Restaurants in Niles

Since opening in 1984, Buffalo Wings and Rings' hot wings have delighted diners in the form of meaty traditional wings, boneless hand-breaded wings, or lengthened tenders. Wings in 10 different flavors and six levels of heat populate the menu alongside burgers, desserts, and salads.

Modeled after hotel-lobby bars of yore, Motel Bar cops the décor of yesteryear and combines it with a menu of American eats, creative cocktails, and signature motel martinis. Servers ferry trays of burgers, flatbread pizzas, and pub-fare appetizers through a glitzy lounge with exposed-brick walls, vinyl seating, and hanging cylindrical lighting. The eatery's outdoor terrace allows claustrophobes to sip cocktails in peace and lets staring-contest champions challenge the sun.

Blue Frog's Local 22 appeals to the locavore quadrant of taste buds by partnering with local, self-sustained farmers and butchers and serving a lengthy list of Midwestern bottled and draft brews. The bar adds a Chicago spin to its signature burgers with options such as the Pilsen Pride and the Loop, all founded upon hormone-free Angus beef. Inside the bar, ample seating and flat-screen TVs abound for toasting hometown teams, and quotes from Chicagoans such as Al Capone and Bill Veeck line the walls. During Chicago's warmer months, a sidewalk patio opens, allowing diners to watch the people and cyborgs disguised as people walking by on Hubbard Street.

Pinkys pays homage to its Windy City location with a vintage tough-guy logo and a menu of Chicago-style polishes and gyros. Daily specials include classics such as catfish strips, a Maxwell Street-style polish, and barbecue-rib tips. Containers of croutons and thousand-island, blue-cheese, or creamy-ranch dressing sit on the side of meaty salads, ensuring that dishes get the partner of their choice, unlike most cops who live on the edge. Diners can round out their meals with a side of sauce or wash down each bite with a milk shake.

With a unique policy that asks patrons to pay after they’ve finished eating, as well as house-made soups priced according to the temperature outside, Eppy’s Deli makes it clear that it does things a bit differently. The New York–style sandwich makers fill marble rye and onion rolls with classic sliced corned beef, pastrami, and various menu offerings dressed in a wide array of mustard varieties. Breakfast time layers plates with omelets, bagels, and fresh lox. With hearty sides such as mashies and gravy and mac 'n' cheese, diners can get a taste of good homestyle cooking without the pulpy aftertaste that follows chewing on old family photo albums.

Because of Hebron Kabobs, large swaths of Chicago residents can order meats flavored with Mediterranean spices straight to their doors: the restaurant's delivery area covers neighborhoods ranging from Humboldt Park and Bridgeport to River North and the Loop. Chefs prep meals for their journeys inside the restaurant's kitchen, where flames lick chicken tandoori as it sizzles on a spit, and slices of lamb shawarma snuggle with grilled onion inside a pita sandwich. Vegetarian options include a plate of crunchy, tender falafel and grape leaves stuffed with messages from grapes still trapped on the vine.