Chicago Restaurants Break into the Big Time ... This Year

By Anthony Todd in Food on Oct 11, 2010 6:40PM

Chicago restaurants are finally back in the spotlight. Can you hear the sarcasm dripping from our fingers? Last year, Esquire's John Mariani didn't deem any Chicago restaurants worthy for inclusion into his list of the "Best New Restaurants of 2009." Several standouts made his "also-ran" list, including the Bristol, the Publican and Sepia, but it was a swing and a miss for Chicago restaurants as far as Mariani was concerned. Given longtime suspicions of Mariani concerning objectivity and pay for play, we doubt many Chicago chefs were losing sleep over their absence.

Eater reports that this year, things are different - they like us, they really really like us! Longman and Eagle and Epic both made this year's list of the best new restaurants of 2010, and we tip our hats to them. The full text of the article isn't available online yet, but if there are any surprises, we'll let you know.

Photo via Eater Chicago.