DOWNTOWN — Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse grossed nearly $25 million last year, tops among all Chicago restaurants, according to a new study.
The venerable Rush Street steakhouse is one of nine Chicago restaurants on Restaurant Business' list of the top 100 independent restaurants in the country.
That's down from 10 in 2015, when the Greek Islands restaurant at 200 S. Halsted St. clocked in at No. 99 in the country with $12.2 million in gross sales.
Gibsons, at 1028 N. Rush St., has led all Chicago restaurants in gross sales since at least 2014, according to the report. Primehouse, the steakhouse in the James Hotel at 616 N. Rush, led all Chicago restaurants that made the high-grossing list, with an average check of $98 last year.
Quartino Ristorante, 626 N. State St., led all Chicago restaurants on the list with nearly 440,000 meals served last year.
Restaurant Business said it calculated its totals using surveys or estimates based on "public information, similar concepts and other factors."
The rankings apply only to non-chain restaurants with no more than five locations.
Here's the list:
•No. 1 (10 nationally): Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, 1028 N. Rush St.
Gross sales: $24.7 million
Average check: $75
Meals served: 363,301
•No. 2 (20): Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, 60 E. Grand Ave.
Gross sales: $21.2 million (estimate)
Average check: $80 (estimate)
Meals served: 265,000
•No. 3 (26): Primehouse, 616 N. Rush
Gross sales: $19.2 million (estimate)
Average check: $98 (estimate)
Meals served: 200,000
No. 4 (38): Chicago Cut Steakhouse, 300 N. LaSalle Drive
Gross sales: $17.2 million (estimate)
Average check: $85 (estimate)
Meals served: 210,000
No. 5 (41): Shaw's Crab House, 21 E. Hubbard St.
Gross sales: $17.1 million (estimate)
Average check: $65 (estimate)
Meals served: 265,000
No. 6 (70): Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse, 33 W. Kinzie St.
Gross sales: $14.8 million (estimate)
Average check: $52 (estimate)
Meals served: 290,000
No. 7 (80): Hugo's Frog Bar & Fish House, 1024 N. Rush
Gross sales: $14.3 million
Average check: $74
Meals served: 182,161
No. 8 (88): Quartino Ristorante, 626 N. State St.
Gross sales: $13.8 million
Average check: $29
Meals served: 438,677
No. 9 (93): Tavern On Rush, 1031 N. Rush
Gross sales: $13.4 million
Average check: $74
Meals served: 350,000
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