"Himmel’s looks like what would happen if a family turned their dining room into a beer hall. Heirloom furniture aside, the family recipes are really the main appeal of this self-described "European bistro" in Ravenswood. Pork shank gets crisped up in an oven, and champignon rahm schnitzel comes with a heavy cream mushroom sauce on top of chewy spätzle. And if you want to diversify your mostly German meal, you can always get chewy, cheesy Roman-style pizzas from their wood-fired grill. " - nick allen, john ringor, veda kilaru