Evanston is Illinois' Second City When It Comes to Food and Drink

Thrillist, a digital media company focusing on food, drink and travel, came out with a list of 19 Illinois cities ranked by their food and drink.

While selecting Chicago as number one was no surprise, it was a town just to the north of it coming in second place.

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Evanston was “an easy choice” at number two - the Thrillist article states.

“The top-rated Evanston restaurants couldn’t be more diverse, from Oceanique (which specializes in French cuisine), to The Cellar at The Stained Glass, home of some of the best tapas in the state.”

Found Kitchen and Boltwood’s Brian Huston were also worth a mention.

“But what we really love about Evanston is its endless array of down-to-Earth eats from must-visit (repeatedly) joints like one of Illinois’s top burger joints Edzo’s, one of the COUNTRY’s best fried chicken spots Chicken Shack and, ridiculous eating challenge outpost Wiener & Still Champion, plus a recent influx of quality Chicago offshoots like Farmhouse and Bangers & Lace.”

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While the top two spots on the list were from the northern half of the state, central Illinois shined for the remainder of the top five, which included Champaign-Urbana, Springfield and Peoria.

See the full Thrillist list.