Virtue Restaurant
Southern restaurant (US) · Hyde Park
1462 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
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Highlights
Virtue serves up vibrant Southern classics in a funky-chic space, where every dish bursts with flavor and heartfelt hospitality.
Virtue serves up vibrant Southern classics in a funky-chic space, where every dish bursts with flavor and heartfelt hospitality.
"A restaurant in Chicago owned by chef Erick Williams, experiencing challenges in attracting candidates for interviews." - Adam Reiner
"James Beard Award-winning chefs Erick Williams and Damarr Brown offer a taste of Southern hospitality at this unpretentious Hyde Park restaurant. The celebration of Black cuisine and culture features biscuits with light and creamy pimento cheese, gizzards with dirty rice, and a short rib with creamed spinach perfect for a cold night. Make a reservation through OpenTable." - Samantha Nelson
"Chefs Erick Williams and Damarr Brown have both won James Beard awards for their work at this Hyde Park restaurant, which has elevated the Chicago’s Southern cuisine to new heights. It also earned a spot on Eater’s list of the best restaurants in Chicago for highlighting heritage recipes with modern twists. For dessert, don’t miss pastry chef Becky Pendola’s classic banana pudding studded with vanilla wafers and topped with housemade Cool Whip. Make a reservation through SevenRooms." - Serena Maria Daniels
"A Southern cuisine restaurant in Hyde Park, known for its well-executed dishes." - Kevin Chau
"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, Samantha Nelson
