Virtue Restaurant & Bar
You’ve probably never eaten gizzards, the muscled cluster in the gut of dinosaurs and their descendants that grinds food before digestion. Gizzards in the wrong hands are rubbery and not tasty at all. At Virtue, a relatively new entrant to Hyde Park dining, Chef Erick Williams shows us how good this neglected organ can be. Soft and tender, his chicken gizzards are full of flavor and if you’ve never had this prehistoric offal, a platter of gizzards at Virtue is the best possible place to start enjoying them. Maybe next you’ll try pancreas and thymus. (David Hammond)
1462 E. 53rd, 773.947.8831, virtuerestaurant.com
Best of Chicago 2019
