Bavette's Bar & Boeuf
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Bavette's Bar & Boeuf

Chicago, Illinois

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A steakhouse that looks like a Prohibition-era supper club and delivers on every promise the room makes. Red leather booths, dim lighting, jazz on the speakers, and a bone-in ribeye that is among the best in a city with no shortage of great steaks. The shrimp de Jonghe is old-school Chicago, and the double-cut bacon appetizer is legendary.

Insider tip

The double-cut bacon appetizer and the bone-in ribeye. Sit in the back room — it's darker and more intimate.

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