Snuggled into a townhouse downtown in the River North area of Chicago is a steakhouse that has just landed the Robb Report's “ Best Steakhouse in the United States ” title. That steakhouse is Asador Bastian . It’s a Basque-inspired Chophouse that also landed 13 th best steak restaurant in the world.

Asador Bastian - 214 West Erie Street, Chicago

Basque-inspired is a Spanish style of preparing food, especially grilled meat. Basque style steaks are extra-thick from grass-fed beef and grilled in-bone over an open flame. Asador Bastian’s menu also includes Basque style Pintxos , which can be enjoyed as an appetizer finger food eaten with toothpicks.

Asador Bastian opened in 2023 in the stately “Flair House” corner home that was built in 1883 in Chicago. It’s not the only Illinois st

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