City Consensus
What Chicago locals agree on · updated 4 weeks ago
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1 listMattFounder@biznut1.Bavette's Bar & Boeuf2.Sophia Steak Chicago3.Gibsons Bar & SteakhouseMatt's Top 5
Editor’s picks
Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Chicago Magazine, The Infatuation, and Resy. Updated June 2026.
Bavette's Bar & Boeuf · River North
Brendan Sodikoff's low-lit River North chophouse. Chicago Magazine's #2 and the Michelin-recognized room every visiting chef wants to eat at.
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse · Gold Coast
The Rush Street flagship since 1989. The only restaurant group in America with its own USDA Prime certification and the definitive Chicago power-dinner.
Gene & Georgetti · River North
Chicago's oldest steakhouse (1941), a Tuscan-Italian chophouse whose garbage salad and bone-in filet have been favored by Sinatra, Bob Hope, and every mayor since.
Swift & Sons · West Loop
Boka Restaurant Group's Fulton Market steakhouse with Chef Chris Pandel at the pass. The modern luxe counterweight to the old-guard chophouses.
Maple & Ash · Gold Coast
Two-Michelin-star chef Danny Grant's wood-fired chophouse with a 5,000-bottle cellar named one of America's Best by Wine Enthusiast.
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