Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
SnagRes tracks 9 hard-to-book Northwest Side restaurants, including Giant, Mi Tocaya Antojería, Longman & Eagle. Availability is rechecked throughout the day on the platforms represented here, and alerts can tell you when a table opens.
Platform split here: 6 on Resy, 3 on OpenTable. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.
1 of these had 10% or less of the booking window open at the last check: Kyoten.
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Covers Avondale and Logan Square.
The restaurants tracked here cover American, Mexican, New American, Italian, Japanese. Cuisine pages span every city we cover, so they are the better starting point when the food matters more than the location.
West Loop (12), River North (10), North Side (10), Lincoln Park (8), Downtown and River North (6), South Side (4), Bucktown (3), West Town (3). Widening the search by a neighbourhood or two is usually the cheapest way to turn a fully booked night into an available one.
Across the 9 Northwest Side restaurants SnagRes tracks in Chicago, an average of 79% of the bookable window is open at any given check. Even the hardest give tables back: Giant had a table open up on 100% of its dates at some point. Hard tables go within minutes when they come back, so an alert matters more than refreshing.
Of the 9, 6 book on Resy, 3 on OpenTable. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule. SnagRes rechecks the platforms represented in this city throughout the day.
Yes. Star any restaurant on this page and SnagRes emails you when a table opens. A free account watches two restaurants; Plus removes the limit, extends the window from 14 to 30 days and shows exact slot times. SnagRes alerts you, it does not book on your behalf.