The Berghoff - Chicago
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    • Description:

    • A Chicago landmark (and one of the few remaining German restaurants in the city), the Berghoff is housed in one of the first buildings constructed in the Loop after the Great Chicago Fire. Opened in 1898, it also has the honor of holding the first liquor license granted after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. While Chicago was once home to one of the largest communities of German immigrants in the country, much of that German heritage has sadly dissipated over the years, and even the Berghoff's menu has moved along with the times, adding multicultural entrees like Asian chicken salad and Ancho-chili-marinated chicken breast. The good news is that you can still order Berghoff classics like wiener schnitzel and sauerbraten, along with a side of chewy spaetzle (noodles). (For the full Berghoff experience, wash it all down with a glass of the house draft beer.) Downstairs from the main restaurant, the counter-service Berghoff CafĂ© serves up sandwiches, panini, and salads to neighborhood office workers (it's open for lunch only on weekdays).

    • © Frommer's 2012

    User Reviews for The Berghoff

    •  

      Very good food

    • Stopped in for dinner, wife had reuben sandwich, I had weinerschnitzel. Both were very good, sandwich is enough for two people almost. Schnitzel came with really good side of veggies....

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      Still pretty good, but not great any more

    • I've been going to the Berghoff for 30 years, and still go out of nostalgia. The atmosphere is great (I love the photos of the Columbian Exposition), but the food is only average....

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      Can't get enough of this place~!

    • The best turkey sandwich ever! I love the antique decor, heavy wood panels, tile floors, busy lunch area. It's reasonable, and they make the best root beer I've ever had....

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    Awards:

    Frommer's
    Frommer's
    •  Recommended 2010
    • Details

      • Contact:

      • visit website
      • tel: 312/427-3170
      • fax: +1 312 427 6549

      • Address:

      • 17 W. Adams St
      • btw. State and Dearborn sts
      • Chicago, IL 60604

      • Payments:

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      • Hours:

      • Mon-Thurs 11am-9pm; Fri 11am-10pm; Sat 11:30am-10pm

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