Smyth

Smyth is a tasting-menu restaurant upstairs at 177 N. Ada St. in the West Loop, run by chefs John Shields and Karen Urie Shields. The kitchen builds a long, ingredient-driven menu around Midwest farm produce, foraged ingredients and herbs and edible flowers from a rooftop garden. Smyth holds three stars in the 2025 Michelin Guide, and World’s 50 Best named the restaurant the best in North America in May 2026.

What to know

• The Shieldses opened Smyth in August 2016, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
• The Smyth Menu is $420 a person and the Chef’s Menu is $550.
• Starting November 5, 2026, only the Chef’s Menu will be served, and every reservation will require full prepayment.
• Reservations are released online on a rolling 90-day basis at noon Central time.
• The kitchen cannot accommodate vegan diets or allergies to eggs, mushrooms, sunflower or seafood.