Chicago · Food

Grant Achatz's three-star theatre of a restaurant. Tickets are sold months ahead like a concert.

The deep-dish everyone actually agrees on, with the butter crust. The Loop branch is fine; any is.

Italian beef, dipped, hot peppers, and a chocolate cake shake. The Chicago sandwich in its natural habitat.

Stephanie Izard's West Loop room, still the hardest reasonable reservation in town after fifteen years.

Two stages, two bands alternating until 4am, seven nights a week. Blues the way it should be heard.