Do the young Greeks who pack this trendy, clubby restaurant know something you don’t? Yes. And they probably want to keep this place to themselves. But we have to crash on nights when we want Greek munchies like the Florina peppers (two roasted red peppers stuffed with creamy feta), loukaniko (a pork-lamb sausage), “toasts” (essentially panini) and huge gyro platters. If you can stop yourself from talking by shoveling in the food, nobody will know you don’t belong.
The Greektown neighborhood, just west of the Loop, has the highest density of (no shock here) Greek restaurants: Our favorites are Santorini for dinner and 9 Muses for late-night eats. But great Greek food can be found throughout the city, like the student-friendly Cross Rhodes in Evanston—and many destinations in between. Here are our favorites.
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