3 ranked casual dining restaurants in Old Town, Chicago — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
3 picksThese are the 3 best Old Town restaurants for a casual meal, ranked. Cal's Corner is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.7 stars across 386 reviews. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. If you only order one thing, make it the breakfast at Cal's Corner. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Old Town covers a lot of ground for its size — Breakfast, Pizza and BBQ ribs are all well represented across the 3 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.4 stars.
Breakfast in Old Town — 4.7 across 386 diner reviews
Must-try: Breakfast
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Pizza in Old Town — 4.6 across 3,585 diner reviews
Must-try: NY-Style Pizza, White Pizza with Hot Honey
📍 1610 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60614
BBQ ribs in Old Town — 3.9 across 3,626 diner reviews
Must-try: Ribs, BBQ Sauce
📍 1655 N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60614
Cal's Corner — 4.7 stars across 386 reviews, the highest on this list. Breakfast in Old Town — 4.7 across 386 diner reviews.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The breakfast at Cal's Corner, the ny-style pizza at Professor Pizza and the ribs at Twin Anchors Restaurant & Tavern. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.