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bubbalOP•

I'm really happy about Lao Sze Chuan getting on the Bib list.

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Johnny_HookerAvondale•

Couldn't agree more. I could eat Tony's Chicken like popcorn.

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bubbalOP•

And the Bib Gourmands.

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omnomChicagoSkokie•

LOVE that they do this list.

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Johnny_HookerAvondale•

I think the bigger snubs lie on this list, but don't really come as a surprise.

I thought GT Fish had a chance, I love their food.

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bubbalOP•

I guess if the utter mediocrity and too-cool-for-you hipsterdom of Longman & Eagle can get a star...

I don't really think GT deserves a star, and they definitely don't deserve a Bib, since I find it nearly impossible to leave there for less than $150. The food is good, but when you consider that restaurants like Spiaggia and Schwa are one star, it's not really close.

I think the lack of a star for Girl & the Goat is pretty much the biggest joke out there. I also think that a lot of the one-star restaurants deserve two (L2o, Spiaggia, Tru, possibly Everest). If they did that, then maybe I could get behind GT as a one star.

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Johnny_HookerAvondale•

The pricing point I most certainly agree on, and Girl & goat getting a star I agree on, and Longman has gone downhill as of the last year (when they opened they were a better restaurant then they are now. I figure if Longman deserves one, MK should definitely have one also.

I think Avec, Publican, and Les Nomades all have an argument for at least one star. Yes, I know Les Nomades chef left recently, but that was after the rankings were in. Blackbird got one, so Avec and Publican aren't options apparently?

Tru and L2o as 2 stars makes sense to me also, spiaggia not so much. Everest should be tied to Les Nomades, although the atmosphere is a little more old-school in Les Nomades I consider the dining on par with one another.

Also, how the fuck did Sepia's bland-ass food get a star?

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bubbalOP•

My meal at Les Nomades was a total miss, although my girlfriend's was exceptional all around. Both our meals at Everest were really great. I'm going to bet that Les Nomades couldn't get the star because of consistency issues - some dishes are great, others are mediocre.

I guess I can't really judge Spiaggia that much, since as I said before, we had the white truffle tasting, and while it was every bit as good as, say, Tru, having 8 dishes with fresh, seasonal white truffles is as unfair as it can get and doesn't exactly reflect the skill of the chef as much as his willingness to charge $1300 for two people.

Thinking more about it, there's a lot of missing restaurants, and when you see an absolutely mediocre restaurant like Le Bernardin continuing to get three stars every year, the breadth of the Chicago snubs just get more and more obvious.

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