“Two weeks before we opened, somebody gave us one star,” he said. “Turns out it was a waiter at another restaurant knocking us off the five-star spot before we even got going.”

Balmoral has received a whole lot of five-star reviews since opening the doors in July 2018, and last week it was named one of Yelp’s top 100 restaurants in the United States.

Balmoral came in at No. 63, one of only two restaurants in Illinois placing on the 10th annual list. XOchimilco Mexican Restaurant in Chicago ranked 27th.

In fact, only six restaurants from the Chicago area have ever made the list.

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