Setting a restaurant within the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing leads to heightened aesthetic expectations, and Terzo Piano meets every one. A bright white room with clean lines befitting a Malevich composition is comfortably scattered with ta..

A restaurant with prime Michigan Avenue real estate likely doesn't need to fuss too much since foot traffic is guaranteed, but Henri has established itself as an elegant and charming hideaway on this otherwise tourist-clogged stretch. Charcoal walls ..

Within the venerable Italian Village restaurant family, Vivere is the relative spring chicken of the group, with only two decades on the job compared to its sibling's 85 years of tradition. The third-generation owners keep the experience as sparkling..

In a sprawling set of historic buildings directly opposite Millennium Park, The Gage provides refuge from the teeming Michigan Avenue crowds—and has abundant room to hold them all. Clubby leather booths and celadon-tiled columns bring decorum to this..

Gold-curtained windows, sculptural sconces, and warm wood accents leave a striking impression at Atwood Café. The refined setting plays up its location in the Reliance Building-one of the first modern skyscrapers that now houses the Hotel Burnham-wit..

Class and elegance drift through the striking bi-level dining space, where luxurious rose banquettes, soaring ceilings, and a gorgeous mezzanine create an air of sophistication. Knowledgeable, tuxedo-clad servers rapidly fire off daily specials, thou..