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RESTAURANTS & BARS

Ever daydream about owning your own restaurant? What food would you serve there? What chefs would you invite to come cook your fantasy dishes? Well, we’ve imagined that, too, only our dreams have become a reality at Time Out Market Chicago. The expansive, curated experience features the highest-rated local restaurants and Chicago’s most-revered chefs. Together, they make up our 18 unique food concepts. The market comprises 50,000 square feet of hand-picked dining, so every amazing dish has been personally taste-tested and approved by local experts whose job is to find Chicago’s yummiest bites.

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Bittersweet

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Bittersweet

Craving European-style baked goods? You’ve come to the right place. Bittersweet has been churning out croissants, [...]

Bill Kim Ramen Bar

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Bill Kim Ramen Bar

Steaming bowls of noodles have been a fixture of chef Bill Kim’s menus ever since he opened his first restaurant, and [...]

Urbanbelly

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Urbanbelly

Born in Seoul and raised in Chicago, chef Bill Kim’s earliest food memory is standing at his mother’s side, [...]

Demera – Opening February 6th

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Demera – Opening February 6th

Growing up in Tigray, Ethiopia with 10 other siblings, chef Tigist Reda learned at a young age how to cook for large [...]

Avli

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Avli

Restaurateur Louie Alexakis knows a thing or two about Greek cuisine, having spent nearly three decades working in the [...]

Bar Goa

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Bar Goa

Inspired by their travels in Goa—a coastal state in Western India—Manish and Rina Mallick (who also run West Loop [...]

Lil Amaru

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Lil Amaru

Chef Rodolfo Cuadros refers to himself as a “nomad” after a decade spent working alongside Latin American cooks in [...]

Soul & Smoke

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Soul & Smoke

When fine-dining vets D’Andre Carter and Heather Bublick struck out on their own, they founded a catering business to [...]

Gemma Foods

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Gemma Foods

In 2020—after years spent working in award-winning kitchens across the country—chef Tony Quartaro reached out to a [...]

Big Kids

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Big Kids

Ryan Pfeiffer may have been chef de cuisine at Blackbird, but he never felt like the highbrow kitchens of [...]

Luella’s Southern Kitchen

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Luella’s Southern Kitchen

What type of cuisine makes you most nostalgic? For chef Darnell Reed, it’s southern food—like fluffy biscuits and [...]

Evette’s

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Evette’s

Named after his Teta (Lebanese Arabic for “grandma”) and inspired by the love that she put into her cooking, [...]

JoJo’s ShakeBAR

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JoJo’s ShakeBAR

The classic diner gets a dose of ‘80s- and ‘90s-inspired nostalgia at JoJo’s Shake Bar, where visitors can sip [...]

Arami

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Arami

There are few things on this planet that are more satisfying than pristine raw fish. We’re talking about the kind of [...]

Bar

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Bar

At Time Out, we cover Chicago’s bar scene with as much scrutiny and passion as we do our restaurants. That’s [...]

Demo Kitchen

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Demo Kitchen

Our open demo kitchen plays host to cooking workshops, cocktail classes, and intimate dining experiences from the best [...]

Valhalla

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Valhalla

Named for the great hall of eternity in Norse mythology, Valhalla represents the crowning achievement of chef Stephen [...]

Tony’s Rooftop Bar

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Tony’s Rooftop Bar

Named for Time Out founder Tony Elliott, Tony’s is the crown jewel of Time Out Market Chicago. The cozy all-season [...]