. This restaurant in Chicago provides an\u00a0open-view of the chefs and cooking area. Sit back and watch the chefs whip up\u00a0delightful dishes right before your eyes. The environment\u00a0practically invites you to join the cooking team. The atmosphere of this Chicago restaurant is festive, like one big party.<\/p>\n

Foie and quince baklava, french fries and ice cream, and even a certain white powder-inspired course? Yep. Somehow Chef Phillip Foss makes strangely wonderful and eccentric sensual. Licking and sucking up textures like foams and powders concocted from exotic (freeze-dried lime coconut powder?) ingredients bring \u2018getting into your food\u2019 to a new level.<\/p>\n

This Chicago restaurant offers a\u00a0surprise menu of 15 courses (at about $150 a plate). Bring your own bottle. Reservations are tough to get to witness this exotic show.<\/p>\n

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4. Frontier<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Photo Credit: Frontier<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An animal a month, that\u2019s what you get at this big table, crazy eatery \u2013 with a private room or table reservation. The whole animal, head and all (except the wild boar). New Orleans-raised Chef Brian Jupiter serves up what he calls Southern comfort food to your table \u2013 the entire beast, fish or fowl \u2013 at his West Town tavern. But vegetarians in your party can still eat sides and vegetarian entrees.<\/p>\n

Order up a stuffed alligator (stuffed with whole chickens) or an entire skin-on roasted free-range pig, and take your party out to the beer garden (seats about 100). This unique restaurant in Chicago allows guests to bundle their sides and cocktails or pair\u00a0their own sides from the menu. But you won\u2019t know which whole-animal will grace your plate until you get there.<\/p>\n

We recommend bringing a half dozen friends to this restaurant in Chicago\u00a0because you\u2019re not going to down an entire goat or antelope leg by yourself.<\/p>\n

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5. Au Cheval<\/a><\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s just a burger, right? Is it worth a three-hour wait? Well, yes. It\u2019s not your grandmother\u2019s grilled burger. We\u2019re talking umami burger with melted-to-perfection American cheese, pickles, Dijonnaise, maybe topped with bacon and egg. Yes, Chef Brendan Sodikoff (of the Hogsalt restaurants) mastered the burger, but the fried bologna sandwich, chopped chicken liver with salted butter and toast, or General Jane\u2019s honey fried chicken unusually satisfies that late-night after cocktails salt-or-sugar craving like no other.<\/p>\n

This trendy (hipster, if you will) and unique Chicago restaurant, serving the likes of potato hash with duck heart gravy, always has a long line to get in (no reservations), but it\u2019s well worth the wait. They’ve got a great selection of beers and odd cocktail concoctions (Irish whiskey and pickle brine).\u00a0This unique restaurant in Chicago also has a gluten-free and dairy-free menu.<\/p>\n

Honorable uniqueness mentions go to these fine and casual dining eateries for distinguishing themselves by some quirk, character or theme:<\/p>\n

The Purple Pig<\/b><\/a> of Jimmy Bannos Jr. and his dad, which features, well, all things pig and Mediterranean small plates, at the Magnificent Mile. Featured menu items include cured meats, smears (Greek caviar), chorizo-stuffed olives, and big plate planchas of octopus or pork belly.<\/p>\n

Ruxbin<\/b><\/a>, a New American cuisine (via New Amsterdam) restaurant, located in the Noble Square neighborhood, earned Zagat\u2019s 4.7 rating for its Asian-infused and seasonal ingredients, served communal style. The tasting menus, featuring items like jackfruit carnitas, and \u201crepurposed\u201d furnishings make this hotspot particularly unique.<\/p>\n

Publican Quality Meats<\/b><\/a> (\u201can homage to oysters, pork and beer\u201d), for a great sandwich and other \u201cfarmhouse and fishermen fare\u201d, this butcher shop\/deli\/coffee bar attracts an eclectic crowd longing for fresh cut charcuterie and cheese, coffee and cafe treats. Chef Edward Kim\u2019s stated objective, according to his website, boasts a menu \u201cstripped of pretension,\u201d which is \u201cconsciously affordable\u201d\u2013 and fun.<\/p>\n

Fat Rice<\/b><\/a> offers Asian fusion dishes<\/a> like its famous arroz gordo and huge Macanese dish of jasmine rice, chorizo, sofrito, and salted duck, topped with delectable rare savory meats like salted duck, shrimp or chorizo, or sofrito for the vegetarians. And the bakery? Pig-shaped, Mai Tai cocktail-infused buns. Enough said.<\/p>\n

Fun, astonishingly exotic, or pleasantly strange, these unique restaurants offer more than a good meal. They offer Chicago\u2019s most talented restaurateurs and staff, determined to wow an audience that will leave their establishments with a long-lasting impression.<\/p>\n

Are you looking for the best buffets in the Chicago area for brunch or dinner? View our list of the most notable buffets in the city<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Featured Photo Credit: Au Cheval<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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