the essential 38

 Earlier this month, the  Eater published a list of the 
"38 essential Chicago restaurants".  
What's your number?? Mine is 20. 
For someone like me, who loves to eat out often and be the first on the restaurant scene, I was pretty shocked how few of the restaurants I have been to! A lot of the restaurants on the list are on my must-try list. I list below some notable restaurants that I'm pretty surprised didn't make the list. What do you think?


1. Anteprima
2. Avec
3. Urban Belly
4. Hot Doug's
5. Kuma's Corner
6. Irazu
7. The Bristol
8. Lao Sze Chuan
9. Purple Pig
10. Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar
11. Smoque BBQ
12. Ceres' Table
13. HB Home Bistro
14. DMK Burger Bar
15. Longman and Eagle
16. Bonsoiree
17. Nightwood Restaurant
18. Girl & The Goat
19. Piccolo Sogno
20. Hemas Kitchen
21. Ruxbin
22. Demera Ethiopian
23. Sun Wah Bar-B-Que
24. Pho Xe Tang/Tank Noodle
25. Lula Cafe
26. De Cero Restaurant
27. Glenn's Diner
28. Coalfire
29. Big Star
30. Tac Quick
31. Davanti Enoteca
32. Arami  
33. Chizakaya
34. The Publican
35. Lillie's Q
36. Maude's Liquor Bar
37. Vincent
38. Chicago Cut Steakhouse 

 I'm surprised the folowing weren't listed:

NEXT (waiting to win the lottery)

Alinea

L20 

Schwa

EL 

GT Fish & Oyster  

Cumin 

Takashi  

eat out & enjoy!

A Girl & Her Food