1. Fogo de Chão
8.6
661 N La Salle Dr (at W Erie St), Chicago, IL
Brazilian Restaurant · River North · 132 tips and reviews
BigTab R.N.: The garlic mashed potatoes are everything. Service rocks. You're going to need to be lifted out of the restaurant w/ a crane at the end of the night :)
Chicago magazine: Garlic mashed potatoes and warm cheese bread make way for a $49.50 all-you-can-eat avalanche of tender, well-seasoned meat. Focus on the bottom sirloin, pork ribs, and filet mignon. Read more.
Nia Moreno: Vegetarians and vegans can just order the salad bar, and eat the garlic mashed potatoes, bananas, and polenta that comes with the meal. Ask your server for sauteed veggies. Great desserts as well!
Randy Teer: The steaks are overpriced. I got the 12 oz New York Strip for $47 and it wasn't that great. Only one side came with the steak and I picked garlic mashed potatoes. They tasted like instant potatoes.
Juan Brooks: I love the appetizers. Shrimp cocktail, crab cake.
Joe H: I know I say this a lot, but the signature 10oz Sirloin Holy Cow!™ Burger was to die for. With the Gouda, applewood smoked bacon, BBQ sauce & sweet potato fries, you'll be dying soon enough.
5. Zanies Comedy Club
8.3
1548 N Wells St (btwn North Ave & Schiller St), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · Old Town · 20 tips and reviews
Ana Parrott: Moved from NYC. My husband and I love comedy, we hadn't found a spot that was as good as the ones we used to go to in NYC. Zanies is awesome! TIP: free on Tuesdays if you live in the neighborhood!
Explore Chicago: Zanies hosts stand-up comedy headliners such as Jay Leno, Richard Lewis and Emo Phillips.
House of Blues: Best place in town to catch a comedy show!
7. Pinstripes
8.3
435 East Illinois Street, Chicago, IL
Bowling Alley · Streeterville · 31 tips and reviews
Cassie Grafström: Good drink options and bocce bask was fun! Enjoyed the apple pear bread pudding
Ashley Staker: HUGE riverfront patio with fire pit. Great ambiance! Delicious food...big GF menu with good prices. Definitely a great addition to the streeterville / river east neighborhood.
Redeye Chicago: The brunch buffet at this Streeterville restaurant/bocce court/bowling alley combo includes made-to-order waffles topped with bananas foster and carving stations serving prime rib and roasted turkey. Read more.
8. Andy's Jazz Club
8.4
11 E Hubbard St (State and Hubbard), Chicago, IL
Jazz and Blues Venue · Near North Side · 90 tips and reviews
Linda D: The food is great. Pizzas ate wonderful. Also, sliders, caprese salad, scallop app,burgers. Nice selection of wines by the glass.
semra akin: Good music :)
Time Out Chicago: It’s a comfortable, intimate space; on top of the music, this River North restaurant boasts a respectable menu that tempts jazzheads to make an evening of it. Read more.
9. Untitled Supper Club
8.4
111 W Kinzie St (btwn N LaSalle St & N Clark St), Chicago, IL
Restaurant · River North · 141 tips and reviews
Corbin Blankenstein: Chicken is amazing....Squash, Pork belly, short rib/scallops, and duck are all very tasty as well
Eater: This 1920s-era speakeasy offers a swank lounge, private cabanas, live entertainment space and an enormous whiskey library with over 300 choices.
Christopher Marty: If you don't already know it, the largest collection of American whiskey on the planet in the truly gorgeous Whiskey Library. Now over 250 different bottles. This is why you live in Chicago.
11. House of Blues
8.9
329 N Dearborn St (btwn Kinzie St & Wacker Dr), Chicago, IL
Music Venue · Near North Side · 197 tips and reviews
Joseph Delhommer: The ribs and the cornbread are amazing. It's definitely one of the best places to get these in Chicago.
Explore Chicago: Track down the sound that evolved from the Blues at the House of Blues' Gospel Brunch on Sundays, complimented by a Southern-inspired buffet and blues memorabilia on the walls. Read more.
VH1: Bet you didn’t know - HOB Chicago has mud from the Mississippi Delta buried under the Music Hall stage as a reminder of the blues roots of all the music gracing the stage. – Team Live Nation