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The Whale

Super GemLogan Square · American/Seafood Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2427 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

The Whale is a deliberately vintage-casino-themed restaurant from Legacy Hospitality (also behind The Vig and Welcome Back Lounge), and its Logan Square address is genuinely unusual — this is a big, sceney, 1940s-Hollywood-glamour kind of room in a neighborhood better known for craft cocktail bars and farm-to-table spots.

★★★★★ 4.7 (4,946 reviews) via Google
Super GemChicago Exclusive Gem$$$
Known for: The pimento mac and cheese is a genuine argument-starter — people have strong opinions about it, and all of those opinions are some version of 'I need more.'
📈 Scores in the top 6% of Chicago Exclusive Gems on ChicagoSpecials.com

Opinions on it split hard depending on who you ask: The Infatuation called the wide-ranging menu underwhelming and scattershot, while regulars writing more casual reviews describe it as a genuine hidden gem with Rush Street energy at Logan Square prices. Worth knowing going in either way.

Weekend brunch leans into the spectacle with 90-to-100-ounce "brunch towers" of mimosas, Bellinis, or sangria built for a group, and the burger has its own local following independent of how the rest of the menu lands for any given table. Valet parking is available and genuinely worth using, since street parking on this stretch of Milwaukee Avenue is a real problem.

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The Whale

Super Gem
Happy Hour: $10 Cocktails
Logan SquareCommunity
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The Whale

Super Gem
Pimento Mac and Cheese
Logan SquareCommunity

Hours

Mon-Thu5-11PM
Fri 12PM-12AM
Sat 10AM-12AM
Sun 10AM-11PM
📅 Reservations 📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 825-2900 📋 View Menu / Website

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted
🥡Takeout available
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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