The 35th annual Taste of Chicago begins Wednesday in Grant Park, which will transform into a haven for foodies featuring the city's best bites.
Among the 60 restaurants participating in the “world’s largest food festival” are 19 newcomers and a number of celebrity chefs. Headlining music acts for the event include Weezer, Erykah Badu, The Chieftains, Spoon and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
The list of five-day vendors, pop-up restaurants and food trucks will include a celebrity chef lineup for the Pure Leaf Celebrity Chef du Jour dining pavilion, which will offer a ticketed three- or four-course meal for guests. The lineup features James Beard Award recognized chefs like Tanya Baker of The Boarding House, Thomas Lents of Sixteen, Giuseppe Tentori of GT Fish and Oyster, Jimmy Bannos, Jr. of The Purple Pig and Phillip Foss of EL Ideas.
Here's a look at the complete list of restaurants to make the list:
Five-Day Vendors
Best Kitchen
Billy Goat Tavern
BJ’s Market & Bakery
Bobak Sausage Co.
Caffe Gelato
Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill
Chicago’s Dog House
Churro Factory
Connie’s Pizza
Dia De Los Tamales
Eli’s Cheesecake Co.
Emerald Isle
Farmer's Fridge
Franco’s Ristorante
Gold Coast Dogs
Iyanze
Kasia’s Deli
La Bomba Restaurant
La Mexicana
Lawrence’s Fish & Shrimp
Lou Malnati’s Pizza
Mariano’s
Miller’s Pub
Oak Street Beach Café
O’Briens Restaurant
Porkchop
Punky’s Pizza & Pasta
Ricobene’s on 26th Street
Robinson’s No. 1 Ribs
Star of Siam
The Fudge Pot
Tuscany
Vee-Vee’s African Restaurant
Pop-up Restaurants
Local
Burger Bar Chicago
Dinky Donuts
DönerMen
Garifuna Flava: A Taste of Belize
Haire's Gulf Shrimp
Jin Ju Restaurant
Luke's Lobster
Old Crow Smokehouse
Puffs of Doom
Sono Wood Fired
Stan’s Donuts & Coffee
Food Trucks
Beaver’s Coffee and Donuts
Bruges Brothers
Chicago Cupcake
Chicago Lunchbox
Gino’s Steaks Truck
Giordano’s
Harold’s Chicken
Jack’s Fork in the Road
Jerk Modern Jamaican Grill
La Cocinita
Little Tittle’s Cupcakes
Starfruit Café
The Crave Bar
The Fat Shallot
Yum Dum
