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A photo of Beatrix - River North restaurant
1. Beatrix - River North
4.6
Exceptional(5316)
Price: Moderate
• American • River North (Chicago)
Booked 84 times today
Beatrix is a neighborhood coffeehouse, restaurant and meeting place in Chicago’s River North, Streeterville, Fulton Market and Oak Brook neighborhoods. The restaurant was created by Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ Founder Rich Melman, Executive Partner and Divisional President Marc Jacobs and Chef Partners John Chiakulas, Rita Dever and Susan Weaver. The menu features healthy meets delicious options, and is known for its iconic coffee and bakery counter including signature cookies, in-house pastry favorites and house blends from our very own, Beatrix Coffee Roasters. Beatrix is open daily for coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.
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2. Lou Malnati's - River North
4.4
Awesome(131)
Price: Moderate
• Pizzeria • River North (Chicago)
Booked 35 times today
If you’re on the hunt for the best pizza River North has to offer, look no further than Lou Malnati’s. Located in the Near North Side of Chicago neighborhood, you can enjoy Legendary Chicago Deep Dish and thin crust at the place that’s been perfecting it for 50+ years. Our River North restaurant features a full-service bar, dine-in, carryout, delivery, group ordering, and drop-off catering. During the warmer months, we also offer outdoor seating.While you’re out in this vibrant, ultra–stylish neighborhood, Lou Malnati’s River North is the perfect spot to satiate your deep dish cravings.
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3. RAMEN-SAN - River North
4.8
Exceptional(234)
Price: Moderate
• Japanese • River North (Chicago)
Booked 62 times today
Ramen-san is a bold and energetic neighborhood joint that slings hot noodles, ice-cold beer and rare expressions of Japanese whisky all to the tune of the best ’90s hip-hop in town. It respects the traditions but keep things uniquely untraditional in its yuzu sake bombs, crispy dumplings, spicy kimchi fried ramen and more. The restaurant is open for lunch, dinner and late-night dining seven days a week.
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4. Gordon Ramsay Burger - Chicago
4.4
Awesome(61)
Price: Moderate
• Unspecified • River North (Chicago)
Booked 39 times today
More than just life-changing burgers.Come for the Hell's Kitchen Burger, stay for the Sticky Toffee Shake. Enjoy the Hellfire Chicken Wings, Kettle Chip Nachos, Beer-Battered Onion Rings, Chipotle Dawg... you get the idea. All paired perfectly with local brews.
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5. Vino & - Eataly Chicago
4.2
Awesome(331)
Price: Moderate
• Italian • River North (Chicago)
Booked 45 times today
Vibrant. Bold. Approachable. Introducing Vino &... Our new wine bar and kitchen dedicated to offering the most expansive Italian wine experience in Chicago. Featuring 100 bottles of Italian wine by the glass, celebrate the craft of wine artisans while you enjoy authentic Italian dishes inspired by all 20 regions of Italy. Located in the heart of Eataly's second floor, here’s where what you drink inspires what you eat.
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6. PLANTA - Queen
4.4
Awesome(26)
Price: Moderate
• Vegetarian / Vegan • River North (Chicago)
Booked 4 times today
Under Chef David Lee, PLANTA is dining as it should be – an unguilty pleasure. Created in 2016, PLANTA is a celebration of delicious and innovative plant-based cuisine served in a beautifully-designed space, without pretension and with an overflow of good vibes. PLANTA Queen River North features signatures like Ahi Watermelon Nigiri and Bang Bang Broccoli while expanding plant-powered horizons with ceviche, dumplings, noodles, sustainably-crafted cocktails, and more. PLANTA reimagines and reinvents plant-based dining, providing flavorful (and fun) proof that the power of plants can change the world.
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7. Hard Rock Cafe - Chicago
4.2
Awesome(779)
Price: Moderate
• American • River North (Chicago)
Booked 14 times today
Hard Rock Chicago, marked by the giant illuminated iconic guitar that, is in the heart of the vibrant River North neighborhood. Blocks away from the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Theater District and Tilt 360. For over 30 years, our cafe has been a one-of-a-kind dining, entertainment and shopping destination known worldwide for embracing funky styles and blending them with legendary food, beverages, live music and music history. Hard Rock International is the world's largest curator of music memorabilia, and our cafe walls are lined with priceless pieces from musical legends like Freddy Mercury, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix and Prince.
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8. Bar Cargo
4.6
Exceptional(438)
Price: Moderate
• Pizza Bar • River North (Chicago)
Booked 1 time today
*Please note that all outdoor seating is first-come, first-served* Bar Cargo is a Roman pizza bar concept brought to you by Anthony Stefani, the son of notable Chicago restaurateur Phil Stefani. It was on a family trip to Italy that Anthony Stefani first fell in love with Roman-style pizza and where the concept for Bar Cargo came to life. After months of working with local chefs, pizzaiolos, and even a world pizza champion, the dough recipe and 96-hour rise process was perfected. The result is a thicker crust that is both light and airy. Topped with fresh & fun ingredients and baked in the Castelli ovens imported from Italy, the perfect Roman-style pizza is achieved.Outside of the Roman pizzas, the menu includes a wide variety of bar bites, sandwiches, and salads. The name Bar Cargo is a nod to the shipping containers used throughout the concept’s structure and the many authentic Italian ingredients that are being shipped via cargo containers for their famous Roman-style pizza.
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9. True Food Kitchen - Chicago
4.6
Exceptional(2567)
Price: Moderate
• American • River North (Chicago)
Booked 17 times today
True Food Kitchen is a chef-driven restaurant and scratch bar that was founded by Dr. Andrew Weil, the pioneer of integrative medicine, to provide food that tastes great and is good for you. Our menu features food and drinks crafted with nutrient-dense ingredients and carefully sourced proteins from the world’s most responsible and sustainable growers, farmers and producers. Expand your palate with our Edamame Dumplings, grab a bite of comfort food with our Grass-fed Burger or Lasagna Bolognese, or enjoy lighter fare with our O.G. Tuscan Kale Salad with Grilled Sustainable Salmon. Regardless of the occasion, we know our Chicago guests leave feeling energized, satisfied and most importantly, feeling great. Located in Chicago's River North, at the corner or N State Street and West Erie Street. New flavors, new combinations, new obsessions. Come see us for something completely new and delicious.
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10. Welcome to the Farm- Chicago
4.5
Awesome(4)
Price: Moderate
• American • River North (Chicago)
Booked 1 time today
Classic American style BBQ with Caribbean + Asian influence from Chef Raheem Sealey. Drinking Pig quickly gained notoriety as “the best barbecue in Miami” (Infatuation) and named in the “top BBQ Spots In South Florida” (Eater), now it’s here in Chicago.

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