Chicago’s Best Steakhouses

Even though Chicago chefs have worked wonders to change what the world thinks of its culinary offerings, Chicago’s steakhouses still thrive — they’re even featured in Eater’s Guide to Chicago. Seated in the middle of the country as a city of commerce, business folks still turn to steakhouses for power lunches and conduct meetings.

That doesn’t mean steakhouses still need to feel like they’re something out of an ’80s movie about Wall Street. Service has improved. Beef is better sourced: The best butchers will say Americans need to eat less meat. One way to do that is to find thoughtfully-sourced steaks that aren’t pumped with hormones. It’s certainly more satisfying than the hockey pucks served at the neighborhood dive.

Modern steakhouses offer better service, gorgeous views, and more options than ever before — wedge salads are iconic, but salad lovers deserve better than iceberg and ranch. These places are also some of the best seafood restaurants in town, and deliver the sweetest conclusions with decadent desserts.

For this update, Trino, Adalina Prime, and Gibsons Italia were added, while BLVD Steakhouse, Butcher and the Bear, and Gibsons were removed to make room.