4 editor picks in Chicago.
4 american diner places in Chicago we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chicago | American Diner across every city.
The Chicago diner is built around the hot dog stand and the all-day counter. Superdawg Drive-In in Norwood Park has kept its carhop service and char-grilled dogs going for decades, and The Wieners Circle in Lincoln Park is as known for its late-night char dogs as for its banter. Margie's Candies on Western Avenue rounds out the form with old-school sundaes and a soda-fountain room.
Superdawg in Chicago is the 1948 Norwood Park drive-in on Milwaukee Avenue, with car-hop service and a pair of giant Superdawg-and-Maurie figurines.
OrderSuperdawg with everything (mustard, relish, onion, sport peppers, pickle, fries inside the box).
TipUse the car-hop. It is the same price as the counter and the experience is the point.
The Wieners Circle in Chicago is the Lincoln Park late-night hot dog counter on Clark Street, open since 1983, famous for the staff-and-customer banter past.
OrderChar dog with everything; cheese fries on the side. A chocolate milkshake to walk home.
TipThe shouting is the show. If you are not up for the banter, the daytime queue is exactly the same dog without the audience.
The Wieners Circle in Chicago is the Lincoln Park late-night hot dog counter on Clark, with char dogs, cheese fries and staff-customer banter past 02:00.
OrderChar dog with everything, cheese fries
TipChar dog with everything; the chocolate milkshake is the closing order for the walk back up Clark.
Margie's Candies in Chicago is the 1921 Bucktown ice cream parlour at Western and Armitage, hand-dipping chocolates and scooping homemade ice cream to order.
TipOrder the Atomic Sundae for two: the eight-scoop tureen has been on the menu since the 1920s. Cash preferred.
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