Taste Of Chicago Restaurants Announced (And They're The Same As They Ever Were)

By Chuck Sudo in Food on May 31, 2013 6:20PM

Photo credit: Matt Maldre

The city announced the restaurant lineup for this year's Taste of Chicago this morning and it's the same combination of local favorites, oddities and "I can't believe you're still in business" establishments that make up one of the festival's main complaints. But if you can get excited over Connie's Pizza, Gold Coast Dogs, the Cubby Bear and Ricobene's on 26th Street, start planning your itinerary.

As for our favorites, we're stoked to see Bobak's, Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill, Smoke Daddy and Vee-Vee's African Restaurant on the list and, in our humble opinion, Original Rainbow Cone should be grandfathered into every Taste moving forward.

Tickets are also on sale for the "Chef du Jour" pop-up restaurants and the Petrillo Band Shell concerts for the July 10-14 festival.

The full lineup of participating restaurants is below.

Abbey Pub & Restaurant
Bacino’s of Lincoln Park
Beat Kitchen
Billy Goat Inn
BJ’s Market & Bakery
Bobak Sausage Co.
Bombay Spice Grill & Wine
Caffe Gelato
Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill
Churro Factory
Connie’s Pizza
Cubby Bear Lounge, Ltd.
Dominick’s
Eli’s Cheesecake
Flip Crepes
Franco’s Ristorante
The Fudge Pot
Gold Coast Dogs
Iyanze
Kasia’s Deli
Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant
Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria
The Noodle Vietnamese
Oak Street Beach Café
O’Briens Restaurant
Original Rainbow Cone
Pazzo’s Cucina Italiana
Ricobene’s on 26th St.
Robinson’s No. 1 Ribs
The Smoke Daddy
Tuscany
Tutto Italiano
Vee-Vee’s African Restaurant
Wishbone Restaurant