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I like Bistrot Zinc at 1131 North State - not far from North Michigan Ave.
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For French, I recommend Bistro 110, right off Michigan Avenue near the Water Tower. For Italian, I recommend Cafe Spiaggia, Michigan Avenue at Oak Street. Both are part of the same restaurant group and thus have the same website: www.levyrestaurants.com
At either one, you really don't have to make a reservation more than a month in advance, although there's no harm in doing so, of course. Both accept reservations on opentable.com
