List of Michelin starred restaurants in Chicago

Last updated August 20, 2024

This article contains a list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago since 2011. Chicago was the fifth US city to be chosen to have a dedicated Michelin Guide in 2011, after New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, although the Las Vegas guide was later discontinued.^[1] Although earlier editions included restaurants from the suburbs, since 2013, all the restaurants have been located within the city proper.^[2]

2023

Name	Cuisine	Neighborhood/ City	2023^[3]
Alinea	Gastronomy	Lincoln Park
Atelier	American	Lincoln Square
Boka	Contemporary	Lincoln Park
Claudia		Bucktown	Closed (2023)^[4]
Dusek's Board & Beer		Pilsen	Closed (2023) ^[5]
EL Ideas	Contemporary	Douglas Park
Elske	Contemporary	West Loop
Esmé	Contemporary	Lincoln Park
Ever	Gastronomy	West Loop
Galit	Middle Eastern	Lincoln Park
Indienne	Indian	River North
Kasama	Filipino	Ukrainian Village
Mako	Japanese	West Loop
Moody Tongue	Contemporary	South Loop
Next	Contemporary	Fulton Market
Omakase Yume	Japanese	West Loop
Oriole	Contemporary	West Loop
Porto	Portuguese	West Town
Schwa	Contemporary	West Town
Sepia	American	West Loop
Smyth	Contemporary	West Loop
Temporis	Contemporary	West Town
Topolobampo	Mexican	River North
Vie		Western Springs	Closed (2023)^[6]

2011-2023

Name	Neighborhood/ City	2012 (21)^[8]	2013 (19)^[2]	2015 (24)^[10]	2016 (22)^[11]	2017 (26)^[12]	2018 (25)^[13]	2019 (22)^[14]	2020 (25)^[15]	2021 (24)^[16]	2022 (23)^[17]	2023 (21)^[18]
42 Grams	Uptown						Closed
Acadia	South Loop										Closed
Alinea	Lincoln Park
Avenues	Magnificent Mile	Closed
Atelier	Lincoln Square
Band of Bohemia	Ravenswood								Closed
Blackbird	West Loop								Closed
Boka	Lincoln Park
Bonsoirée	Logan Square		Closed
Charlie Trotter's	Lincoln Park		Closed
Claudia	Bucktown											Closed^[19]
Crofton on Wells	River North		Closed
Courtright's	Willow Springs			Closed
Dusek's Board & Beer	Pilsen											Closed^[20]
EL Ideas	Douglas Park
Elizabeth	Ravenswood											Closed (2022)
Elske	West Loop
Entente	River North									Closed
Esmé	Lincoln Park
Ever	West Loop
Everest	Loop									Closed
Galit	Lincoln Park
Goosefoot	Ravenswood
Grace	West Loop							Closed^[21]
Graham Elliot	River North			Closed
GreenRiver	Streeterville							Closed
Indienne	River North
Kasama	Ukrainian Village
Kikko	West Loop
L2O	Lincoln Park				Closed
Longman & Eagle	Logan Square
Mako	West Loop
Mexique	West Town						Closed
Moody Tongue	South Loop
Moto	Fulton Market					Closed
Naha	River North							Closed
Next	Fulton Market
NoMI	Magnificent Mile
North Pond	Lincoln Park
Omakase Yume	West Loop
Oriole	West Loop
Parachute	Avondale
Porto	West Town
RIA	Gold Coast		Closed
Roister	Fulton Market
Schwa	West Town
Seasons	Magnificent Mile		Closed
Senza	Lakeview East				Closed
Sepia	West Loop
Sixteen	River North							Closed^[22]
Smyth	West Loop
Spiaggia	Magnificent Mile									Closed
Takashi	Bucktown				Closed
Temporis	West Town
Topolobampo	River North
The Lobby	Magnificent Mile
Tru	Streeterville						Closed
Vie	Western Springs											Closed^[23]
Yūgen	West Loop										Closed

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1 2 "2013 Michelin Guide Chicago Star Ratings Unleashed". Eater. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
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[1] Davey, Monica (17 November 2010). "A Hurried Announcement for a New Michelin City". New York Times . Archived from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

[2013_Michelin-2] 1 2 "2013 Michelin Guide Chicago Star Ratings Unleashed". Eater. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

[3] Selvam, Ashok (8 November 2023). "Here Are Chicago's Michelin Star and Bib Gourmand Winners for 2023". Eater Chicago. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[4] ttps://chicago.eater.com/2023/6/7/23752678/claudia-chicago-fine-dining-closed-bucktown-tasting-menu-trevor-teich ^{[ bare URL ]}

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[6] ttps://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/longtime-western-springs-restaurant-returning ^{[ bare URL ]}

[7] "Chicago Michelin Guide Revealed: Alinea, L20 Get 3 Stars". Eater. 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

[8] "Alinea, Ria, Charlie Trotter's among Michelin-starred restaurants in 2012 Chicago guide". Chicago Tribune. 15 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

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[10] "Full List Revealed: Chicago's Michelin Winners Are Grace (Three Stars!) and 42 Grams (Two Stars!)". Eater. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

[11] "The 2016 Chicago Michelin Guide's Big Winners Are Acadia, Parachute, Dusek's". Eater. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

[12] "Grant Achatz Is Now Chicago's Most Michelin-Starred Chef". Eater. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

[13] "Here Are Chicago's New Michelin-Starred Restaurants for 2018". Eater. 20 October 2017. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.

[14] "MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2019 Selection". MICHELIN Guide. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-26.

[15] "MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2020 Selection". MICHELIN Guide. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.

[16] Long, Zach (2021-04-29). "Here are Chicago's 2021 Michelin-starred restaurants". Timeout Chicago. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.

[17] Waxman, Naomi (2022-04-05). "Chicago's Michelin Star List Adds Four New Restaurants for 2022". Eater Chicago. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.

[18] Selvam, Ashok (8 November 2023). "Here Are Chicago's Michelin Star and Bib Gourmand Winners for 2023". Eater Chicago. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

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v t e Michelin Guide 3-star restaurants in the United States
Chicago	Alinea Smyth
Los Angeles and Southern California	Addison
New York City	Le Bernardin Eleven Madison Park Masa Per Se
San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California	Atelier Crenn Benu The French Laundry Quince SingleThread
Washington, D.C.	The Inn at Little Washington
List of Michelin 3-star restaurants

List of Michelin starred restaurants in Chicago

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