Top 10 Chicago Restaurants in 2012

To those of you who celebrate, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! I thought for the last week of 2012, it would be fun to recap a variety of my foodie favorites from this past year. This was a bit hard to narrow down since I honestly haven't had one horrible meal since moving here, but I only allowed myself to pick 10 restaurants from this year's blog reviews. 

My top 10 of 2012 Chicago restaurant picks (in no particular order). 

1. Anniversary dinner at Aquitaine (Lincoln Park). 

2. Brunch at Taverna 750 (Lakeview).

3. Cantina 46 (River North) for brunch & dinner.

4. One of my favorite spots/go-to's - Quartino (River North).

5. Brunch at G.E.B (West Loop).

6. One of my most frequented spots of the year (due to events) - Carnivale (near The Loop).

7. Bar Toma (Gold Coast).

8. Brunch at Green Zebra (Noble Square).

9. Piccolo Sogno (River West).

10. Brunch at Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba (Lincoln Park).

Of course I'm sure there are other wonderful restaurants that belong on this list that I have visited this year. But, as I said, if they didn't make the blog, they weren't allowed to make the list. 

For those of you Chicago regulars, what are some of your 2012 favorites?