Best Chefs Table Restaurants in Chinatown & Bridgeport (60616)
4 hand-picked restaurants, critic-reviewed and ranked
Last Updated: January 2026
Our Top Pick
Moody Tongue Brewing Company
Michelin-recognized tasting menu built entirely around in-house beer pairings.
Notable Picks
8.7
Moody Tongue runs a Michelin-starred beer-paired tasting menu in a sleek brewery setting just south of McCormick Place. Guests book the Dining Room for lengthy, tightly executed courses matched to house beers, while the broader space still feels like a working brewery rather than a hushed temple of fine dining.
Must-Try Dishes:
American Wagyu Filet with Beer Pairing, Seasonal Soft-Shell Crab Course, 12-Layer German Chocolate Cake
What makes it special: Michelin-recognized tasting menu built entirely around in-house beer pairings.
#2
Apolonia
8.6
Apolonia is chef Stephen Gillanders' contemporary Mediterranean dining room at the edge of McCormick Place, blending Northern Mediterranean flavors with a European-leaning small-plates menu and a focused wine list. Guests come for dishes like black truffle puff bread, branzino, and pastas, plus a Bib Gourmand–recognized experience that works for both conventions and date nights. The minimalist, high-ceilinged room can run loud, but it feels like one of the South Loop's most polished Mediterranean options.
Must-Try Dishes:
Black Truffle Puff Bread, Mediterranean Branzino, Fiorentini al Sugo
What makes it special: Bib Gourmand Mediterranean restaurant balancing ambitious small plates with convention-friendly polish.
8.5
On the second floor of 88 Marketplace, 312 Fish Market runs a compact sushi counter where chefs put high-end product into both a 17-course omakase and focused nigiri flights. It’s more polished than a typical food-court stall, drawing sushi obsessives for BYOB omakase, weekly tuna breakdowns, and casual counter seats that feel like a chef’s table without the formality.
Must-Try Dishes:
Tuna Flight, Chirashi Bowl, Spicy Octopus Hand Roll
What makes it special: Market-side sushi bar delivering near-omakase-quality flights inside 88 Marketplace.
#4
Yao Yao
8.4
Yao Yao’s Michelin-recognized Szechuan kitchen centers its service around big-format pickled fish platters and shareable spicy mains that naturally become a family-style chef’s feast. Tables often build their own progression—snacks, cold plates, then massive cauldrons of fish and beef—turning the meal into a communal, course-like experience a few steps from the Cermak-Chinatown stop.
Must-Try Dishes:
Pickled Fish XL, Spicy Chicken, Garlic Eggplant
What makes it special: A Michelin-noted Szechuan spot where oversized pickled fish pots and hot dishes are designed for multi-course, family-style sharing.