Chicago's Best Restaurants Restaurants near 49 E. 95th St., Chicago, IL 60628

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.

Brown Sugar Bakery

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

Soul Vegetarian East

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

The New Dating Game

Mature crowd with a various of music being play on a daily basis. 30and over

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.

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.

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.

Calabria Imports

Besides imported foods and Italian and American deli meats and cheeses sliced to order, Calabria Imports offers a variety of sandwiches, including subs from 6-inch to party size; "The Freddy," a homemade Italian sausage patty, accompanied by sweet peppers, melted mozzarella cheese and red sauce; grilled or crispy chicken sandwiches; homemade Italian beef, meatball and sausage sandwiches; hamburgers and cheeseburgers. Daily soups and lunch and dinner specials feature, too, with Italian favorites as spaghetti, ravioli, mostaccioli, lasagna, eggplant parmesan, and chicken parmesan over spaghetti.

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.

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.

One Eleven Food Hall

One Eleven Food Hall is designed to be a bridge for entrepreneurs wanting to open their restaurants or start a larger scale food business without the burden of huge overhead expenses.

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.

Leona's - Stony Island

Stony Sub

This 24/7 take away spot passes out sub sandwiches, hot dogs, gyros, wings and more from behind bullet-proof plexiglass at all hours of the day and night.