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But you’re also leaving behind any semblance of service. Of course, the market is in the West Loop, where affordable restaurants have mostly vanished. Inside, it’s nearly impossible to order a filling dish for under $10, and don’t be surprised if lunch costs well over $20 per person. (I’d advise taking essentially any other form of transit to get there - bike, train, scooter, pogo stick - as reliable street parking might as well not exist.) To start with, it’s the only food hall I know with a car valet, especially one that costs $17. Walking around requires suppressing almost constant sticker shock. Just know you’ll pay for this convenience. No other place in town has collected Abe Conlon (Fat Rice), Bill Kim (Urban Belly), Dana Salls Cree (Pretty Cool), Thai Dang (HaiSous) and Brian Enyart and Jennifer Jones Enyart (Dos Urban Cantina). It’s hard to argue with any of the chefs selected. Instead, the Time Out Chicago crew selected some of Chicago’s most acclaimed chefs to create a space where you’ll want to linger, and maybe order a cocktail or two. This means it’s less worried about shuffling Loop business workers in and out with speed. every day of the week, it wants to be your all-day hot spot. Not only is it roughly twice the size of Revival, it’s aiming to be far more than just a crowded lunch spot. Wacker Drive, #100) also managed to add some vibrancy to the Loop’s lunch scene, and four more have opened in the city.īut the Time Out Market Chicago has much different ambitions. Since then, the slightly smaller Wells Street Market (205 W.

Clark St.) kicked off the craze when it opened in the Loop back in 2016, bringing together a clutch of top-quality neighborhood restaurants, like Smoque BBQ and The Budlong. Of course, the food hall trend has been popular in Chicago for a few years now. (Time Out prefers to refer to them as “editorially-curated eateries.”) The first opened in Lisbon, Portugal, back in 2014, though now you can find outlets in London, New York, Miami, Boston, Montreal, Dubai and Prague.

But it has pivoted hard to food halls where its staff picks the restaurants included. After all, until a few years ago, Time Out was simply a culture magazine with outlets in many major cities in the U.S. Step foot inside the West Loop location and it’s easy to feel bewildered, not to mention a little confused. Those three words best describe the city’s latest food hall, Time Out Market Chicago, which features 18 food concepts and multiple bars sprawled over 50,000 square feet and three floors.