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Address: 1805 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60610
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What more can you ask for than an outstanding wine list and excellent sushi? Bob San prides itself on its ability to offer both. The menu features a variety of options: the Sashimi Chef's Specials, which includes seared tuna, Ika Masago AE (squid mixed with smelt egg and cucumber), and Ika Uni AE (squid with sea...
Address: 3800 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
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Simple interior lines and a pared-down menu characterize Chiyo's recent renovation of the former Matsumoto. With a new name come new offerings, like shabu-shabu, a cook-your-own adventure where your choice of meat is prepared at table in steaming broth. Try Yose-Nabe – a combination of shrimp, scallops, fishcakes,...
Address: 2045 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Though Coast can get a bit noisy on the weekends, regulars love the BYOB policy, fresh and inventive sushi, and dim, romantic lighting.
Address: 1400 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610
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This popular Japanese restaurant and sushi bar has both a ground-floor dining area and an upstairs café and breezy garden patio, where society types come to see and be seen. The café has a bold red decor with kimonos gracing the walls, and it serves saké martinis along with a few cooked Japanese dishes. Throughout the...
Address: 2020 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
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This stylish restaurant/lounge offers a trendy spot for the jetset to cool their heels with drinks and rolls in hand. Sushi options abound, from eel and roe to tuna, octopus, squid, and clam. Other dishes take care of folks not in the mood for sushi, including miso soup, soy-marinated cod, and teriyaki-glazed beef and...
Address: 315-317 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
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Owner Annie Zheng presides over a simple black-and-white dining room where the traditional and the offbeat meet on the menu. Delicate cuts of meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables are cooked to order over sizzling binchotan charcoals in a glass-encased kitchen. Adventurous diners can try traditional Japanese chicken...
Address: 2507-09 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
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It's rolls, rolls, and more rolls at this neighborhood Japanese eatery. The sushi is fresh and well-prepared. Try the Firecracker Roll, the Dragon Roll, or the obligatory California Roll. Not in the mood for a roll? Other options include scallops, calamari fritters, and octopus-stuffed pancake balls. No alcohol...
Address: 2010 N Sheffield Ave, at Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
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Considered some of the best Japanese cuisine in town, Sai Café does all the traditional dishes and does them well. Try one of 30 varieties of sushi, or choose from meats, fish, and vegetables that can be prepared teriyaki, sashimi, or tempura style. Large bowls of savory noodle dishes are available as well. It's all...
Address: 607 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610
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One of the neighborhood's trendier sushi joints, Naniwa is a favorite with everybody from hip young business types to savvy tourists. Set in a storefront eatery, the restaurant is disinctively contemporary in design. Its highlight is an attractive sushi bar where fresh seafood is rolled right before your eyes. EL:...
Address: 842 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607-2309
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In authentically minimal Japanese style (wabi means "elegant simplicity"), this restaurant offers plenty of sushi options as well as cooked dishes like seared salmon salad and pork dumplings. The hip crowd that flocks here seems to stick to maki rolls, including the spider roll with crab and the spicy tuna roll with...
