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Virtue Restaurant

Southern restaurant (US) · Hyde Park ·

Virtue Restaurant

Southern restaurant (US) · Hyde Park ·
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Chicago’s Best Romantic Restaurants | Eater Chicago

"Many of the restaurants on this list were designed to take diners somewhere they’ve never been. Virtue, a multi–James Beard Award-winning restaurant, is about where chef Erick Williams has already been: the American South. Williams gives way to protege Damarr Brown (another Beard winner), and his menu pays homage to his mother, grandmother, and aunts, and the whole tradition of Black cuisine. Which isn’t romance, per se, but it’s love. And delicious too with dishes ranging from warm biscuits and gumbo to blackened catfish with Carolina Gold rice." - Lisa Shames

https://chicago.eater.com/maps/most-romantic-restaurants-in-chicago
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Hearty Southern cooking with wine & cocktails in funky-chic quarters

short rib
mac and cheese
gumbo
cornbread
collard greens
fried green tomatoes
fish and grits
biscuits
Google Rating
4.6 (2.2K)
Yelp Rating
4.5
Rated 8.2 by The Infatuation
8.2
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1462 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615 Get directions

$50–100

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Reservations required
Restroom
Popular for dinner
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Hearty Southern cooking with wine & cocktails in funky-chic quarters

short rib
mac and cheese
gumbo
cornbread
collard greens
fried green tomatoes
fish and grits
biscuits
Google Rating
4.6 (2.2K)
Yelp Rating
4.5
Rated 8.2 by The Infatuation
8.2
Michelin 2025 Bib Gourmand
2025 Bib Gourmand
Featured in Eater
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1462 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615 Get directions

$50–100

See Menu
Usually a wait
Reservations required
Restroom
Popular for dinner
Cozy
Virtue Restaurant by null
Virtue Restaurant by Barry Brechiesen/Eater Chicago
Virtue Restaurant by eater.com
Virtue Restaurant by Jack Li
Virtue Restaurant by @TheInfatuation
Virtue Restaurant by Jack Li
Virtue Restaurant by Eater - Lists + Maps
Virtue Restaurant by Virtue
Virtue Restaurant by eater.com
Virtue Restaurant by eater.com
Virtue Restaurant by Barry Brecheisen/Eater Chicago
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Virtue Restaurant by eater.com
Virtue Restaurant by Nick Fochtman/Eater
Virtue Restaurant by Jack Li
Virtue Restaurant by Eater - Lists + Maps
Virtue Restaurant by eater.com
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Virtue Restaurant by Aaron Oliver
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Virtue Restaurant by eater.com
Virtue Restaurant by @TheInfatuation
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Virtue Restaurant by Jack Li
Virtue Restaurant by Jack Li
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Virtue Restaurant by @TheInfatuation
Virtue Restaurant by Barry Brecheisen/Eater Chicago
Virtue Restaurant by @TheInfatuation
Virtue Restaurant by Eater
Virtue Restaurant by @TheInfatuation
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