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Try from TOC Top 100
Nightwood Restaurant is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

1. Nightwood Restaurant

2119 S Halsted St (at 21st Pl), Chicago, IL
New American Restaurant · East Pilsen · 92 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the bagel sandwich from our 100 Best list: We’ve latched on to one of the few always-present brunch items on this ever-changing menu, this bagel with lush trout cream cheese and a fried egg.

Lush Wine & Spirits is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

2. Lush Wine & Spirits

8.3
1412 W Chicago Ave (at Noble St), Chicago, IL
Wine Store · Noble Square · 18 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the croque-madame from our 100 Best list: Lush has developed one of the most craveworthy menus of drinking snacks in the city, though this sandwich—ham, cheese, béchamel, egg—is no snack.

Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

3. Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar

9.1
960 W 31st St (at S Morgan St), Chicago, IL
Speakeasy · Bridgeport · 73 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the kimchi and sausages from our 100 Best list: It’s a Polish-Korean mash-up and the best of both worlds. (Look for the free grub to reappear occasionally over the winter.)

Mastro's Steakhouse is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

4. Mastro's Steakhouse

8.9
520 N Dearborn St (at Grand Ave), Chicago, IL
Steakhouse · Near North Side · 121 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the chef’s cut New York strip from our 100 Best list: The high-end chain had us woozy with its dry-ice martinis, warm butter cake, and expertly cooked and seasoned cuts of beef.

Avec is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

5. Avec

9.3
615 W Randolph St (at N Jefferson St), Chicago, IL
New American Restaurant · West Loop · 213 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the fava-bean crostini from our 100 Best list: You realize why everyone wants to imitate Avec. And just how inimitable Avec is.

The Doughnut Vault is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

6. The Doughnut Vault

8.9
401 1/2 N Franklin St (at W Kinzie St), Chicago, IL
Donut Shop · River North · 145 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the Chestnut doughnut from our 100 Best list: It doesn’t get any better, any fresher, any more flavorful, any airier than this.

The Bedford is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

7. The Bedford

1612 W Division St (at N Ashland Ave), Chicago, IL
New American Restaurant · Wicker Park · 81 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the The Bedford Bloody Mary from our 100 Best list: The kimchi actually belongs in this drink. It adds a pleasant background of earthiness to what otherwise would be just tomato juice and spice.

Haymarket Pub & Brewery is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

8. Haymarket Pub & Brewery

8.1
737 W Randolph St (at Halsted St), Chicago, IL
Brewery · Fulton Market · 174 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the Mathias Imperial IPA from our 100 Best list!

Lao Hunan is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

9. Lao Hunan

2230 S Wentworth Ave (btwn W 22nd Pl & W Alexander St), Chicago, IL
Hunan Restaurant · Chinatown · 26 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the Home-fed chicken Xiang Xi–style from our 100 Best list: We don’t care about the misleading translation when the result is one of Hu’s best signatures.

Toni Patisserie & Café is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

10. Toni Patisserie & Café

65 E Washington St (at Garland Ct), Chicago, IL
Bakery · The Loop · 101 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Try the almond Danish from our 100 Best list: This marble-replete space is a fine room in which to drink a cappuccino and enjoy a danish.

Beverly Bakery Café & Coffee Roasters is one of Try from TOC Top 100.

11. Beverly Bakery Café & Coffee Roasters

6.5
10528 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Café · Beverly · 18 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Though it opened in 2004, the Beverly roots run much deeper, which explains the local sourcing, from sage breakfast sausage to applewood-smoked bacon and 21 varieties of house-roasted coffee.