Maxwells Trading Chicago

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

Selected restaurants

All Michelin selected restaurants in Chicago All Michelin selected restaurants in United States

OAD

North American Casual Restaurants 2026, 531

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North American Casual New Restaurants 2026, 73

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Cuisine

Contemporary, American, Asian-International

Chef

Chris Jung

• 2026
• 2025
• 2024

Dinner at Maxwells Trading

on 20 Jan 2026

by Louisa Kung Liu Chu

Summer patio memories on a winter below zero windchill day of Maxwells Trading off the Kinzie Industrial Corridor in the West Loop

1 / Suzuki tartare

2 / Japanese sweet potato

3 / Chicken a la brasa

My pick for our story on Chicago Restaurant Week this year

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Dinner at Maxwells Trading

on 09 Apr 2025

by Louisa Kung Liu Chu

Vesper cocktail; Griddle bread with French onion dip dunk; Japanese sweet potato with Thai green curry; claypot rice with pork belly; bone-in strip steak with rooftop lettuce and shiso leaves; Basque butter cake with blueberry compote; rooftop tisane; kitchen and dining room at Maxwells Trading off the Kinzie Industrial Corridor in Chicago

Best New Restaurant

Chicago Tribune Critic’s Choice Food Awards 2025

Dinner at Maxwells Trading

on 09 Oct 2024

by Louisa Kung Liu Chu

✨ Restaurant review: Maxwells Trading in Chicago

🥺 Something about about this really seemed to resonate, inspiring some moving messages, and I’m so grateful

📰 Print cover at Chicago Tribune with chef / partner Erling-Wu Bower and executive chef Chris Jung
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🫓 Griddle bread with French onion dip dunk
🍚 Claypot rice with sauces
🍠 Japanese sweet potato
🧈 Basque butter cake
🍸 Vesper martini
🌿 Seasonal tisane and rooftop honey
🌾 The Roof... More

✨ Restaurant review: Maxwells Trading in Chicago

🥺 Something about about this really seemed to resonate, inspiring some moving messages, and I’m so grateful

📰 Print cover at Chicago Tribune with chef / partner Erling-Wu Bower and executive chef Chris Jung
🤸🏻 Jump page
🫓 Griddle bread with French onion dip dunk
🍚 Claypot rice with sauces
🍠 Japanese sweet potato
🧈 Basque butter cake
🍸 Vesper martini
🌿 Seasonal tisane and rooftop honey
🌾 The Roof Crop greenhouses above

🙏 Photos by E. Jason Wambsgans. Editing by Kayla Samoy. Photo editing by Steven Rosenberg. Copy editing by Nancy Stuermer. Print design by Alyson Morris.

🎁 Free gift link for Chicago Tribune Food at link in my profile @louisachu1 and here!
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