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421 restaurants in Chicago that pay inKind

inKind pays inKind Cash at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: West Town (24), The Loop (23), and Lakeview (19).

421 restaurants

  • The KTM Kitchen

    up to20%

    Nepalese · $$ · Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • The L Station

    up to20%

    Southern · $$$ · Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • The L Station Chophouse

    up to20%

    American · $$$$ · Oldtown

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xEat Around Town6x+6 more

  • The Neighborhood Gem

    up to20%

    Southern · $$$ · Auburn Gresham

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • The Staley

    up to20%

    Bar food · South Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • Tree House Chicago

    up to20%

    Italian · River North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • True Food Kitchen - Oakbrook

    up to20%

    Healthy · $$ · Oakbrook

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more

  • Truth Chicago

    up to20%

    Italian · $$$ · Douglas

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Tso Good

    up to20%

    Korean · Lakeview

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • Tsukiji Sushi Sake Bar

    up to20%

    Japanese · $$$$ · West Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

  • Tuco and Blondie

    up to20%

    Tex-Mex · $$ · Lakeview

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • Twins Gyros

    up to20%

    Greek · Harwood Heights

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • Untitled Supper Club

    up to20%

    Comfort-food · River North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • VAJRA | Indian

    up to20%

    Wicker Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
Restaurants
421
Neighborhoods
122
Cuisines
102
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
39

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Chicago

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. inKind (421 restaurants) and SkyMiles Dining (100) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 421 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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14 dining programs that pay in Chicago

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

102 cuisines in Chicago

216 neighborhoods in Chicago

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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