Two Chicago ‘newbies’ make the cut on Yelp’s 25 hottest new restaurants list for 2023

The dining room of Indienne in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The eatery, along with Alpana in the Gold Coast, made Yelp’s list of the year’s best new restaurants in the country. (© Neil John Burger Photography)

Many count on Yelp to find the best restaurant for any occasion and craving, so why not rely on Yelpers to sniff out the hottest newcomers on the American dining scene?

Yelp on Wednesday released its first list of the year’s best new restaurants to make it “easy to find the latest hot spots at home or on the road” and “celebrate the rising stars of the culinary world,” the company said.