Bizarre Foods: Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is a city of both innovation and tradition. Andrew gets a taste of the Chicago's diverse food scene, including traditional cooking classics and world-renowned chefs who create new concoctions with modern technology.

Travel Guide

Find restaurants, accommodations and activities from this episode.

Take a food tour of Chicago

Andrew visits Chicago's popular neighborhood restaurants.

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Gene's Sausage Shop in Chicago

Andrew Zimmern takes a trip to a historic sausage shop in ...

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Behind-the-Scenes Chicago

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Freeze-dried soup at Alinea

Andrew counts down his Top 5 moments in Chicago.

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Travel Guide

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Restaurant

Franks 'N' Dawgs

Franks 'N' Dawgs' hot dogs are more than a food -- they're an art. The sausage are filled with duck confit hot dogs, beef masala, orange marmalade and more.

1863 N. Clybourn Ave. Chicago, IL 60614

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Alinea Restaurant

Twenty chefs use modern technology to concoct some innovative food combinations that result in explosive flavor.

1723 North Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60614

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Graham Elliot Restaurant

Andrew travels to Chicago's South Side to visit this restaurant. Graham Elliot happens to be the youngest Michelin-starred chef in America.

217 W. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60654

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Uncle John's

Andrew visits Uncle John's, a restaurant known for some fo the best barbeque in Chicago and prepared in an aquarium smoker.

337 E. 69th Street Chicago, IL 60637

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XOCO

Andrew meets up with Chicago Restaurant owner Rick Bayliss, a world renowned authority on authentic Mexican food, to try the Mexican cuisine at Bayliss' new restaurant.

449 North Clark Street Chicago, IL

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Maxwell Street Market

Andrew and Rick Bayliss explore the Maxwell Street Market to sample some authentic Mexican food, including lamb stomach sausage.

548 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60607

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Mado

Andrew heads to Mado, where the owner gives lessons on how to butcher an animal and determine the tastiest cuts of meat on a pig.

1647 North Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647

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Ruby's Fast Food

Andrew takes a food tour through the diverse neighborhood of Albany Park, where his first stop is at Ruby's Fast Food.

3740 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago, IL 60618

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Kang Nam Restaurant

King Nam is the second stop for Andrew as he makes a food crawl through Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood.

4849 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL 60625

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Taco Chino

Andrew makes a quick stop at this restaurant to taste Korean fermented cabbage served on Mexican tacos.

4712 N. Kimball Ave., Chicago, IL 60625

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George's Kabab Grill

Andrew's food crawl through the Albany Park neighborhood finally takes him to this Iraqi restaurant.

3216 West Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60607

Activity

Vienna Beef

Chicago has more hot dog restaurants than any other major city in the US. Andrew visits the Vienna Hot Dogs factory.

2501 North Damen Ave. Chicago, IL 60647

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