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20 favorite restaurants

20 favorite restaurants

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Created by Audrey Plank • Updated On: April 11, 2012
Pequod's Pizzeria is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

1. Pequod's Pizzeria

9.0
2207 N Clybourn Ave (btwn W Webster Ave & N Greenview Ave), Chicago, IL
Pizzeria · North Side · 298 tips and reviews
Chicago's Pizza and Pasta is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

2. Chicago's Pizza and Pasta

7.8
3114 N Lincoln Ave (btwn Wolcott Ave. & Winchester Ave.), Chicago, IL
Pizzeria · Lakeview · 29 tips and reviews
Red Hen Bread is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

3. Red Hen Bread

1623 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Bakery · Bucktown · 11 tips and reviews
Athena Greek Restaurant is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

4. Athena Greek Restaurant

7.8
212 S Halsted St (btwn W Adams St & W Jackson Blvd), Chicago, IL
Greek Restaurant · Greektown · 66 tips and reviews
DMK Burger Bar is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

5. DMK Burger Bar

8.7
2954 N Sheffield Ave (at W Wellington Ave), Chicago, IL
Burger Joint · Lakeview · 257 tips and reviews
Panes Bread Cafe is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

6. Panes Bread Cafe

8.5
3002 N Sheffield Ave (at W Wellington Ave), Chicago, IL
Café · Lakeview · 70 tips and reviews
Golden Apple Grill & Breakfast House is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

7. Golden Apple Grill & Breakfast House

7.7
2971 N Lincoln Ave (at Wellington), Chicago, IL
Diner · Lakeview · 28 tips and reviews
Pasta Palazzo is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

8. Pasta Palazzo

8.8
1966 N Halsted St (at Armitage Ave.), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · North Side · 37 tips and reviews
Cafe Selmarie is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

9. Cafe Selmarie

4729 N Lincoln Ave (btwn Lawrence & Leland at Giddings Plaza), Chicago, IL
Café · Ravenswood · 65 tips and reviews
Los Nopales is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

10. Los Nopales

4544 N Western Ave (at W Wilson Ave), Chicago, IL
Mexican Restaurant · Ravenswood · 28 tips and reviews
Jaimito's Burritos is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

11. Jaimito's Burritos

7.0
1781 N Clybourn Ave (at N Sheffield Ave), Chicago, IL
Burrito Restaurant · North Side · 17 tips and reviews
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant & Bar is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

12. Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant & Bar

8.2
6120 N Broadway St (Glenlake), Chicago, IL
Ethiopian Restaurant · Edgewater · 45 tips and reviews
Owen & Engine is one of 20 favorite restaurants.

13. Owen & Engine

2700 N Western Ave (at W Schubert Ave), Chicago, IL
Gastropub · Northwest Side · 147 tips and reviews

Chicago magazineChicago magazine: Must-try cocktail: Victorian Pimm's Cup. The best of three Pimm’s Cup variations at this bar, with pink peppercorn tincture and rose water.