1. Catch 35 – Chicago Catch 35 at 35 W. Wacker Drive is a great place to enjoy seafood. The menu includes offerings like crab bisque, coconut beer battered shrimp, fish tacos, chilled shrimps with cocktail sauce and lemon, crab cakes and sandwiches. The ambience in the restaurant is classy with neon lighting and an 80’s inspired decor. The wait staff is fast and friendly.

2. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab – This restaurant is located at 60 E. Grand Avenue between Wabash Avenue & Rush Street. For starters, the stone crab with Joe’s chilled mustard sauce is highly recommended. Their appetizers include fried calamari, fried oysters, steamed black mussels, oysters Rockefeller, jumbo shrimp cocktail, spinach stuffed mushrooms to name a few. They also serve great salads and soups. You can also try Joe’s famous scallops and bacon wrapped sea scallops if you’re in the mood for scallops. They have a long list of homemade pies for desert if you still have room for some.

3. Devon Seafood Grill – If you’re at 39 E. Chicago Avenue, then you’re in the right place to try some of the seafood items on Devon Seafood Grill’s menu. The restaurant’s atmosphere is very relaxing and comfortable although they have a fancier dress code. They have a great assortment of starters which include jumbo lump crab cakes, fried calamari, smoked salmon flatbread and lobster tamale. They mouthwatering entrées include mahi-mahi, char crusted ahi tuna, lobster cob salad or you can opt to try their mixed seafood grill shrimp, scallops, lobster and a few other sides.

So if you’re in the mood for seafood, you should always bring your appetite. Enjoy eating with your family and friends.

As if that does not make things tricky enough, there’s a lot more to consider about a restaurant than just the menu! The character of a place can easily make an impact in your entire experience, whether it is supercilious and unskilled staff or a badly behaved child another table over. Nonetheless it’s not all unfavorable, certainly – a great setting can change a good dish into a fantastic dish!

We’ve lived in Chicago for quite a while now, and we have developed a pretty decent repertoire of seafood restaurants we absolutely adore, from small hole-in-the-wall businesses to impressive fine dining, and listed here are 3 of our all-time favorites (even though it was so challenging to choose!). This is what those on Yelp.com say on the subject of our favorites:

1. Los Delfines # 2

5207 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60686
Neighborhood: Archer Heights

(773) 767-4980

“I love, LOVE, love Los Delfines!

The wonderful mother and daughter owners should be very proud to have such a great establishment!  Congrats Latinas!

Los Delfines has the BEST seafood in the Midway/ West Lawn area!  My favorite ranges from Filete a la Veracruzana, Mariscos Fundidos to Eterna Juventud and Stuffed Shirmp amongst the shrimp cocktails and the yummiest tostada botana ever!   I’m a seafood lover and let me tell you I score these places hard!  I definitely recommend this place over El Veneno, Islas Maria and other wanna-be places, no competition!

The food is always delicious, the plates are huge, the display of the food is beautiful and price’s reasonable.  It’s always a treat to eat at Los Delfines!”

-Loretta T.

2. Shaw’s Crab House

21 E Hubbard St
(between State St & Wabash Ave)
Chicago, IL 60611
Neighborhood: Near North Side

(312) 527-2722

www.shawscrabhouse.com

“We visited Shaw’s Crab House for their Mother’s Day brunch, and overall it was nice.  Service was very attentive and courteous.  The Brunch Buffet was good as well, with various selections of breakfast items, thick cut bacon, sausage, eggs, then to lunch / dinner items such as crab legs, ceviche, sushi, carving stations with Beef Tenderloin, an omelette station, desert table, and a little more that I can’t recall.

Overall, good food, good service, okay prices.”

- Demetrio P.

3. Half Shell Restaurant

676 W Diversey Pkwy
(between Broadway St & Clark St)
Chicago, IL 60614

(773) 549-1773

www.halfshellchicago.com

“Let me say that I love how honest and unpretentious this place is. At first glance walking by, you’d never imagine yourself going in and grabbing a dozen of oysters with a softshell crab sandwich.. little do you know..

Both can be found here and for reasonable prices IMO.
It’s your standard definition of a hole in the wall joint. No gimmicks.  Nothing modern and flashy; just modest and honest food. No it’s not michelin star worthy but I still appreciate what they do. It’s really cozy and the guys that run this place are some charming gentlemen who are totally welcoming.”

- Nick S.

There you have it! If you want other fun activities to do in Chicago, go and explore our other articles about our stunning metropolis, and make a day of it! I am positive you’ll discover something which might help round out your dining experience into part of an amazing memory!