Chicago restuarant suggestions

• mucalum49

  

  I decided to take my gf to Chicago for Valentines weekend and I'm looking on tips of where to eat. I looked at a lot of the places Frommer's and various web sites suggest but they all seem to have a standard course meal set up or a menu with a lot of seafood (she isn't a fan). I made reservations for The Signature Room at the 95th which is the restaurant on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Center but I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations.
  
  Thanks!
• DESCENTdmc

  Kuma's
  Giordanos
  Hot Dougs
• muffy

  Rosebud on Rush - seriously. Fabulous Italian food.
  
  http://www.rosebudrestaurants.com/
• gut

  Signature's food is just so-so and overpriced. Just go for a few drinks to enjoy the view.
  
  Depends on what you want to spend. Japanais is a good sushi place, but could easily set you back over $200. A bit more affordable at maybe $100 or so are a three good tapas places, Emilio's Tapas, Cafe Iberico, and Cafe Ba Ba Reeba.
  
  I can vouch for Rosebud, though I think Valentine's day would be difficult.
• september63

  

  One Sunday before the NFL games started I had lunch at Ditdka's. Actually sat upstairs at the small bar next to Mark Malone. Food was overpriced and average, of course. LOL
• september63

  

  www.gibsonssteakhouse.com...................very good and alot of history around this place.
• TedSheckler

  

  gut wrote: Signature's food is just so-so and overpriced. Just go for a few drinks to enjoy the view.

  This.
  
  If you're a fan of prime rib, You have to check out Lawry's.
  
  http://www.lawrysonline.com/
• queencitybuckeye

  Tru
  Alinea
  Charlie Trotter's
  Topolobampo
  Blackbird
  
  just to name a few. Chicago is a simply great restaurant town.
  
  
  As September63 indicated, avoid the sports celebrity places, they are uniformly meedy oaker.
• Fab4Runner

  

  I've always wanted to try Tramonto's Steak and Seafood since I saw it on Top Chef, lol.
• Wooball

  

  http://www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com/menu.htm
  
  This place would be good for lunch and the Lincoln Park area is pretty nice.
• QuakerOats

  1) Gene & Georgetti
  
  2) Shaws Crab House
  
  3) Lawry's
  
  You will be a hero
• said_aouita

  

  DESCENTdmc wrote:
  Giordanos

  /\ this.
• cbus4life

  QuakerOats wrote: 1) Gene & Georgetti
  
  2) Shaws Crab House
  
  3) Lawry's
  
  You will be a hero

  What he said.
• wkfan

  Eli's...great Italian food and phenomenial cheesecake.
  
  Also second (or third, or whatever...) Giorano's for pizza.
• Timber

  It would not be a trip to Chicago without stopping in to see The Billy Goat Tavern. Old Belushi Saturday Night Live skit based on this place, a lot of history here. Cheeborger, cheeborger LOL
  Burger is OK... nothing special
• TCSoup

  Rosebud,s in Little Italy
  
  or
  
  Harry Carey's.
  
  Make reservations for eithier one or be prepared to wait.