Note: the below list is from 2019. Please check back for updated 2020 participating food vendors.
Prepare yourself for one massive picnic. Taste of Chicago has mouth-watering stops at every turn. This year, 82 restaurants will dish out tastes of their cuisine, including 37 new restaurants, 24 pop-up restaurants, and 17 food trucks.
This foodie feast dishes out not just tastes of Chicago classics — the hot dogs, pizza, Italian beef, cheesecake — but also the international influences that are tied to the city’s history as a melting pot of cultures. Delicious and diverse, menu items from Chicago’s international restaurants make their way downtown from the neighborhoods of the city.
For information on the world’s largest free-admission outdoor food festival please see the event overview.
Participating Chicago restaurants (all 5 days)
Arun’s Thai Restaurant
Aunty Joy’s Jamaican Kitchen
Beat Kitchen
Ben’s Bar-Be-Cue – NEW
Billy Goat Tavern
BJ’s Market & Bakery
Brazilian Bowl Inc. – NEW
Buona Beef
Buscia’s Bacon Buns – NEW
Caffe Gelato Soiree
Chicago’s Dog House
Churro Factory – Xurro
Connie’s Pizza
Doom Street Eats
Esperanza
Franco’s Ristorante
Frannie’s Café Inc
Frönen
Garifuna Flava: A Taste of Belize
Gold Coast Dogs
Hakka Bakka Indian Kati Rolls
Iyanze
Josephine’s Cooking
Kasia’s Deli
La Mexicana
Lao Sze Chuan – NEW
Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria
Premier Rollin BBQ
Rainbow Cone
Ricobene’s
Robinson’s No 1 Ribs
Seoul Taco
Texas de Brazil
The Cookie Crate – NEW
The Eli’s Cheesecake Company
The Slab Bar-B-Que – NEW
The Star of Siam
Ukai Japanese Restaurant
Vee Vee’s African Restaurant
Yum Dum
Yvolina’s Tamales – NEW
Pop-up restaurants
In addition to the rows and rows of restaurant vendors setting up daily for the 5-day festival, you’ll find a lineup of pop-up restaurants that mix up the offerings. Go on a culinary adventure to India or Belize, snack on cream puffs or donuts, or fill up on favorites like tacos or fried chicken.
90 Miles Cuban Café – NEW
A Place by Damao – NEW
Bar Takito – NEW
Barangaroos Aussie Pies – NEW
BettyBop Shop
BITES Asian Kitchen + Bar
Black Dog Gelato – NEW
Classic Cobbler
Dmen Tap – NEW
Dog Haus – NEW
Egg Rolls Etc. – NEW
Gordo’s Homemade Ice Cream Bars – NEW
Jason’s Deli – NEW
Jeannie’s Flan Inc. – NEW
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams – NEW
Jus Sandwiches – NEW
Kitchen 17 – NEW
Luella’s Gospel Bird – NEW
Madame VanderKloot’s Weiner Emporium – NEW
Nourish Catering – NEW
Seafood City Supermarket (Grill City)
These Wingz?
Warm Belly Bakery
Wood Fire Counter
Food trucks
More than a dozen food trucks will set up shop at Taste of Chicago, serving up everything from sweet donuts to savory fried chicken. These restaurants on wheels will be parked at Jackson & Columbus in Grant Park.
American Glory
Aztec Dave’s Food Truck
Beavers Coffee + Donuts
Big Wang’s Chinese Street Food – NEW
Coastline Catering – NEW
Da Pizza Dude – NEW
Giordano’s
Harold’s Chicken
La Cocinita
Lawrence’s Fish & Shrimp
Mr. Quiles Mexican Food – NEW
Ms. Tittle’s Cupcakes – NEW
Pink Flamingo (Flamingo Rum Club) – NEW
Pink Taco – NEW
The Lifeway Kefir Shop
Three Legged Tacos – NEW
Whadda Jerk – NEW
