Chicago's Best Restaurants Restaurants near 1525 W 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60620

Chuck's Pizza

Opened in 1970 and known for its signature thin-crust and deep-dish pizzas, Chuck's is also the birthplace of the Freddy, a sausage sandwich now found throughout the Southwest Side.

Top-Notch Beefburgers

Top Notch has been serving the Beverly community for almost 80 years with the best fresh handcrafted traditional Beef Burger around.

Lem's Bar-B-Q House

Lem's, the famous Bar-B-Q House, is known for its rib tips and hot links. In 1954, two brothers, Bruce and Myles Lemons had a dream. A dream for their future, a dream of hope, a dream of destiny... It was a dream of entrepreneurship. With this dream, they opened their first store on the south side of Chicago.

Dat Old Fashioned Donut - Chatham, Dat Bar-B-Q

Great handmade doughnuts, including the signature 7-inch "Big Dat." In the afternoon and evenings a second window dispenses nachos, chili and ice cream.

Fat Johnnie's Red Hots

Founded in 1972, this classic Chicago walk-up stand serves hot dogs, chili and the mother-in-law,

Soul Vegetarian East

South Side vegan destination run by members of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem.

Sikia Restaurant

Washburne Culinary Institute's formal dining room offering student-made lunches Wednesday–Friday.

50 Yard Line

Chicago's steppers scene call this place home; weekends see a sophisticated crowd get serious on the dance floor. There's also an occasional buffet on weekends.

5 Loaves Breakfast Cafe

Until 2 p.m. this place is all about eggs, pancakes, french toast and waffles, but it stays open through dinnertime with a menu switch to burgers, sandwiches salads and dinner plates like country fried steak, seared or fried tilapia and daily specials. Weekends offer all-you-can eat soul food. Both halves of the menu are available at lunch.

Oooh Wee It is

Oooh Wee It Is offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner, featuring downhome recipes and soulful comfort food that pleases any time of day or night.

Brown Sugar Bakery

Baker Stephanie Hart's signature sweets include obblers, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, banana and bread puddings.

Baylor Watermelons

Now in the third generation, the Baylor family has been hauling truckloads of fresh watermelons north from Southern farmers every summer since 1953. Seedless and sweeter seeded melons, red- and and sometimes yellow-fleshed, and they'll usually cut you a sample if you like.

Original Rainbow Cone

Joseph Sapp and his wife, Katherine, founded this unique ice-cream shop in 1926. Still family-owned, the shop continues to serve the winning combination of chocolate, strawberry, Palmer House, pistachio and orange sherbet scooped one at a time onto a single cone. Ice-cream cakes are available, too.