Calumet Fisheries
It takes planning and effort to make it down to Calumet Fisheries, that little white shack with the brick walk-in smokers out back, the place that’s been sitting next to the Calumet River since 1948. But if any restaurant outside the Chicago city limits deserves a destination drive, this is it. We adore the smoked salmon, especially the garlic-pepper variety, and if you’re a fan of shrimp, get them smoked at Calumet Fisheries. These shrimp actually taste like shrimp, rather than that weird taste of poached cellulose common to commodity shrimp. Calumet Fisheries serves the real deal; kissed by smoke, they may not only be the best in Chicago but the best in the Midwest, maybe the United States… or, you know, maybe the known universe. (David Hammond)
3259 E. 95th, 773.933.9855, calumetfisheries.com
Best of Chicago 2019
