Good reasonble Chicago Resturants

[citanul]

pequod's pizza ~$22 for a large pizza. $27 for a large deep dish with 1/2 2 ingredients and 1/2 2 other ingredients. great deep dish.

tuscany italian pastas ~$11 or 12, meat dishes around $14
osteria via stado italian dun remember, check the web
tizi melloul (maybe one l) moroccan <- can't recommend this place enough all entrees under $22 i think. appetizers around 7 or 8.
frontera grill (looks more expensive than it is, no reservations, but great food) mexican most main courses in the 15-16 range, some up to around 20, apptz around 7 i think, drinks 6.50-8.50, terrific margharitas.
cafe spiaggia italian - appetizers ~8, main ~12-~23, depending what you get, pasta cheaper than other.
tango sur - argentinian steak no liquor or wine, byob, appetizer and steak doable under 25 or 30.
coobah trendy, can be too noisy or crowded. philipino and possibly cuban mix? entrees top out around 16.
deleece californian style cuisine. very very good. a little more expensive, entrees topping out around 25 or so.
spring mildly expensive but worth it. probably upper 20s, though you can get a prix fix for like 65 that is fantastic.
bistro campagne, french, cheap, fantabulous, good beer selection (trappist stuff included)
rezas, middle eastern, multiple locations, very affordable, huge menu, wide varying price ranges, goes up to probably mid 20s for like a half duck in pommegranate sauce.

learn to use the reader's web site and the metromix site as well. they are actually pretty good sites.
all those places listed you should be able to get out with drinks included for under $50 a head, and eat several courses (if you drink at osteria, it's possible not) you should in fact be able to eat at any of those places quite cheaply. eh, i'll go back and put some avg prices on there. well that took longer than expected.

drop me a PM sometime if you want big piles of chicago restaurant help, i've been to basically everyplace.

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rezas, middle eastern, multiple locations, very affordable, huge menu, wide varying price ranges, goes up to probably mid 20s for like a half duck in pommegranate sauce.

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I order from Reza's like once a month. For fish, get the salmon kabob. Not sure about steak though, I don't eat red meat. They give you a crapload of food, so an entree and an appetizer is really like dinner plus lunch the next day. Good falafel too.

For pizza, Lou Malnotti's is very overrated IMO. It's not bad, just not great. I'm a naughty Chicagoan, I like thin crust better than deep dish.

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Johnnie's Italian Beef in Elmwood Park