2. Portillo's
9.0
100 W Ontario St (at Clark St), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · River North · 667 tips and reviews
Manbque: Great burger, better fries, and outstanding chocolate cake. Trust me on the cake.
Natalie V: My all time Chicago favorite since I was a kid! Love the chocolate cake shake, cheese fries, and hot dog w/ everything.
Allison Kaminski: Must haves: Chicago hot dog with the works, Italian beef with the peppers, chopped salad, cheese fries, chocolate cake or chocolate cake shake
3. The Bad Apple
8.9
4300 N Lincoln Ave (at W Cullom Ave), Chicago, IL
Burger Joint · North Center · 200 tips and reviews
Kelly Chabebe: LOVE this place! Decor and staff are awesome! Best Bloody Mary ever, made with their horseradish infused vodka! Their truffle fries are to die for. One of my favorite Sunday places in the city.
Jason Romano: Mix the firecracker fry seasoning with whatever other seasoning for even more amazing fries!!! Thank you for the family room - my kid could cry, scream, and tantrum her way to who the hell cares!
Brian Chorba: Awesome assortment of burgers ("gotta try 'em all"), seasoned fries, amazing beer list
7. Shake Shack
8.4
66 E Ohio St (at N Rush St), Chicago, IL
Burger Joint · Near North Side · 132 tips and reviews
Kaitlyn: Burgers and fries are amazing!! Best fast food burger in Chicago. Malts are decent, not a big fan of the custard.
Phil Shannon: I'm a huge fan of this chain. Some of the best burgers and fries you can find anywhere. And usually s decent selection of beer. I went at 11:30AM and there was a very short line.
João Pedro Pinheiro: Best fries and one of the tastiest hamburgers in town
9. Butcher & The Burger
9.1
1021 W Armitage Ave (at Kenmore Ave.), Chicago, IL
Burger Joint · North Side · 108 tips and reviews
Trevor Hanson: Pretzel bun is a must, as well as the Kennebec fries!
Justin Breitfelder: Local pork burger was amazing, juicy, lean. Would never have ordered it, but came highly recommended. Some of the best fries I can remember as well - handcut from heirloom potatoes.
Rebecca Shuman: Good pretzel turkey burger & fries & good bison burger with fries!
12. Fred & Jack's
8.5
7600 S Yale Ave (btwn 76th & Vincennes), Chicago, IL
Mexican Restaurant · West Chatham · 46 tips and reviews
Smokkee Singleton: Steak Burrito & Cheese Steak Fries are musts!! If u prefer American, best burgers on the Southside of the Chi!!
Traci Hill: The steak tacos, the double cheeseburgers and their French fries are delicious!!! The Italian Beef will have you stuffed for days!!!!!
Delexia Powell: The steak cheese fries are absolutely amazing as are the tacos and burritos.
13. bopNgrill
8.9
6604 N Sheridan Rd (at Albion Ave), Chicago, IL
Burger Joint · Rogers Park · 84 tips and reviews
Suzanne Ma: Yum yum yum!!! This place is awesome! Try umami burger n Kim chi fries~ so worth the trip from south loop. The staff are nice n food is fresh n you can tell its made with good ingredients!
Miggy Smalls: Umami Burger on point.Bacon cheese fries always a winner.and the Anus needed Patties and rice w the side of Kim chee Awsome and worth the trip. if you want to try something new check out Bop N Grill
Alex Diz: The Father burger was absolutely amazing. That and the awesome bacon and cheese fries made it one of the best burger joints in the city