Sometimes the greatest culinary treasures aren’t hiding in glossy downtown establishments with valet parking and reservations booked months in advance, but in modest storefronts that have quietly perfected their craft over decades while locals desperately try to keep them secret.
The Fish Keg in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood is exactly this kind of place – an unassuming fish market and takeout joint that serves what might just be the best fried seafood in the entire state of Illinois.
Nestled into a stone-faced building on Howard Street, The Fish Keg doesn’t waste time with fancy facades or Instagram-worthy decor.
What it lacks in trendiness, it more than makes up for with the intoxicating aroma of perfectly fried seafood that hits you the moment you approach the entrance…