Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
At our 19 October 2026 reading, the Lincoln Park rooms with the fewest open dates for two were Alinea (40%), Dimmi Dimmi (42%) and Esmé (50%). Chicago's record began in late September 2026, so the order will move.
Both, by date. Alinea books on Tock through October 31, 2026 and on OpenTable from November 1, 2026. It releases a month at a time on the 15th at 11 AM Central.
Esmé books on OpenTable, 60 days ahead. Its most common opening is 7:30 PM.
The most open we track were Gemini (100%), Boka (97%), NADU (87%) and Cafe Yaya (84%).
On our 19 October 2026 reading, the Lincoln Park rooms with the fewest open dates for two were Alinea (40%), Dimmi Dimmi (42%) and Esmé (50%). The figure is the share of dates in each booking window that had a table for two anyone could book.
We track eight Lincoln Park restaurants and have measured eight. The median had a table on 78% of its dates. That makes the neighborhood a mix: a few rooms you plan for, and several you can book this week.
Chicago joined the tracker in late September 2026. These rates rest on a few weeks of checks and will move as the record grows.
Alinea read 40% for two, and 44% of its dates had a ticket open up at some point. It releases a whole month at once on the 15th at 11 AM Central, about two months ahead.
Note the platform. Alinea books on Tock through October 31, 2026, and moves to OpenTable on November 1, 2026. Check which one the month you want is on before release day.
Wednesday was its best night, open on 50% of checks. Its most common opening is 9:00 PM, the early seating. After the release, tickets come back as plans change, and an alert catches them.
Release: the 15th at 11 AM Central, about two months ahead.
Platform: Tock through October 31, 2026, then OpenTable from November 1.
Two: 40% of dates. Opened up at some point: 44%.
Dimmi Dimmi read 42% for two, and 68% of its dates opened up at some point. Its most common opening is 11:00 AM, so dinner is the tight part. Its Resy listing opens the next month on the 1st of the month before, in the morning. Book dinner that day.
Esmé read 50% for two on OpenTable, and it books 60 days ahead. Its most common opening is 7:30 PM, and 51% of what opens falls between 7:00 and 8:30 PM. Sunday was its best night, at 99% of checks.
The most open Lincoln Park rooms we track were Gemini (100%), Boka (97%), NADU (87%) and Cafe Yaya (84%). Galit read 71% and books 60 days ahead, so a far-off date is easy to plan.
If the night is fixed, start with these, and keep an alert on Alinea or Dimmi Dimmi in case a table comes back.
Lincoln Park's rooms book on Resy, OpenTable and Tock. SnagRes checks all of them around the clock and texts or emails you the moment a table opens.
SnagRes never books, holds or resells a table. You book it yourself, at the restaurant's own price.
The hardest Lincoln Park reservations in Chicago, ranked from live data: Alinea, Dimmi Dimmi and Esmé, with release rules and how people get in.
Keep reading: Live Chicago availability · How to get an Alinea reservation · How to get a Dimmi Dimmi reservation · The hardest reservations in Chicago · Last-minute reservations in Chicago · When Chicago restaurants release tables
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