| Ranking ✔ | Restaurant 🍔 | Neighborhood 🏙 | Status 💯 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mott St | Noble Square | Elite (A+) |
| 2 | Cochon Volant | The Loop | Elite (A+) |
| 3 | Au Cheval | West Loop | Elite (A+) |
| 4 | Owen & Engine | Logan Square | Elite (A+) |
| 5 | Little Bad Wolf | Andersonville | Elite (A+) |
| 6 | Willow Room | Lincoln Park | Elite (A+) |
| 7 | BopNGrill | Lakeview/Rogers Park | Excellent (A) |
| 8 | Yoshi's Cafe | East Lakeview | Excellent (A) |
| 9 | The StopAlong | Bucktown | Excellent (A) |
| 10 | Community Tavern | Portage Park | Excellent (A) |
| 11 | Scofflaw | Logan Square | Excellent (A) |
| 12 | Acadia | South Loop | Excellent (A) |
| 13 | Kuma's Corner | Avondale | Excellent (A) |
| 14 | Fatso's Last Stand | West Town | Excellent (A) |
| 15 | Blue Door Farm Stand | Lincoln Park | Excellent (A) |
| 16 | The VIG Chicago | Old Town | Excellent (A) |
| 17 | Table, Donkey, & Stick | Logan Square | Excellent (A) |
| 18 | The Swill Inn | River West | Superb (A-) |
| 19 | Maillard Tavern | River West | Superb (A-) |
| 20 | The Loyalist | West Loop | Superb (A-) |
| 21 | The Region | Roscoe Village | Superb (A-) |
| 22 | Cooper's Hawk | Gold Coast | Superb (A-) |
| 23 | Mini Mott | Logan Square | Superb (A-) |
| 24 | Small Cheval | Bucktown, others | Superb (A-) |
| 25 | Pub Royale | Ukranian Village | Superb (A-) |
| 26 | Funkenhausen | Ukranian Village | Superb (A-) |
| 27 | Edzo's Burger Shop | Evanston | Superb (A-) |
| 28 | ROCKS | Lakeview | Superb (A-) |
| 29 | The Bad Apple | Lincoln Square | Superb (A-) |
| 30 | Red Hot Ranch | Lakeview | Superb (A-) |
| 31 | Eight Bar (Maple & Ash) | Gold Coast | Superb (A-) |
| 32 | Houndstooth Saloon | Wrigleyville | Superb (A-) |
| 33 | Davanti Enoteca | Western Springs | Superb (A-) |
| 34 | DMK | Lakeview | Superb (A-) |
| 35 | Good Measure | River North | Superb (A-) |
| 36 | Longman & Eagle | Logan Square | Superb (A-) |
| 37 | Butcher and The Burger | Lincoln Park | Superb (A-) |
| 38 | The Delta | Wicker Park | Superb (A-) |
| 39 | Burger Bar Chcago | Lincoln Park | Superb (A-) |
| 40 | Patino's Grill | Irving Park | Superb (A-) |
| 41 | Merchant (closed) | Logan Square | Superb (A-) |
| 42 | Forbidden Root | Ukranian Village | Very good (B+) |
| 43 | Corridor Brewery | Lakeview | Very good (B+) |
| 44 | Beck's Chicago | Lincoln Park | Very good (B+) |
| 45 | Umami Burger | Wicker Park | Very good (B+) |
| 46 | Mindy's HotChocolate | Bucktown (No more burger) | Very good (B+) |
| 47 | Top Notch Beefburgers | Beverly | Very good (B+) |
| 48 | BRGRBELLY | Portage Park | Very good (B+) |
| 49 | Choppers | Noble Square | Very good (B+) |
