Best use of food waste
Best food writer (of “your mama” jokes)
Best new cookbook from Chicago
Best comeback(s) from disaster
Best Hot Doug’s stand-in
Best migration to the south side
Best cheap fancy lunch
Best $3 lunch
Best burger no one’s talking about
Best peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Best sausage that brings the funk
Best combination of pizza and liquors and jazz
Best vegan deep-dish
Best Polish food in a Korean restaurant
Best Italian-Japanese fusion
Best soup dumplings
Best postconfessional tacos
Best coffee roaster to include a cassingle with your caffeine boost
Best new brewery to launch with only one beer
Best IPA that doesn’t taste like another goddamn IPA
Best frozen water
Best classic cocktails
Best local vodka for whiskey drinkers
Best place to try whiskey before you buy
