What this site is
Chicago Fine Dining is an independently published restaurant directory with dedicated planning guides. The directory includes restaurants recognized in the 2025 MICHELIN Chicago starred selection. It is not a complete list of Chicago restaurants or a claim that these are the city's objectively best places to eat.
Entry numbers identify listings and help readers find them. They are not critic ratings or an official MICHELIN ranking. Chicago Fine Dining is not affiliated with or endorsed by MICHELIN.
Who publishes it
Chicago Fine Dining is published by Mundroff Computers LLC. The publisher is responsible for the site's content and editorial decisions. No individual restaurant critic is credited on the current guides.
Contact the publisher through the contact page, including for corrections.
What our descriptions mean
The current listings and guides are based on published research. They do not report firsthand meals, repeated visits, or measured evaluations of food, service, atmosphere or value. We do not assign numerical scores.
Our planning advice explains practical choices, such as comparing menu formats or checking cancellation terms. Cost examples are calculations from the linked prices, with exclusions stated alongside them.
Where the data comes from
Sources include restaurants' websites, their official booking pages and MICHELIN's published selections. Star labels in the directory refer to the 2025 selection. A past award does not establish that a restaurant is currently operating or retains that award.
The current starred directory differs from the historical selection. Atelier's listing flags that its current service needs confirmation. Use the restaurant's own information when planning a visit.
Restaurant planning guides
All 20 directory entries now have permanent guides, covering menu formats, booking decisions and visitor information. Start with the restaurant directory to compare them. Where current service or prices could not be confirmed, the guide says so.
Our dedicated guides to Smyth, Alinea, Ever, Kasama and Oriole use the restaurants' published information and official booking pages. Each guide links its sources, gives the date checked and separates published prices from our own cost calculations and planning advice. These guides do not report firsthand meals or assign critic scores.
Where we include hours, prices or reservation policies, they describe the sources on the date checked. Confirm the details for your visit with the restaurant before paying. We identify details we could not verify and differences between published sources when they affect planning.
Editorial independence
Payment does not buy inclusion, placement or favorable coverage. Any future sponsored placement will be identified as advertising. Factual corrections may change a listing regardless of who reports them.
How the site makes money
This site is free to read. We plan to support its running costs with advertising, including Google AdSense. AdSense approval is pending; the presence of AdSense code does not mean the site has been approved or earns advertising revenue.
Advertising involves cookies and similar technologies. The privacy policy explains exactly what is collected, by whom, and how to opt out.
Corrections
To report an incorrect address, award, closure or other detail, use the contact page and include a supporting source where possible. We check reported corrections before changing a listing.
: Removed numerical critic scores and claims of repeated visits because the site did not provide evidence supporting them. Replaced evaluative descriptions with sourced overviews, corrected the MICHELIN edition reference to 2025, and clarified that AdSense approval is pending.