This place is packed with locals on Fridays for the house specialty of walleye pike. Besides the crispy fish, you’ll get pickled beets, cottage cheese, fries, slaw and raw green onion for $13.95. Read more.
My personal favorite, fried smelt. So simple and yet so tasteful. Cheap fish but generous in flavor. Eat and enjoy at outside tables.
Try the Smoked Salmon Candy: These thin salmon slabs are brined in brown sugar, maple syrup and salt overnight and then basted with honey right as it enters its four-hour oak and maple wood smoking. Read more.
You've never had fried perch like this: light and crispy, served with fried lemon slices, fried green beans and aioli flecked with kalamata olives and capers Read more.
Appreciate some art - and then appreciate roasted perch, mussels, clams and bay scallops in tomato broth. - CBS Chicago Read more.
Tasty carnivory dishes. Highly recommended (pictured) are the Shortrib Beignets (left) and the fried perch (right)
This French German steakhouse is a carnivore's dream come true. Go for their classic 55-day dry-aged rib eye and stay for the ingenious extras, like braised short rib beignets and leek spaetzle. Read more.
From the copper-topped tables to the 11-day dry aged ribeye with bearnaise sauce and roast mushrooms, this is a restaurant to take seriously. Read more.
The "cherry" on top of the Virgin Hotels Chicago is an indoor/outdoor space with a wraparound perch offering low-slung, rain-resistant furniture and excellent Loop views. Read more.
Our favorite Gold Coast perch, The Dec Rooftop Lounge + Bar, features barrel-aged cocktails, skyline views, ivy-covered trellises, and a giant, eye-shaped sculpture.
Grab a table in the tiny, Christmas light–strewn room, and start with the Mulligan stew. For more fried goodness, have the “Thirty-Two Pointer”--a crunchy pile of frog legs, perch, clams and shrimp. Read more.
For fried goodness, have the “Thirty-Two Pointer” for an entrée—a crunchy pile of smelts, perch, frog legs, clam strips and fat shrimp. -JJ Read more.
The city's most spectacular outdoor view belongs to this 16th-floor perch, which looks out over the lake, the Chicago River and the downtown skyline. Seating is first come, first served. Read more.
The most awe-inspiring views in the city can be seen from the 16th floor perch of Trump Tower; you can see the lake, the river and the Loop without moving your feet. Read more.
Nestled amongst the vines, diners can perch on Victorian wrought-iron furniture, admire antique bird cages and sip drinks like the "Midlife Crisis," a combo of Mezcal, coconut, and pineapple. Read more.