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Schwa vs Girl & The Goat
Both Schwa and Girl & The Goat are rated highly by professional travelers. On balance, Schwa is the choice of most professionals compared to Girl & The Goat. Schwa comes in at 86 with praise from 12 sources such as Time Out, BlackBook and Not For Tourists.
Schwa
Concierge
Travel + Leisure
Zagat
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Gayot
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1466 N Ashland, Chicago, IL
From $0 /night
Concierge
"Carlson's artfully displayed entrées... are so good we'd eat them on the curb in front of the tire shop across the street."
Travel + Leisure
"Known for his artful presentation, chef/proprietor and Chicagoland native Michael Carlson creates a rotating menu using fresh, seasonal ingredients from around the world."
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Zagat
4.6
""Super high-end food without the attitude" describes Michael Carlson's "very small" Wicker Park BYO."
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BlackBook
"The lackluster Microsoft-Word-looking logotype announcing the corny name on the dingy awning above the stained fabric port-hole door belies the culinary genius of Michael Carlson."
Gayot
16.0
"Blink and you'll miss Michael Carlson's contemporary, minimal (some would say barren) BYO storefront."
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Girl & The Goat
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Fodor's
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809 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607-2310
From $15 /night
Concierge
"When Stephanie Izard won season four of Top Chef, the victory was a tribute to her faultless sense of style as well as seamless cooking. Both skills pay off, handsomely, in her big, sexy..."
Fodor's
"Bravo's Top Chef Season 4 champion Stephanie Izard's highly anticipated restaurant lives up to the hype, serving sharable plates of seasonal Mediterranean fare."
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Zagat
"The "warm", "casual" digs have a "lively" (some say "noisy") buzz and service is "knowledgeable", so many are left with but "one wish" – to be able to "get in more often"."
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Gayot
14.0
"Start with the warm marinated olives, chickpea fritters or escargot ravioli with bacon and tamarind-miso sauce. The restaurant's namesake, too, appears in ways you may not expect."
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Time Out
"There are cities in this country where the modern restaurant’s purpose is to take you somewhere else: London via a gastropub, North Carolina via a smoke shack."
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