Rankings
Chicago restaurant rankings
The web version of Chicago Restaurants: Ranked has 7 rankings of Chicago restaurants built from public records: City of Chicago inspections and licenses, the Cook County Assessor and hand-checked honors. Each one below shows its top places, in the list’s own order.
Our 0–100 score and A–F grade, calculated from City of Chicago inspection records since January 2023. Not official City grades: the City reports Pass, Pass w/ Conditions or Fail. An inspection describes conditions on the day of the visit.
City records through . About once a week we rebuild the data from the City’s newest public records, and these pages with it. Source: City of Chicago Food Inspections on the Chicago Data Portal.
- Cleanest KitchensTop inspection scores, graded A–F from City records6,432 places
- Chicago IconsLong-running institutions and honored kitchens7,355 places
- Michelin & BeardMichelin stars, Bib Gourmands and James Beard honorees58 places
- Oldest PlacesOpening years from histories and City records7,777 places
- Newest OpeningsBy opening year or year of first City record7,777 places
- Building ValueMost valuable properties, from the Cook County Assessor6,364 places
- Top SalesHighest yearly sales that were publicly reported23 places
Three more lists, Lowest inspection scores, Failed latest inspection and Pest citations, are in the web version, where each row shows the place’s street address and its latest City result with the date.