"Year Opened: 1898 What To Get: Wiener schnitzel (or any schnitzel, really), sausage trio (comes with bratwurst, knockwurst, and smoked Thüringer, plus sauerkraut and potato salad), or their reuben The Old-School Factor: Aside from its two-story-tall neon sign, this German spot in the Loop has checkerboard floors and enough colorful stained glass to convince you that Prohibition just ended—they were the first place in Chicago to get a post-Prohibition liquor license. " - john ringor, veda kilaru, nick allen