"Opened in February 1997, Hugo’s has long been a Gold Coast standby for some of the city’s best seafood. (It’s delivered fresh daily.) You can visit the original location or head to its others in Naperville and Des Plaines for the restaurant’s iconic frog legs sauteed in butter, seafood towers loaded to the brim with oysters, shrimp, and crabmeat, and lots of butter-poached lobster. Given that the restaurant’s namesake is holding a martini on the menu, you should probably follow suit. The espresso martini is mixed with the classics — Absolut Vanilla, Kahlúa, and espresso — and gets a little extra aromatic kick thanks to an extra splash of a Spanish liqueur made with 43 different fruits, herbs, and spices." - Ariel Kanter