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The best restaurants and bars in Logan Square

Logan Square is where much of Chicago eats and drinks on a weeknight: pasta rooms, taquerias, cocktail bars and breweries along Milwaukee Avenue and around the square. Here are our favorites, from all our lists.

Updated · 6 min read

Around the square

Milwaukee Avenue runs through the square, with more bars along Kedzie and Fullerton. Logan Square's places lean neighborhood rather than destination, which is the point: the room you'd go back to next week.

Where to eat

  1. Daisies

    Logan SquareItalian restaurant$$$Italian list

    Joe Frillman's Midwestern pasta restaurant in Logan Square, much of its produce from his brother's farm and its sustainability work rewarded with a Michelin Green Star. Leigh Omilinsky's café counter does pastries in the morning.

  2. Mi Tocaya Antojería

    Logan SquareMexican restaurant$$$Mexican list

    Diana Dávila's Logan Square restaurant, cooking from her family's travels across Mexico: regional plates you won't find elsewhere in town. The burrito suizo is a Wednesday special. Tuesdays take half off bottles of wine.

  3. Paulie Gee's Logan Square

    Logan Squarewood-fired pizza$$Pizza list

    Derrick Tung's Chicago branch of the Brooklyn pizzeria: wood-fired pies like the hot-honey Hellboy, lots of vegan options, and Detroit-style 'Logan Squares' from the recipe that won him the 2018 U.S. Pizza Cup. Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 to 7, margheritas drop to $10; Thursday is trivia night.

  4. Andros Taverna

    Logan SquareGreek taverna$$$Mediterranean & Middle Eastern list

    Doug Psaltis named it for his family's island: whole Slagel Farms lamb dry-aged and butchered in-house, pitas stretched to order, fish flown in from the Mediterranean and grilled over charcoal, and an all-Greek wine list. Big and busy; bring a group. Ask what fish came in that day; weekend brunch brings tsoureki French toast.

  5. Lula Cafe

    Logan SquareFarm-to-table cafe$$Brunch list

    A Logan Square fixture since 1999 whose brunch helped define the neighborhood. The menu follows the farmers' market, so it shifts every few weeks.

  6. Kyōten

    Logan SquareEdomae omakase counter$$$$Sushi & Ramen list

    Otto Phan, an Austin transplant, opened this counter in 2018, early in Chicago's omakase wave. His nigiri leans on Edo-style curing and aging, and the 2025 Banchet Awards named him chef of the year. One of the city's priciest meals.

  7. Akahoshi Ramen

    Logan SquareRamen shop$$Sushi & Ramen list

    Everything is made in-house here, noodles included. The name means 'red star,' a nod to the stars on Sapporo's monuments and on Chicago's flag, and the Sapporo-style miso bowl is the one to get.

  8. Monster Ramen

    Logan SquareRamen shop$$Sushi & Ramen list

    Katie Dong's corner shop specializes in gyukotsu, a beef-bone ramen from southern Japan that's rare in the US. Take a seat at the kitchen counter to watch the bowls come together.

  9. Ramen Wasabi

    Logan SquareRamen shop$$Sushi & Ramen list

    Open on Milwaukee Avenue since 2010, it simmers its Berkshire pork tonkotsu for 45 hours; get it with chashu and a soft egg, or the mushroom bowl if you're vegan. A second shop opened in Fulton Market; this is the original.

  10. Hooligan

    Logan SquareNeo-Midwestern bistro$$$New this fall

    Christian Hunter, who earned Atelier its Michelin star, opened this 50-seat bistro in October and calls it neo-Midwestern: pike quenelle ravioli, perch with gribiche, hot water cornbread with liver parfait.

  11. Middle Brow Bungalow

    Logan SquareBrewery, bakery & pizza$$Happy hours list

    A Logan Square brewery, bakery and pizzeria on Armitage: loaves and egg sandwiches by day, sourdough pizza, house beer and Michigan-grown wine at night. Happy hour Wednesday to Friday, 4 to 6.

  12. Bar Parisette

    Logan SquareFrench bistro$$$Happy hours list

    A Palmer Square wine bar and bistro from chef Madalyn Durrant, opening new bottles every week.

Where to drink

  1. Best Intentions

    Logan SquareCocktail bar$$Cocktail Bars list

    Brothers Chris and Calvin Marty's Logan Square bar, back since 2023 and a 2025 James Beard nominee: dive comfort, sharp classics (the martini runs two parts gin to one vermouth) and frozen drinks, a smashburger and duck-fat matzo ball soup, plus a patio.

  2. Meadowlark

    Logan SquareCocktail bar$$$Cocktail Bars list

    A 30-seat bar on a quiet Palmer Street corner from the Lardon and Union team, marked only by a bird silhouette; the drinks list changes theme every few months.

  3. Billy Sunday

    Logan SquareCocktail bar$$$Cocktail Bars list

    Matthias Merges's Logan Square tavern with a deep amaro collection, classic-minded cocktails and house-made spirit-free drinks. Tuesday nights host a silent reading hour from 7.

  4. Scofflaw

    Logan SquareCocktail bar$$Cocktail Bars list

    A gin-minded Logan Square bar from Whistler and Boiler Room veterans: a fireplace, a hand-drawn seasonal menu, a great burger and free cookies at midnight. Happy hour runs Monday to Thursday 5 to 7, and Friday to Sunday 3 to 5.

  5. Culebra

    Logan SquareRum cocktail bar$$Cocktail Bars list

    A narrow, dark Puerto Rican and Caribbean cocktail bar below Lonesome Rose in Logan Square, built around rum, with a small island-inspired menu. Try the Malta highball, the spicy rum swizzle or the jibarito.

  6. Hopewell Brewing Company

    Logan SquareBrewery & taproom$$Breweries & Taprooms list

    A bright, minimalist Logan Square taproom of glass and blond wood on Milwaukee: clean pales, lagers and sours, board games and food pop-ups. Bring your own food; dogs welcome.

  7. La Licor Panamericana

    Logan SquareLatin cocktail bar$$Happy hours list

    A Logan Square bar and Latin American kitchen whose back bar runs deep on agave and rum, with small plates from Patagonia to Mexico off a wood fire. Happy hour runs 4 to 6:30 every day, and Fridays and Saturdays go late.

  8. Easy Does It

    Logan SquareNatural wine bar$$Happy hours list

    A two-story wine shop and bar on Milwaukee: bottles shelved like a library downstairs, booths and occasional live music upstairs. Happy hour runs all night on Mondays.

Coffee and bakeries

  1. Gaslight Coffee Roasters

    Logan SquareCoffee roaster$Cafés & Breakfast list

    Metropolis alums Tristan Coulter and Zak Rye roast on site at this Logan Square corner café of big windows and taxidermy; brunch plates are served Thursday to Sunday.

  2. Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits

    Logan SquarePie & biscuits$Breakfast Sandwiches list

    Logan Square's pie-and-biscuit cottage stacks its breakfast sandwiches on buttery house biscuits; eat at the picnic tables by the garden beds out back. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

Getting there

Take the Blue Line to Logan Square, which comes up on the square itself.

Common questions

What are the best restaurants in Logan Square?
On our lists: Daisies, Mi Tocaya Antojería, Paulie Gee's Logan Square and Andros Taverna, and 8 more on this page.
What are the best bars in Logan Square?
On our lists: Best Intentions, Meadowlark, Billy Sunday and Scofflaw, and 4 more on this page.
How do I get to Logan Square?
Take the Blue Line to Logan Square, which comes up on the square itself.
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