How many Michelin-starred restaurants does Chicago have?

The 2026 MICHELIN Guide lists 20 starred restaurants in Chicago: 1 three-star, 4 two-star, and 15 one-star. Another 32 hold a Bib Gourmand for outstanding value, and the wider guide adds dozens more Selected restaurants.

Which Chicago restaurants have three Michelin stars?

Just one — Smyth, where John Shields and Karen Urie-Shields cook an ingredient-driven tasting menu built on seasonal produce, some of it foraged or gathered locally. Four more hold two stars: Alinea, Ever, Kasama and Oriole.

What is a Bib Gourmand?

A Bib Gourmand recognizes restaurants the Guide's inspectors rate for quality cooking at a moderate price. Chicago has 32 of them, and all but two fall in the Guide's $ or $$ price bands.

Which Chicago restaurants hold a Green Star?

Two: Feld, a one-star farm-to-table room, and Daisies, a Bib Gourmand. The Green Star recognizes sustainability, and is awarded alongside a restaurant's other distinction rather than instead of it.

Michelin Star Restaurants in Chicago (2026) — Map, Stars & Bib Gourmand

Three stars · 1 restaurant

Smyth
Contemporary
John Shields and Karen Urie-Shields cook an ingredient-driven tasting menu, some of it foraged, in front of an open kitchen.
4.6(1,350 reviews)

Two stars · 4 restaurants

Alinea
Creative
Grant Achatz's flagship, still the city's most theatrical dinner — scented vapors, tableside dessert, an edible helium balloon.
4.6(3,019 reviews)
Ever
Creative
Curtis Duffy's hushed Fulton Market room — deliberate, tightly controlled plates, with the cocktail bar After next door.
4.8(469 reviews)
Kasama
Filipino
Tim Flores and Genie Kwon reimagine Filipino cooking, and Kwon's pastry training makes the desserts a match for the savories.
4.5(2,201 reviews)
Oriole
Contemporary
Noah Sandoval's French-and-Japanese tasting menu, in a former warehouse you enter through a converted freight elevator.
4.8(654 reviews)

One star · 15 restaurants

Atelier
American
Bradyn Kawcak's farm-driven tasting counter in Lincoln Square, globally inspired bites like pupusas and buckwheat noodles.
4.6(131 reviews)
Boka
Contemporary
Lee Wolen's Lincoln Park mainstay, banquette-lined and quietly romantic, built on bold seasonal plates like scallops with sabayon.
4.7(2,098 reviews)
Cariño
Mexican
Chef Norman Fenton's counter-side Mexican tasting menu under the Uptown tracks, huitlacoche ravioli to lamb tartare tostadas.
4.8(147 reviews)
EL Ideas
Contemporary
Phillip Foss's single-seating dinner party in a Pilsen warehouse, guests roaming the open kitchen between courses.
4.8(417 reviews)
Elske
Contemporary
David and Anna Posey's West Loop kitchen, Danish-inflected tasting and à la carte menus with a patio to match.
4.6(819 reviews)
Esmé
Contemporary
Jenner Tomaska and Katrina Bravo's gallery-like Lincoln Park tasting menu, each course plated on artist-made ware.
4.4(354 reviews)
Feld
Contemporary
Jacob Potashnick's center-stage kitchen in Ukrainian Village, built on ingredients sourced within four hours.
4.6(167 reviews)
Galit
Middle Eastern
Zach Engel's Lincoln Park prix-fixe of modern Middle Eastern spreads, flame-kissed pita, and Levantine-leaning wines.
4.5(975 reviews)
Indienne
Indian
Sujan Sarkar's River North tasting menus, reimagining pani puri and curry with French-inflected refinement.
4.6(826 reviews)
Mako
Japanese
Chef B.K. Park's unmarked West Loop omakase counter, 22 seats of precise sushi and inventive cooked courses.
4.5(352 reviews)
Moody Tongue
Contemporary
Beer-paired tasting menu above a working South Side brewery, scallop and wagyu courses built to match the pour.
4.5(643 reviews)
Next
Contemporary
Rotating theatrical tasting menus on Fulton Market, reimagining a fresh culinary era each season.
4.6(656 reviews)
Schwa
Contemporary
Chef-run Wicker Park kitchen with no servers, rap overhead, and gleefully unpredictable tasting-menu inventions.
4.6(317 reviews)
Sepia
American
Andrew Zimmerman's contemporary American cooking in a converted West Loop print shop, brick walls and chandeliers overhead.
4.6(1,559 reviews)
Topolobampo
Mexican
Rick Bayless's River North showcase for seasonal, regionally rooted Mexican cooking, paired with an agave-heavy drinks list.
4.5(775 reviews)

Bib Gourmand · 32 restaurants

Birrieria Zaragoza
Mexican
Bone-in goat birria and consommé, plate or bowl, at a Pulaski Road institution built on one dish.
4.7(895 reviews)
Boonie's
Filipino
Garlic rice and pork three ways anchor this Western Avenue Filipino spot, once a humble food stall.
4.6(472 reviews)
Cellar Door Provisions
Mediterranean Cuisine
Logan Square's unpretentious Mediterranean cooking — runner beans, duck liver mousse, and a counter seat for walk-ins.
4.4(420 reviews)
Chef’s Special Cocktail Bar
Chinese
Nostalgic Chinese-American classics in a colorful Western Ave dining room built around a U-shaped bar.
4.6(792 reviews)
Chilam Balam
Mexican
Basement Lakeview den for shareable, ever-changing Mexican plates, from plantain-cottage cheese to peanut butter empanadas.
4.5(771 reviews)
Ciccio Mio
Italian
Hogsalt's River North throwback, all bold Italian-American flavor — think lasagna Bolognese rotolo and coal-roasted half chicken.
4.6(969 reviews)
Daisies
Italian
Sunlit Logan Square Italian with a caviar-topped onion dip and vegetable-forward, house-made pastas.
4.4(1,440 reviews)
Frontera Grill
Mexican
Rick Bayless's River North homage to regional Mexico, from table-shaken margaritas to shifting mole specialties.
4.4(3,428 reviews)
Ghin Khao
Thai
Sibling-run Cermak Road spot for punchy Northern Thai flavors, crispy nam khao tod, and BYOB energy.
4.7(311 reviews)
Giant
American
Reworked American comfort classics on Armitage Avenue, from jalapeno biscuits to crab tagliatelle, in a rustic Logan Square storefront.
4.5(922 reviews)
Gilt Bar
Gastropub
Candlelit River North den for fried chicken and beef cheek pot pie, cocktails up front, leather banquettes in back.
4.6(1,992 reviews)
Girl & The Goat
Contemporary
Stephanie Izard's bustling Randolph Street warehouse, wood-beamed and loud, built for bold shareable plates and a goat-heavy menu.
4.7(7,720 reviews)
HaiSous Vietnamese Kitchen
Vietnamese
Thai and Danielle Dang's Pilsen Vietnamese, duck salad and chicken wings around an open kitchen.
4.4(1,180 reviews)
Kie-Gol-Lanee
Mexican
Oaxacan tamales, tlayudas and mole-drenched Cornish hen in an unassuming Uptown storefront near Little Saigon.
4.8(997 reviews)
Lardon
Deli
Whole-hog salumeria on California Ave, curing chamber on view, sandwiches by day and bistro plates on weekends.
4.5(355 reviews)
Longman & Eagle
Gastropub
Whiskey-heavy Logan Square bar turning out rabbit terrine and sweetbread stroganoff behind a deceptively humble wood-lined room.
4.6(2,983 reviews)
Lula Cafe
American
Logan Square farm-to-table fixture, packed from breakfast to dinner, with potato 'nduja tart and pancetta spaghetti.
4.7(3,568 reviews)
Mi Tocaya
Mexican
Diana Dávila's Aztec-inflected antojitos and cactus stews on a lively Logan Square strip.
4.6(1,171 reviews)
Mirra
Fusion
Bucktown's high-wattage Mexican-Indian mashup, from lamb biryani to fenugreek-roti scallop ceviche, built for sharing.
4.5(403 reviews)
Mott St.
Fusion
Edward Kim's globe-trotting Midwest-Asian cooking on Ashland Avenue, from wok-fried cauliflower to garlic fried rice.
4.5(1,418 reviews)
Munno Pizzeria & Bistro
Pizza
Roman-style pizza with a bubbly, charred crunch, plus house-made pastas, in a lively Clark Street dining room.
4.7(336 reviews)
Nadu
Indian
Sujan Sarkar's Lincoln Park follow-up to Indienne, built for sharing plates like coconut-tamarind walleye curry.
4.3(374 reviews)
Perilla
Korean
Andrew Lim's modern Korean plates on Milwaukee Avenue, from banchan spreads to Chihuahua-cheese fire chicken.
4.4(828 reviews)
Pleasant House Pub
Gastropub
Flaky steak-and-ale pies and pub comfort food in a marble-topped Pilsen dining room.
4.7(1,624 reviews)
Sifr
Middle Eastern
River North Middle Eastern from the Indienne team, hummus mosaic and grill plates built for sharing.
4.3(570 reviews)
Sochi
Vietnamese
Son Do and Chinh Pham's Belmont tribute to Saigon, from banana-blossom duck salad to Wagyu pho.
4.6(288 reviews)
Sol de Mexico
Mexican
Regional Mexican moles and hand-pressed masa sopes in a mariachi-bright Cicero Avenue dining room.
4.3(416 reviews)
Superkhana International
Indian
Playful, boundary-pushing Indian on Diversey Avenue, from butter-chicken naan calzones to fiery Kerala crab curry.
4.5(574 reviews)
Table, Donkey and Stick
Austrian
Alpine comfort food and charcuterie at a Logan Square inn, with communal tables and a lived-in bar.
4.6(802 reviews)
Taqueria Chingón
Mexican
Fulton Market taco counter riffing on Mexico City street food, from al pastor to duck carnitas and blood sausage.
4.4(847 reviews)
Union
American
Logan Square gastropub with Edison-lit booths, a bar-side burger crowd, and shawarma chicken worth the appetite.
4.6(286 reviews)
Virtue
Southern
Erick Williams' Hyde Park kitchen, skillet corn bread and honey butter, Geechie Boy grits drawing a university crowd.
4.6(2,484 reviews)