In Progress...Chicago Restaurant Week 2026 Spreadsheet

Hey y'all,

I’m starting a Chicago Restaurant Week 2026 deals list. Since we somehow lost one of the few yearly posts we all actually look forward to, and to New York of all places.... I figured someone should take it over. Especially considering our cleaner streets, comparatively lower rents, and objectively better city.

Feel free to comment or message me if you have questions. My methodology will not be as precise as last year’s list, but I plan to clean it up as I go with feedback from the community. I have about 50 menus done so far and am hoping to finish early next week with all 500 participating restaurants and their myriad of menus.

I'll let y'all know once I'm finished

Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFGWwiCrCSP1mg4bWjAbT7cPyOV7Yp6_ZErJDvG-F5c/edit?usp=sharing

47 points hodgeman29

Post your Venmo or something when it’s done. I’d gladly toss you a few bucks for your time

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9 points Proud_Inflation8691

Agreed!!

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35 points Harvard7643

Thanks for doing this

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9 points JALT_3

Thanks for this! Can you please add column headers?

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4 points food_and_techno_snob

Done

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4 points ifcoffeewereblue

Thank you!

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5 points sourdoughcultist

Lmao, trash bags all over the streets really was surprising, guess I'm used to a higher standard 💅. Thanks for doing this!

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5 points Moonman787

Thank you I was just thinking about the spreadsheet the other day.

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4 points flowerzoomies

God's work

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3 points ChicagoSince1997

Bless you for doing this!

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3 points irine618

I'm here to peruse your IF functions.

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3 points coupseok

Thank you for your service!!

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3 points No-Clerk-5600

You are a hero and deserve all the awards. Thank you.

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2 points Fragrant_Shelter2002

Thank you for doing this! This might be too much to ask but could you perhaps add a column that says the type of cuisine? That way people can search by different cuisines on the spreadsheet. If you want some help you can DM me and I’d be happy to do this! Thank you for your time you are my savior

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1 points food_and_techno_snob

Let me see what I can do. Im about 75 restaurants in so I’ll add it to any new ones

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1 points Triwinters

Oh man, didn't see this post as I was working on this as well this year and was busy this weekend scrapped the list and mapping it out. Want to combine forces - see below. I was going to open access to everyone to help edit it.

I created last years and was going to open source it yearly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nql7JYCZ0ANcCeJpgt0jmKlG-zB8YuhwEVt8GGhO0DE/edit?gid=709626671#gid=709626671

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