r/chicagofood↗
Chicago Food
All things relevant to Chicagoland food and its restaurants
202k subscribers691 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)514 authors / mosince 2011
r/chicagofood has 202k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 691 posts a month from 514 people. Top topics: Chicago Restaurant Recommendations, Steakhouse Picks and Best Pizza Places.
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Topics and brands on r/chicagofood
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Chicago Restaurant Recommendations4.7%
- Steakhouse Picks2.9%
- Best Pizza Places2.1%
- Hamilton Restaurants2.0%
- Taco Lovers1.9%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Eater
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Substack
- yelp
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