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Vietnamese in Chicago
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Top 5 Vietnamese in Chicago
Editorial canon from Chicago's most-trusted food publications, weighted by cross-publication consensus — anchored on Uptown's Asia on Argyle corridor.
- #1
HaiSous Vietnamese Kitchen
Pilsen
“Chef Thai Dang's five-time Michelin Bib Gourmand and four-time James Beard-nominated Pilsen kitchen — the fine-dining ceiling of Chicago Vietnamese cooking.”
- #2
Nhà Hàng Vietnam Restaurant
Uptown
“The no-frills Argyle Street home-style shop every Chicago critic sends you to first — southern Vietnamese family cooking and the benchmark bowl of pho in Uptown.”
- #3
Pho 777
Uptown
“The Asia on Argyle pho anchor — 20-plus bowl variations a block off the Red Line, a Time Out and Infatuation staple pick for decades.”
- #4
Pasteur (formerly Simply Pasteur)
Edgewater
“Kim Nguyen's French-colonial Vietnamese room on Edgewater's Broadway since the early '90s — still the city's most romantic Vietnamese dining room.”
- #5
Le Colonial Chicago
Gold Coast
“The upstairs Oak Street salon channels 1920s Saigon — French-Vietnamese plates and an all-season terrace that have been Gold Coast date-night canon for 20+ years.”