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100

Stephanie Izard is the owner and creator of what Chicago restaurant that opened in the summer of 2010?

Girl & the Goat

100

What popular taco restaurant’s Wicker Park location used to be a gas station in the 1940’s?

100

100

What Hot Dog stand known for the mutual verbal abuse between staff and customers?

Weiner Circle

100

What popular Wrigleyville bar has been in business since the 1930’s under various names involving the word “bleachers”?

Murphy’s Bleachers

100

What Chicago food festival is the largest food festival in the world?

Taste of Chicago

200

What popular burger restaurant’s name has the literal translation of “on horseback”?

Au Cheval  

200

What Cuban Café has a name that is an ode to the distance between Cuba and Key West, FL?

90 Miles (Cuban Café)

200

What restaurant has received three Michelin stars for the past two years?

Alinea

200

Which River North bar’s name is Morse code for the letter “V” standing for Victory?

Three Dots and a Dash

200

At what major event in 1893 was the Chicago-style hot dog invented?

Chicago World's Fair

300

Bold Dog Brew Co currently features a tripel hazy IPA, named after Nick and Sarah Kennedy’s dog. What is the beer/dogs name?

300

300

Which popular Wicker Park bar is the setting for the fictional ‘Molly’s Bar’ in the TV show “Chicago Fire”?

Lottie's Pub

300

What Lincoln Park Landmark has been serving unique deep-dish pizza since 1972?

Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co.

300

What Wicker Park cocktail bar has a list of House Rules including “please do not bring anyone that you wouldn’t bring to your mother’s house for Sunday dinner”?

The Violet Hour

300

What pizzeria invented the famous Chicago Deep Dish style pizza in 1943?

Uno Pizzeria

400

What up-scale restaurant is named after a Major Baseball League team?

Oriole


400

Which well known Chicago pastry chef is known for her restaurants that feature hot chocolate and baked goods?

Mindy Segal

400

What popular LP bakery was featured on an episode of ‘Cupcake Wars’?

Molly's Cupcakes

400

What tavern is considered to be Chicago’s oldest tavern, which was first built after the great Chicago fire in 1872 and has been operating with its current name since 1921 (even during prohibition)?

The Green Door Tavern

400

What classic Chicago tavern is famous for a curse on the Chicago Cubs?

Billy Goat Tavern

500

What is the original Chicago Food Hall?

The French Market

500

What Costa Rican restaurant has been featured on 3 Food Network shows?

Irazu

500

In 1971 what Lincoln Park Restaurant was the first restaurant to open as part of the now known “Lettuce Entertain You” restaurant group?

RJ Grunts

500

What Speakeasy located in Lakeview that is members only?

Room 13

500

What popular baked good was created at the Palmer House Hotel for the 1893 Columbian Exhibition?

Brownie