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The 2019 Michelin Bib Gourmand list features nine newcomers among the 58 Chicago restaurants in this year’s group. That’s a four-restaurant bump from last year when Michelin named 54 Chicago restaurants to its “short list.” Bib Gourmands honor “quality restaurants that have menu items that offer two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less (excluding tax and gratuity).” Five restaurants dropped off from last year.
Hyped recent openings such as Pacific Standard Time in River North, Marisol inside the Museum of Contemporary Art, and Proxi — the West Loop follow-up from the owners of Sepia — made the list. Inspectors rewarded Daguan Noodle in Chinatown, with a news release praising “excellent rice noodles in a variety of homemade broths.” A second Chinese restaurant, Jade Court — from the founders of venerable Phoenix Restaurant — in University Village also made the list.
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One of Chicago’s most unique restaurants, Passerotto — Jennifer Kim’s Korean-American restaurant in Andersonville that splices Italian technique — also made the list, as did Lonesome Rose, Land & Sea Dept’s Tex-Mex spot in Logan Square. Pizzeria Bebu, the thin-crust specialists in Lincoln Park, also pop up on the list proving that Chicago has several different styles of pizzas.
Both Green Zebra in West Town and Jaipur in West Loop fell off due to shutters. Lincoln Square’s Luella’s Southern Kitchen, Brendan Sodikoff’s Maude’s Liquor Bar on Randolph Restaurant Row, and The Publican also failed to reappear this year. Publican’s exclusion is curious, begging the question whether One Off Hospitality Group’s beloved restaurant is in the running for a star. The tire company will announce Chicago’s Michelin-starred restaurants in one week, on September 26.
Check out the full listing below, * denotes a new restaurant:
- Angry Crab
- Arami
- Au Cheval
- Avec
- bellyQ
- Bohemian House
- The Bristol
- Ceres’ Table
- Chilam Balam
- Cumin
- *Daguan Noodle
- *Daisies
- DeCOLORES
- Dos Urban Cantina
- Dove’s Luncheonette
- The Duck Inn
- Fat Rice
- Frontera Grill
- Giant
- Gilt Bar
- Girl & The Goat
- GT Fish & Oyster
- HaiSous
- Han 202
- Herb
- Hopleaf
- *Jade Court
- Jam
- Jin Thai
- Kai Zan
- *Lonesome Rose
- Longman & Eagle
- Lula Café
- Mana Food Bar
- Mango Pickle
- *Marisol
- mfk.
- MingHin
- Mi Tocaya
- Mott St.
- Nana
- *Pacific Standard Time
- *Passerotto
- *Pizzeria Bebu
- Pleasant House Pub
- *Proxi
- The Purple Pig
- Quiote
- Sabri Nihari
- San Soo Gab San
- Smoque BBQ
- Sol de Mexico
- Sushi Dokku
- Table, Donkey and Stick
- True Food Kitchen
- TWO
- Untitled Supper Club
- Wood