Best use of food waste#
Best food writer (of “your mama” jokes)#
Best new cookbook from Chicago#
Best comeback(s) from disaster#
Best Hot Doug’s stand-in#
Best migration to the south side#
Best cheap fancy lunch#
Best $3 lunch#
Best burger no one’s talking about#
Best peanut butter and jelly sandwich#
Best sausage that brings the funk#
Best combination of pizza and liquors and jazz#
Best vegan deep-dish#
Best Polish food in a Korean restaurant#
Best Italian-Japanese fusion#
Best soup dumplings#
Best postconfessional tacos#
Best coffee roaster to include a cassingle with your caffeine boost#
Best new brewery to launch with only one beer#
Best IPA that doesn’t taste like another goddamn IPA#
Best frozen water#
Best classic cocktails#
Best local vodka for whiskey drinkers#
Best place to try whiskey before you buy#
Best pizza#
Best overall restaurant#
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Best hot dog#
Best Mexican restaurant#
Best doughnuts#
Best BYOB#
Best farmers’ market or gourmet market#
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Best falafel#
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Best local spirit#
Best Middle Eastern restaurant#
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Best gay bar#
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Best up-and-coming chef#
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