The Fish Keg on Howard Street in Rogers Park, run by the Hansen family for over 50 years, hand-breads its fish and shrimp and makes its own tartar and cocktail sauces; lake perch from Lake Superior is on the menu.

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4 seafood places in Chicago we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chicago · Seafood across every city.

  • Shaw's Crab House

    • ★ 4.4

    Order Alaskan golden king crab legs, steamed with drawn butter, or the jumbo lump crab cake.

    Shaw's Crab House is a Lettuce Entertain You seafood restaurant in Chicago, committed to quality ingredients since 1984, with its own oyster bar.

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  • Calumet Fisheries

    • ★ 4.5
    • East Side

    Order Fish brined overnight and smoked over special oak logs in the smokehouse, tended for hours.

    Calumet Fisheries smokes its own seafood onsite with natural wood, is run by the Kotlick-Toll family and won the James Beard America's Classic award in 2010.

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  • Calumet Fisheries

    • ★ 4.5

    Calumet Fisheries, still run by the Kotlick-Toll family, is strictly take-out; fish is marinated in brine overnight, then smoked over special oak logs.

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  • The Fish Keg (Rogers Park)

    • ★ 4.3

    The Fish Keg, started in 1950 by siblings from northern Wisconsin and an Evanston fireman, still hand breads all of its shrimp, fish, seafood and chicken.

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