17 Must Try Chicago Foods and Drinks | Best Food in Chicago

[@AniruddhaGogoi-q6s]

Chicago is a beautiful city of America. I shall wish to go Chicago in life.

[@Plasma_King]

Chicago is the perfect city to try different foods from all over the world. Makes me want to move there!

[@JustinBrehm]

Great video, thank you for taking us along on your journey

[@CesarMoreno-mc8qk]

Thank you for your suggestions Madeline😊

[@CesarMoreno-mc8qk]

Thank you for your suggestions Madeline😊 Thank You For Madeline

[@maureencora1]

I Love Chicago Greek Gyros.

[@TR-nj5dh]

Fantastic video!

[@JS-cz5zm]

Chicago is such a great American city and you do a great job of hitting some of the highlights.

[@doubleoseven273]

Also a very corrupt city

[@Tom80990]

@@doubleoseven273 Name one city that isn't corrupt.

[@SpTwelve]

It’s barely starting and this looks like it’s going to be a good one 👍

[@mustacheTV01]

Your voice and style of vlog reminds me of watching Food Insider, BuzzFeed, and Watch Mojo. Watching these kinds of videos is both informative and satisfying. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the 'Worth It' adventure! :)

[@doubleoseven273]

All great food, and luckily you can find all those delicacy’s in just about any city

[@johnnicpon5783]

You could NOT get a good Chicago style Beef sandwich in other cities until recently. And thats thanks to Portillo's starting to go nationwide. Previously you could only get Philly sandwiches. As far as deep dish goes, we love Lou Malnati's. Their tomato sauce is killer. If we are in more of a cheesy mood, then it's Giordano's. One item you left out is a good Maxwell Street Polish. Yum! And there are sooo many great places in the city to get a good thin crust (I am a bit of a traditionalist on this, Sausage and mushroom, yea baby). Hard to go wrong.

[@tiffprendergast]

@@johnnicpon5783try unos instead

[@gordon4385]

You should really come to Chicago and see for yourself whether the non-Chicago versions taste anything like the Chicago original.

[@dianemccormick6669]

Lou Malnattis pizza is excellent. Their sauce is outstanding and the deep dish and butter crust is excellent.

[@Bolek979]

A great video with lots of valuable information about Chicago food. There are a few more dishes that are iconic to the Chicago food scene. Bookbinder soup (snapper soup) served since 1930 in the Drake Hotel restaurant. Brownie at the Palmer House Chicago Hotel, made according to the original recipe from 1893, where this cake was first made .Iconic giant sandwiches for the South Side of Chicago, Jim (Gym) Shoe Sandwich (gyros meat, roast and corned beef, tzatziki sauce) at Stony Sub. Pack Shoe Sandwich (gyros, roast and corned beef, chicken, steak) at New Taste Of Chicago.The Greek dish Saganaki, which in 1968 in the Parthenon restaurant was presented for the first time in a spectacular way as Flamed Saganaki. Pizza Pot Pie at Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company . Sweet and Savory Pies at Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits. Cinnamon Rolls at Ann Sather. Chinese and Hong Kong cuisine in Chinatown Square, plus instagrammable cafes with desserts and bubble teas.

[@spytown77]

Great list!!! All amazing spots! Manny's???

[@kylesingactor]

Nice work! You really did your homework. Most folks never get past hot dogs and pizza. You got the Jibarito, Chicken Vesuvio, and Italian Ice in there. I would add Harold’s Chicken with mild sauce. The Original Rainbow Cone. And German Food at Laschet’s Inn. Great work tho!!

[@pubtravels]

Great video. Love it!!!

[@charlesfinnegan7930]

BBQ: Smoque on Pulaski, Sharko's in the Suburbs. Also add the Pizza Puff.

[@NachoMamaNow]

Vito & Nick's for the best crispy thin crust anywhere. For beef go to the source, the place that invented the Italian beef, Al's on Taylor Street. You're welcome!

[@JohnAntonacci1]

Other Chicago area foods include pizza puffs, mushroom caps(they are fried), Chicago style tamale, pork chop sandwiches at Jim's Original, Maxwell Street Polish links on a hot dog bun, shrimp de jonghe, Eli's Cheesecake. I think there's more, I'll see if I could recommend others.

[@wickedness9866]

Dukes beef wet...is hands down best beef

[@thekid4142]

Phil’s pizza in Bridgeport. 1102 w 35th Street 🔥

[@BestHomesChicago]

Any recommendations in noble square?

[@AdamandMadalyn]

There’s a whole stretch of restaurants on Chicago Ave in between Ashland and Noble that are really good, some sit down, some quick serve. Flo, Provare, Oggi Trattoria, Jeong and Fry the Coop. A little out of Noble Square is Mott St. Also, Beatnik and Hoosier Mama Pie Co(for a sweet treat) 👍🏼

[@boogitybear2283]

Uncle John’s barbecue in Homewood Illinois have the best rib tips I’ve ever consumed.

[@BallparkHunter]

You forgot mild sauce covered in chicken wings from iconic places like Harold's. Also, where was Maxwell Street Polish?

[@doughszynk6143]

Exactly, no any Polish food, like at least kielbasa or pierogi, in Chicago is a big no no. Poor conten, barbecue is everywhere, for example, not only in Chicago.

[@phildavis4575]

Mrs Fields Cookies are pretty good, worth a try.

[@ThePotandVineCo.]

Did anyone create a list from this video??

[@billbeliakoff5589]

Just a couple of heads ups. 1st, You show and mention Johnnie's in Elmwood Park. The sign outside says "Charcoal Grilled". Unfortunately they no longer use charcoal. 2nd, I went to Super Dog once and while the dog was good I noticed that the person placing fries in the box was doing it with his bare hands. Never went back. That was several years ago and things probably have changed.

[@khabbad]

wow with their bare hands! Insane, how do gloves make it better?

[@thomasgaertner370]

Countryside Saloon in DesPlaines, IL has some of the best tavern style pizza in the Chicago Land area. Excellent spot!!

[@jerrywoods4066]

The old Bellini recipe

[@1011skarn]

Born and raised in Chicago. I have, I still do, and I will ALWAYS put ketchup on my hotdog.

[@KatieJoMikell]

Hi Madalyn are you a Chicago native? I am born and raised. I live here and I’m never moving. This is the first video where they list everywhere and everything and why and they get all the best spots a few are missing, but that’s OK. There’s too many to name them all! So curious, are you a local or or a visitor?

[@AdamandMadalyn]

We’re local

[@michaelhagemann5999]

The Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co serves a Pizza Pot Pie, their Meatball sandwich is great too. They're in Lincoln Park on N Clark St.

[@tiffprendergast]

2121 n Clark

[@CesarDelgado-fu2nd]

Mama Lunas congress Pizza 🍕 😊

[@shreyasm5214]

Hey Madalyn, you describe food that you eat so well and you're pretty too ;)

[@here2enjoy-bt8jq]

Please add if we need a car to visit most of these places. Thank You

[@WisdomWordsForYou]

Nice

[@whitelightningraceproducti7756]

what spot are you at at the 2:30 mark and what pizza is that?

[@AdamandMadalyn]

It’s the Diavolo from Bartoli’s Pizzeria

[@whitelightningraceproducti7756]

@@AdamandMadalyn what toppings are on that pizza

[@tony020480]

Johnnie’s has good tamales, too.

[@markhundley9963]

We don't call it "Tavern-Style" pizza. We just call it "Pizza". 🙂🙂🙂

[@AdamandMadalyn]

You're exactly right! Just wanted to explain the difference to non Chicagoans.

[@Ozmodiar6]

Or "thin crust"

[@dm8057bk]

@@markhundley9963 True dat!

[@ChiSox326]

Wow I'm honestly impressed with your list !!!Especially surprising that you guys went to La Chaparrita in my neighborhood . If you go back get Tacos Dorado and the Tepache . A few things you left of the list imo was Harold's Chicken a Chicago institution lol Ribs as we live are ribs especially from Carson's and there chicken Vesuvio is awesome ! Rainbow Cone Calumet Fisheries smoked fish is definitely a Chicago thang lol and Our BBQ specifically Rib tips and hot links in an Aqua smoker from Lems Leon's or Windy City . I'm probably forgetting a few things myself but great list and video ! Omg I forgot Maxwell Street Polish and pork chop sandwiches is a absolute must and another Chicago institution

[@LawrenceDomkowski]

Leon's Barbeque for the best barbecue in the city.

[@BGTuyau]

Nice survey of popular Chicago specialties, but I can't help wondering with what actual sport "sport peppers" are associated.

[@LawrenceDomkowski]

Moody's Pub for the best burgers.

[@Mandyy224]

There’s one restaurant in Naperville not to far from where I live that makes tavern style pizza called uncle Pete’s pizza

[@MoeRajkot]

Exchequer pub for deep dish pizza 226 S. Wabash

[@davidrandolph1961]

D'Agastinos on Southport and Addison

[@pdeakneam]

Just see this piza and see your eating look like yummy

[@MoeRajkot]

Checkered pub for pizza 226 S. Wabash

[@ryanmartin7033]

Editing suggestion...have names of the restaurants on the screen while you name them off rather than just saying them all and moving to next section. I do like your conciseness compared to other vloggers though.

[@toddkleeblatt613]

Joes pizzeria in wheeling has phenomenal thin crust and their bacon is so good it should be a sin

[@jimschmidt9159]

Pequods is the best and Lou’s is great too. For thinner I like piece pizza. Au cheval is good but long wait. Basically get the same burger at small cheval and walk right in. Another good burger is Mini Mott in Logan square. The biggest hidden gem in the city is Crisp Korean fried chicken on broadway. Get wings with Seoul sassy and Korean bbq. Another great place is Irazu for Costa Rican food on Milwaukee. Do rite donuts are the best and Stan’s donuts are great as well.

[@thekarenator840]

Currently in JAX Florida. Food sucks here.

[@SensibleMinded]

I’ve lived in Chicago my whole life I’ve gotten all of these multiple times in my life. I never realized chicken Vesuvio was a Chicago dish. Weird.

[@misane2212]

Greek food should b right under Italian beef cause it all over Chicago Especially Gyros

[@joehartmann9353]

Gyros!

[@stealth-x2995]

There's nothing about "tavern style" that is from Chicago. That's just a general midwestern pizza that's everywhere in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, etc.

[@georgekappos3222]

No but we created deep dish and stuffed pizza and the pizza pot pie

[@stealth-x2995]

@@georgekappos3222 the pizza stuffed pot pie, no. Deep dish, yes

[@georgekappos3222]

@stealth-x2995 ok you just mixed up 2 different things. Stuffed pizza. And pizza pot pie. An yes. We did

[@stealth-x2995]

@@georgekappos3222 I didn't say anything about stuffed pizza.

[@LawrenceDomkowski]

Best fried chicken: Harold's Chicken Shack.

[@doubleoseven273]

100%

[@stevenclarke5606]

Is gluten free food easy to find in Chicago?

[@lukerabin5079]

For the 15 years I lived in Chicago, I never, ever ate deep dish pizza. I’ve never met a Chicagoan who would admit to eating it.

[@PEANUTBUTTERNINJA]

Lou Malnatis Chicago Deep Dish is the perfect pizza.

[@RobertWilder-d2b]

@@PEANUTBUTTERNINJAit’s not

[@Cicero5-t8z]

I hate when people lie. Who hasn’t ate deep dish and there from Chicago? Get your lying ass outta here !

[@dm8057bk]

I'm a 7th generation Chicagoan, born and raised, and I can absolutely agree. True locals only go for 'deep dish' if and when we host visitors who *insist* on going to Malnatti's or Giordano's. We locals always opt for Tavern Style, always cut in squares.

[@NipItInTheBud100]

Now you have met one! It’s delicious! But deep dish pizza is not Chicago Style pizza!

[@davidrandolph1961]

Best thin crust in city

[@tammyross7959]

My Pi Pizza

[@kennethquinnies6023]

With the crime rate etc in chicago, I will only go there if God tells me to.

[@mikeg.4211]

You started off well, but then really started falling down. People don't generally put giardiniera on hot dogs; people often put sweet peppers on Italian beef, which wasn't mentioned, as if only giardiniera is ever used, and apparently is put on everything all the time; only south siders eat tavern style (with its annoying little squares) most of the time, and a lot of Chicago does prefer deep dish; giardiniera is not a "food, it is a condiment, but for some reason you seem obsessed with it. For Greek food, you didn't mention saganaki. For steak houses, you didn't mention Morton's. For barbecue, you didn't mention ribs at all, which is a Chicago staple.

[@amandahollins5789]

What

[@wickedness9866]

You don't sound chicago. At all...what are you on. Maybe a northern Wrigleyville person

[@robertmalfy8552]

Great food but you take your life in your hands when go to the shit show that Chicago is sorry my life is worth more to me than a hotdog

[@walterswanson3867]

Name a major city that doesn't have crime. I guess you never been to Baltimore.

[@ultraintuitive8774]

Steakhouses are a toss because i make the best steak hands down. Anytime me or babe wants one, i cook em. ❤❤❤

[@ultraintuitive8774]

No we dont eat deep dish. We like our pizzas thin crust cut into squares. Italian beefs will forever hit! Harold's chicken is the best chicken on earth, after that Chinese fried chicken. Greek Town gyros are the best. Our burgers smack everywhere. Our breweries are top tier❤ Dat donuts is the donut place to go. Big as your head, literally. Fresh everyday, right next door to the rib place. ❤❤❤❤ We are superior in food. Hands down.