This Week In "Best Of" Lists: Mado, Chicago's House of Chicken and Waffles

Mado, Rob and Allison Levitt's hyper-local Wicker Park restaurant with the constantly updated chalkboard menu, gets more love from the East Coast. Mado made Bon Appetit's upcoming list of the 10 Best New Restaurants in America (see the full list here).

Another local restaurant to make a national list is Chicago's House of Chicken and Waffles> SF Weekly's food blog listed it as one of eight places to satisfy your chicken and waffles craving. 'Course that craving turns into deep frustration after the long wait to get in followed by the mediocre service and food. If you really want to get some good chicken and waffles, you can't do better than those served at Juicy Wine Co.'s weekend brunch. The chicken comes from Harold's Chicken Shack, which means they aren't messing around.