Burbs Explored

What is your beer of choice for the big game? With over 300 breweries spread across Illinois, we are highlighting our favorites across the Chicago suburbs. Whether you’re picking up beer for your Super Bowl party or heading to a taproom to watch the game this weekend, these local breweries have you covered.

Tap the link in our bio to explore the full guide (which features even more breweries) and discover more local favorites!

Chicago Restaurant Week kicks off next Friday! There are more than 500 restaurants participating, with over 50 in the suburbs. Here are the top 12 deals we recommend checking out across the burbs. You can view all the restaurants participating on the website.

(Winnetka)
(Oak Brook)
(Highland Park)
(Evanston)
(Glenview)greek (La Grange)
(Schaumburg, Naperville, Northbrook)
(Western Springs)
(Naperville)
(Schaumburg)
(Schaumburg)
(Hinsdale)

Heads up, several Chicago suburbs will be hosting their own restaurant weeks starting this weekend through March. We will highlight those in next week’s newsletter. Subscribe by tapping the link in our bio.

Where to get cocktails in the Chicago suburbs: https://www.burbsexplored.com/guides/cocktails

The best pizza places in the Chicago Suburbs: https://www.burbsexplored.com/guides/pizza

Fabio Viviani Hospitality opened their latest restaurant last week in South Barrington. Giostra is an old-school Italian restaurant featuring the simple, classic dishes Fabio grew up on. We are big fans of restaurants with making our best restaurants list. We can’t wait to try Giostra in the coming weeks.

is located at Arboretum Mall, 100 W Higgins, South Barrington 60010

Our favorite breweries across the Chicago suburbs.

What places are we missing? Let us know in the comments or send us a message.

To view the full guide and map, tap the link in our profile.

The best coffee shops in the Chicago suburbs: https://www.burbsexplored.com/guides/coffee

A quick introduction…

Burbs Explored is a curated guide on where to eat, drink, live, and play in the Chicago suburbs. Our focus is on quality recommendations, highly curated content, and being a useful resource for people who enjoy eating, drinking, and living well in the suburbs.

✉️ We offer a free weekly newsletter, where we share a curated list of upcoming events, along with restaurant guides, news and updates from our favorite local places, interviews with local tastemakers, exclusive promotions, and more.

⭐ Our website is designed to be a go-to resource where you can easily find all of our recommendations, easily sorted by North Shore, Northwest Suburbs, and Western Suburbs (South suburbs coming soon), along with our curated events calendar, interviews, and more.

👋🏻 We were founded by Joe Arendt, who was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. Post college he lived in the city for over a decade, before returning to the burbs in 2021 to raise his family. He has worked in digital media his entire career and helped grow popular brands like Eater, Curbed and Inman. After several years of wishing the suburbs had a better resource for discovering the best places and things to do (that are not in the city), he launched Burbs Explored as an attempt to change that.

❤️ Our goal is to help people love where they live, connect with their community, and support the many amazing local businesses across the Chicago suburbs.

We are just getting started so please do share feedback and let us know your favorite local spots, events, and things to do in the burbs.

See you around town.