Chicago's Best Restaurants Restaurants near Midway Airport<br />5757 S. Cicero Ave., Chicago, IL 60638

Birrieria Zaragoza

Family-run Mexican joint offering comfort food made with goat meat in a cozy, counter-serve setup.

Harry Caray's Seventh Inning Stretch

The largest full-service restaurant and bar at Chicago's Midway Airport, this eatery named for the late, renowned baseball announcer, premiered in 2001.

Weber's Bakery

One of the oldest family-owned retail bakeries, Weber was founded by German immigrant Erich Weber in 1930 at 45th and Kedzie. Today, his grandson Michael still bakes according to the Old World methods. All breads, cakes and pastries are baked fresh daily without preservatives at this location, where the bakery has been housed since 1979.

Lacoco's Pizza & Pasta

We pride ourselves on providing you with the best possible dining experience with an unmatched committment to customer service. Whether you plan on stopping by to dine in our restaurant, take a carry-out to go, plan a party, cater an event or need to unwind with a night out at our bar, there's something for everyone to enjoy! Please select from the options below to get started.

Nicky's Hot Dogs

Hot dogs, burgers, gyros and other Chicago-style fast food.

IHOP - Ford City

Breakfast served all day includes hearty omelets, french toast, waffles, crepes and pancakes, but this national chain also offers soups, salads, burgers, and a variety of entrees. This location stays open till midnight.

Mariscos El Veneno - Marquette Park

Big, sharable platters of seafood in the style of Nayarit on Mexico's west coast.

El Pollo Loco - Summit

Nicky's

Specialties of this fast-food operation include flame-broiled chicken, gyros and the signature "big baby" double cheeseburger. Although there are scores of unaffiliated "Nicky's" around the Chicago area, this one is the oldest. Originally Nicky's Drive In, it dates back to 1969

Karolinka Club

Always fun, just Happy Place

Nicky's System

Hot dog stand that also serves burgers, sausages & gyros, with a few stools & a parking lot.

Palermo's of 63rd Street - Chicago

Established in 1961 by Antonino and Carmela (Tirrito) Caldarone and their children Benedetto (Ben), Giuseppe (Joe), Ignazio (Frank), and Maria (Lia) shortly after the family emigrated from Italy, Palermo's began as a small, mainly take-out restaurant at 63rd Street and Maplewood. This larger facility opened in 1975. The restaurant continues to serve their acclaimed pizza with its signature sweet sauce, a treasured recipe of the Tirrito family, which boasts among its ancestors the 18th-century painter-poet, Fr. Fedele Tirrito-Palermo. Pizzas come in thin, paper-thin, thick, deep-dish and stuffed versions. They also serve sandwiches, chicken and ribs, pastas and Italian entrees.

Gold Coast Dogs - Midway

Lindy's Chili & Gertie's Ice Cream - Garfield Ridge

Long-standing diner-style chain with casual ambiance, dishing up typical comfort food & ices.

Lindy's Chili & Gertie's Ice Cream - Ashburn

Long-standing diner-style chain with casual ambiance, dishing up typical comfort food & ices.

Nicky's – The Real McCoy - Chicago

Specialties of this fast-food operation include flame-broiled chicken, gyros and the signature "big baby" double cheeseburger. Although there are scores of unaffiliated "Nicky's" around the Chicago area, this one is the oldest. Originally Nicky's Drive In, it dates back to 1969.

Reilly's Daughter

Easygoing Irish watering hole with a neighborhood feel inside Chicago Midway International Airport.

Pticek & Son Bakery

Pticek's is famed for Croatian walnut cakes, Bohemian kolacky, sour cream cheese cakes. Grandma rye, Bohemian houska, Irish soda bread and other Old World specialties, as well as decorated cakes.

Racine Bakery

Family-owned and operated since 1984, Racine Bakery specializes in traditional Lithuanian and Polish bakery and deli items. Look for specialties such as kugelis, bacon buns, pierogi, paczki and much more.

Birrieria de la Torre

There are a few counter stools in this tiny spot serving ribsticking birria (goat stew), posole, menudo and carne en su jugo, a rich bowl of beans, bacon and skirt steak, as well as tacos and tortas.

El Solazo

El Solazo, a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Archer Heights, is the sister restaurant to La Josie on Randolph Restaurant Row in the West Loop.

European Chalet Banquets

European Chalet Banquets is at your service. Like the concierge at a fine hotel, our family of experts will gather together to create an experience that you and your guests will talk about for years to come.