Guidebook for Chicago
Food Scene
Kamehachi - a favorite Chicagoland Japanese dining spot for more than 35 years. Sushi & cooked Japanese fare. Best to go after 6pm till 11pm. If you don't feel like sushi, try their Agedashi Tofu (deep-fried tofu . seasoned soy broth) appetizer and/or one of their amazing soups like Tempura Soba buckwheat noodles in soy broth, tempura shrimp & vegetables
Since 1967, Kamehachi Old Town has been a favorite local neighborhood diners. Provide the traditional sushi for which they're known in a modern ambiance. With a large entry bar, an elegant dining room, a relaxed upstairs lounge, and a large sidewalk patio Kamehachi Old Town is the perfect spot for your next Japanese meal.
29 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Kamehachi
1531 N Wells StKamehachi - a favorite Chicagoland Japanese dining spot for more than 35 years. Sushi & cooked Japanese fare. Best to go after 6pm till 11pm. If you don't feel like sushi, try their Agedashi Tofu (deep-fried tofu . seasoned soy broth) appetizer and/or one of their amazing soups like Tempura Soba buckwheat noodles in soy broth, tempura shrimp & vegetables
Since 1967, Kamehachi Old Town has been a favorite local neighborhood diners. Provide the traditional sushi for which they're known in a modern ambiance. With a large entry bar, an elegant dining room, a relaxed upstairs lounge, and a large sidewalk patio Kamehachi Old Town is the perfect spot for your next Japanese meal.
Wonderful outdoor patio area behind the restaurant. Great spot for drinks, appetizers and/or dinner. Orso's is a family owned and operated Italian neighborhood restaurant. One of the original restaurants in Chicago's historic Old Town area and is full of charm with an old world atmosphere. Extensive menu with authentic dishes including: pasta, chicken, veal and fresh fish entrees.
23 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Orso's
1401 N Wells StWonderful outdoor patio area behind the restaurant. Great spot for drinks, appetizers and/or dinner. Orso's is a family owned and operated Italian neighborhood restaurant. One of the original restaurants in Chicago's historic Old Town area and is full of charm with an old world atmosphere. Extensive menu with authentic dishes including: pasta, chicken, veal and fresh fish entrees.
Neighborhood cafe for casual Middle Eastern dining with Veteran, BYOB & indoor-outdoor seating. 3 Generations of family run this affordable eating spot with fast service and delivery
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Old Jerusalem Restaurant
1411 N Wells StNeighborhood cafe for casual Middle Eastern dining with Veteran, BYOB & indoor-outdoor seating. 3 Generations of family run this affordable eating spot with fast service and delivery
Even though the name is kinda silly it's a wonderful Italian restaurant serving traditional Italian cuisine in a warm setting with an outdoor patio. Really good food!
65 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Topo Gigio Ristorante
1516 N Wells StEven though the name is kinda silly it's a wonderful Italian restaurant serving traditional Italian cuisine in a warm setting with an outdoor patio. Really good food!
Breakfast, lunch. A little pricey but originated in Belgium their pholosophy; wrap your hands around a warm bowl of coffee, and relax into a nourishing, satisfying head start. From mushroom and goat cheese omelettes to homemade granola-topped organic yogurt, or a basket of fresh artisan bread surrounded by a variety of our specialty spreads, there are so many satisfying ways to begin.
31 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Le Pain Quotidien
1000 W Armitage AveBreakfast, lunch. A little pricey but originated in Belgium their pholosophy; wrap your hands around a warm bowl of coffee, and relax into a nourishing, satisfying head start. From mushroom and goat cheese omelettes to homemade granola-topped organic yogurt, or a basket of fresh artisan bread surrounded by a variety of our specialty spreads, there are so many satisfying ways to begin.
My favorite Chicago style thin crust pizza. It's rumored the grandmother still hand rolls most of the pizza dough at the State Street Location
32 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Pizano's Pizza & Pasta
61 E Madison StMy favorite Chicago style thin crust pizza. It's rumored the grandmother still hand rolls most of the pizza dough at the State Street Location
Drinks & Nightlife
Hip, warehouse-style spot with gastropub eats, craft beer & cocktails, plus TVs & sports-themed art
31 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The VIG Chicago
1527 N Wells StHip, warehouse-style spot with gastropub eats, craft beer & cocktails, plus TVs & sports-themed art
Upscale pub food & a massive beer list served in an elegant wood-clad space with a mezzanine & lost of big screen tv's (almost too many).
63 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Old Town Pour House - Chicago
1419 N Wells StUpscale pub food & a massive beer list served in an elegant wood-clad space with a mezzanine & lost of big screen tv's (almost too many).
Lively sports bar with a wide range of bar food from salads to steaks, plus a patio & roof-deck. It's the douchebag bar of the neighborhood but still super fun with way too many sports screen tv's
67 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Benchmark
1510 N Wells StLively sports bar with a wide range of bar food from salads to steaks, plus a patio & roof-deck. It's the douchebag bar of the neighborhood but still super fun with way too many sports screen tv's
Loungy nightclub / bar with classic cocktails & martinis in an atmospheric basement space with rock walls & dim lighting. Bartenders choice music. Patrick is a super fun bartender
SUITE lounge
1446 N Wells StLoungy nightclub / bar with classic cocktails & martinis in an atmospheric basement space with rock walls & dim lighting. Bartenders choice music. Patrick is a super fun bartender
Open until 4am weekdays and 5am Saturday nights. Casual dive bar, 3-story bar & grill featuring a jukebox plus pub grub served till after 3am. SUPER GREAT RIBS (special on Wednesdays)
9 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Burton Place
1447 N Wells StOpen until 4am weekdays and 5am Saturday nights. Casual dive bar, 3-story bar & grill featuring a jukebox plus pub grub served till after 3am. SUPER GREAT RIBS (special on Wednesdays)
The Old Town Ale House was established in 1958 by a penurious entrepreneur named E.J. Vangelder. He got the idea for the bar from a San Francisco saloon called Vesuvios which was located in North Beach. Vangelder was good at building bars and hiring bartenders. He was bad at customer relations and eventually sold the bar to a poor slob name Joe Diaz. Diaz immediately ran the bar into the ground and sold it in 1970 to a bizarre group of Rush Street eccentrics, one of whom was my friend, Art Klug. No sooner did the new owners take over the Ale House than it caught fire. Enlisting about forty brawny (and not so brawny) drinking pals they carried the old bar out of what was left of the original Ale House and into the middle of North Avenue and then through the door of what used to be Pete’s Butcher Shop. Thus was born the current Ale House. Partners came and went, each one nuttier than the previous one. Art Klug was the only one that didn’t sell. Eventually his ex-wife Beatrice bought all existing shares and took over the bar with Arthur.
27 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Old Town Ale House
219 W North AveThe Old Town Ale House was established in 1958 by a penurious entrepreneur named E.J. Vangelder. He got the idea for the bar from a San Francisco saloon called Vesuvios which was located in North Beach. Vangelder was good at building bars and hiring bartenders. He was bad at customer relations and eventually sold the bar to a poor slob name Joe Diaz. Diaz immediately ran the bar into the ground and sold it in 1970 to a bizarre group of Rush Street eccentrics, one of whom was my friend, Art Klug. No sooner did the new owners take over the Ale House than it caught fire. Enlisting about forty brawny (and not so brawny) drinking pals they carried the old bar out of what was left of the original Ale House and into the middle of North Avenue and then through the door of what used to be Pete’s Butcher Shop. Thus was born the current Ale House. Partners came and went, each one nuttier than the previous one. Art Klug was the only one that didn’t sell. Eventually his ex-wife Beatrice bought all existing shares and took over the bar with Arthur.