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Best Southern Restaurants in Chicago

Looking for the best Southern restaurants in Chicago? We've gathered 46 spots serving Southern food in Chicago, ranked by real diner reviews and ratings. Browse photos, check menus, and request a free reservation — all in one place. Updated June 2026.

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Best Southern Restaurants in Chicago

Big Jones

Soul Food Lounge

Soul Vegan

The Good Life Cafe

Rubys Soulfood Express

Taste Of The South

Sammy's Touch

Morrison's Restaurant

Oooh Wee! It Is!

Quench

Shirley's Soul Food & Catering

Roux Diner

Honey's Hoagies

Outside the Box Carryout and Catering

Peach's Restaurant

Cleo's Southern Cuisine

Calypso Cafe

Virtue Restaurant

Southern Kitchen

Quarry Event Center

BJ's Market & Bakery

New Look

Cathy's Ultimate Soul Food

MacArthur's Restaurant

Roost Chicken & Biscuits

Wishbone North

Dixie

The Southern

Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods

Buck's

Carriage House

Creed On Lake

Soulé Chicago

Luella's Southern Kitchen

Luella's Southern Kitchen

Wishbone Restaurant

Wishbone

The Budlong Hot Chicken

Porkchop

Table Fifty-Two

Ms. T's Southern Fried Chicken

Drawl Southern Cookhouse And Whiskey Room

Pearls

Porkchop

Chef Art Smith's Reunion

I'm Soul Hungry