Dining - Chicago Fine Dining Recommendations

Chicago's lakefront and nightlife is close to Downtown Chicago hotels and is a big attraction for residents and tourists. The city has lots of high end dining as well as ethnic restaurant areas. If you're staying at a downtown Chicago hotel you'll find numerous dining choices. If you want to be more adventurous, you'll find pockets of ethnic food establishments such as "Greektown" on South Halsted, "Little Italy" on Taylor Street, the Mexican villages, the Puerto Rican in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, "Chinatown", "Little Seoul" by Lawrence Avenue, and South Asian along Devon Avenue.

If you're the type of person that stays at Chicago luxury hotels then here are some of our recommendations for quality dining and cuisine:

Custom House - 500 S. Dearborn St. - 312-523-0200
Offers an excellent American Contemporary Fare focusing primarily meat heavy entrees. Especially popular is their Spring and Green Zebra. Expect to pay around $100.

Naha - 500 N. Clark St. - 312-321-6242
You can even get hamburgers at this American Contemporary / Fusion fine dining restaurant where you can expect to spend around $70.

Spiaggia - 980 N. Michigan Ave. - 312-280-2750
Located in the Magnificent Mile area expect high-end Italian Cuisine at around $100 for the experience.

Tru - 676 N. Saint Clair St. - 312-202-0001
Take a chance and order up The "collections" which is a French / Global Fusion testing menu whipped up by the chefs at their whim and expect to part with around $160.

Charlie Trotter's - 816 W. Armitage Ave. - 773-248-6228
Some people think this is the best restaurant in the U.S. - but certainly it is tops in Chicago.They serve American Contemporary Cuisine and an average check of around $235.

Everest - 440 S. LaSalle St. - 312-663-8920
Located on the 40th floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange expect a tab of around $165 as you enjoy the view and French Cuisine.

Moto - 945 W. Fulton St. - 312-491-0058
Expect small portions of Global / Fusion cuisine as your waiters, who also are your chefs, serve your $180 meal.

Alinea - 1723 N. Halsted St. - 312-867-0110
Contemporary American has a 24 course tasting menu which can take up to 5 hours to complete and you can expect to pay around $200 for the experience.