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Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 1989 – Present
“Best Chicken Vesuvio in the City”
James Ward, ABC 7, Phil Vettel, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Tribune
The Hot List
Pat Bruno, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Sun Times
Best Lunch Spot – Harry Caray’s Chicago
103.5 KISS FM
“It's one of the greatest places to go and chill, have an amazing dinner and watch every sport you want“
Jeremy Piven in Sports Illustrated
“Harry Caray's is my favorite restaurant—it's as much a Chicago institution as the Cubs are.”
Ryne Sandberg, former Cubs All-Star 2nd baseman
“Knowing that nearly every food critic in Chicago has bestowed “best“ honor on the chicken vesuvio at Harr Caray's, we were challenged to find a better version. We didn't”
Time Out Chicago
“The Best of Sports Star Eats”
Food Network, 2001
“…speaking of shtick by celebrity restaurant owners, no one’s ever done better than the late Harry Caray”
Restaurant Hospitality
“When you only have time to visit one restaurant in Chicago, its got to be Harry Caray’s.”
David M. Lissner, Restaurant Critic
Best Suburban Restaurant—
Harry Caray’s Rosemont
2000 Chicago Visitors’ Choice Awards
Top 100 Grossing Independent
Restaurants in America
Restaurants and Institutions, 1989-Present
Tied for Best Steakhouse in Chicago
Pat Bruno, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
“…Harry Caray’s steaks, need little salesmanship.”
Phil Vettel, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Tribune
America's Best Sports Restaurant
Ranked #1 by Poll of America's Sportscasters,
Sportscasters Guide, 1995
“…the pinnacle of local celebrity restaurants”
Chicago Tribune
Picked by Jay Leno and the Tonight Show as having the quintessential Chicago bar.
Site of Tonight Show live broadcast, 1995
#1 Favorite Theme Restaurant
Silver Platter Awards, Voted by Chicagoland Restaurateurs
2000, 2002
“Harry Caray's had me muttering 'Holy Cow!' between bites, meal after meal...That Harry Caray is some kind of cook!”
Pat Bruno, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
Best Restaurant/Bar in the Midwest
Harry Caray’s Restaurant, Chicago, 2001, 2003
Harry Caray’s Restaurant, Rosemont, 2000
Santé Magazine
State Honoree “America's Best Wine Lists Awards”
27th Annual Monterey Wine Festival
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“The Best of the Chicago Originals”
James Ward, Restaurant Critic, ABC 7
“Harry Caray's is popular for its top-notch steaks, pasta and famous chicken, but its spectacular 8-ounce peppercorn Wagyu beef burger is another reason to pay...a visit.“
Where Magazine
America’s 100 Best
Best Munchies – Harry Caray’s Kettle Chips
Reader’s Digest
“Best Italian Steakhouse in Chicago”
Bill Griffith, Power Lunch, CNBC
“outstanding chicken vesuvio and terrific steaks”
Zagat
“Harry Caray’s place downtown on Kinzie at Dearborn is a treasure, a living legacy to the great Harry C.”
Pat Bruno, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
“I give Harry Caray's Five out of Five Knishes!”
Rosie O'Donnell Show
Most Nominated Restaurant - 1999 & 2000
Chicago Visitor’s Choice Awards
“The Harry Caray's Restaurant building is a textbook example of the Dutch Renaissance Revival Style. Its unique appearance and old-world charm prompted Paul Gapp, the late architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, to call it one of his 20 ‘favorite Chicago buildings, spaces, places and things.’”
Commission on Chicago Landmarks, August 4, 1999
“Harry Caray's Shuts Out the Competition.”
Charlyn Bridges, Daily Herald
“Whenever I take people out in Chicago and want to show them what the city is all about, I take them to Harry Caray’s.”
Governor Jim Edgar
“Harry Caray's Restaurant is Much
More Successful Than The Cubs.”
Sports Illustrated
“Harry Caray's has the best steaks in the country.”
Willard Scott, Today Show
“Holy Cow! Harry Caray's Is
As Popular As Namesake.”
Phil Vettel, Restaurant Critic, Chicago Tribune
“Whether it's an actor, an artist, a trader or just someone good-looking you're trying to meet, you've just got to learn where they hang out...Caray's is the No. 1 place in Chicago to spot well-known jocks.”
Robert Cross, Chicago Tribune
“For Frank Fans - The crowded clamor wouldn't suit Sinatra, but the menu sure would: lots of potent pasta, holy-cow steaks, and chicken fit for a Chairman of the Board.”
Darel Jevens, Chicago Sun Times
“Harry Caray’s gets a ‘W’ for
wonderful food, winning service.”
Pat Bruno, Restaurant Critic, Daily Herald |
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