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  • Restaurants & Bars

    Time Out Chicago / Issue 167 : May 8–14, 2008
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    Tourists love gazing at those historic skyscrapers, but Chicagoans know the best way to do it: while eating and drinking.

    Photograph by Anna Knott

    ZED451 (739 N Clark St, 312-266-6691)
    The rooftop deck at this new restaurant is only one story high, but somehow its short stature only seems to add to the view. At this height, you don’t just stare at the River North condo towers surrounding you—you’re immersed in them, their hundreds of lit-up windows transforming into a mass of fireflies. But the most satisfying part of the view may be knowing that, for once, you’re sitting prettier than those monied condo-dwellers. In fact, this patio is so luxe—featuring an outdoor bar, swank lounge furniture and Zed’s strawberry-kiwi martinis—that those fancy folks in their posh digs might be jealous of you.

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