Manny’s Coffee Shop & Deli

Chicago’s most quintessential restaurant is not a steakhouse or a laboratory-like kitchen putting out cutting-edge cuisine. It’s a cafeteria. But before you get in line at this 68-year-old institution, huddle up with the kids and decide what you want. You’ll pass by plates of Jell-O and chicken salad, but this line moves too quickly for your fam to make decisions on the spot. Overwhelmed? We’ll make it easy for you: Grab one of the inhumanely oversized corned beef or pastrami sandwiches (there really is bread under all that meat, we promise), a potato pancake on the side and a packet of Tums for dessert.