Horwath’s Restaurant
Driving along Harlem Avenue near the city’s western limits, it beckons like a beaming beacon of bourgeois bounty: a ten-foot-high, orange-bordered neon sign with white, flashing marquee lights that read “Good Food,” and pink lettering that spells “Horwath’s.” Underneath it, however, is the pièce de résistance, a giant blue-neon martini glass, the symbol of all things good, flashing into the night sky.
1850 North Harlem, (708)453-0413
(closed in 2004)
Best of Chicago 2002