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Restaurants in Chicago

American /Arab / Argentine / Brazilian / Chinese--Cantonese / Chinese--Szechwan Sichuan / Chinese--Mandarin / Colombian / Greek / Ethiopian / Indian-Pakistani / Iranian / Israeli / Italian / Japanese / Korean / Mexican / Middle Eastern / Polish / South American / Thai / Turkish / Vietnamese/

Where to Eat?
Here I've listed restaurants in Chicago by the type of food that they serve. You'll first need to find the country and then, in the chart, you'll see the name of the restaurant, its address, its phone number, the nearest subway station (or the number of the bus that passes nearby), and, finally, some information on prices or specialties. You can use the Yahoo Yellow Pages to find more information about restaurants, their address and phone numbers.

What to Eat?
This is a section on restaurants. I've also got a section on International Food that will explain what the food is like (spicy or not, vegetarian or filled with meat) and also some possible problems you might have eating some foreign food for the first time.

If you have restaurants you'd like to recommend, please email me at wwolf@wppost.depaul.edu.

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American

Soul Kitchen	1576 N Milwaukee	(773) 342-9742
Ann Sather's			Belmont, Red Line
Wishbone	1001 W Washington	(312) 850-2663
Valoise			Hyde Park

Chinese--Cantonese Information about Cantonese food.
The center of Chicago's Chinese community is Chinatown on Cermak and Wentworth (near State and 21st street). You can easily get there by taking the Red Line to Cermak Station. If you want to read a little about the history, try Chicago-Chinatown web site. Unfortunately, the site is old--from 1997! So you cannot use it for information about current events.

Furama	4936 N Broadway St	(773) 271-1161	Best place on the north side for dim sum	Argyle on the Red Line
New Furama	2828 S Wentworth Ave # 2	(312) 225-6888	New branch of Furama, but on the south side	Cermak/Chinatown on the Red Line
Happy Chef Dim Sum House	2164 S Archer Ave, in the Chinatown Mall	(312) 808-3689	Very popular. Be prepared for a 20-30 minute wait on the weekends.	Cermak/Chinatown on the Red Line
Phoenix				Probably the prettiest of the dim sum restaurants: the tables have clean white table clothes, it’s carpeted and less noisy.
Three Happiness				Good, noisy, and probably the easiest to find. It’s right on the intersection of Cermak and Wentworth. It’s the big pink building one block west of the El station.

Chinese-Szechwan or Sichuan Information about Sichuan food.

Lao Szechuan (Old Sichuan)	In the Chinatown Mall, next to Happy Chef			Cermak/Chinatown on the Red Line
Ed Pot Sticker House	3130 South Halsted	(312) 326-6898	Comisky/35^th on the Red Line	Excellent Chinese food, good prices. There are many specialties here you won’t find other places in Chicago. NOTE: there is no English name outside.
Mandarin Chef	Archer		Cermak, Red Line
Hunnan Chef	Clark and Broadway

Chinese--Mandarin Information about Mandarin food.

Ethiopian Information about Ethiopian food.

Ras Dashen	5844 N Broadway St	(773) 506-9601	Thorndale on the Red Line. Just 5 minutes walk from the station.	Best in the city. Recommended. Claudia and William love this place.
Addis Abeba	3521 N Clark St	(773) 929-9383	Belmont or Addison (Red) or 22 Bus (Clark)	Second best in the city. Eat with your hands. Recommended.
Ethio Cafe	Clark
Mama Desta's	3218 N Clark St	(773) 935-7561

Greek Information about Greek food.
There are two main centers for Greek food in Chicago. One is along south Halsted and Adams (NOT north Halsted which is the center of Chicago's gay community). It is about 2 miles directly west of DePaul's ELA. You can get there by walking (about half an hour) or by taking the Blue Line to UIC Halsted). The other is Lincoln Square (NOT Lincoln Park) which is near Lincoln, Western and Lawrence near Western station on the Brown Line.

Greek Islands	200 S Halsted		Recommended. This is a big restaurant and is a good place to come if you have 10 or more people.
Santorini	138 S Halsted		More expensive
Athena
Papagos	State	Grand, Red Line
Lincoln Town Gyros	2500 N Halsted	Fullerton, Red	Very near the Lincoln Park campus. Good for Greek fast food.

Indian-Pakistani Information about Indian-Pakistani food.

The center of Indian and Pakistani culture in Chicago is along Devon Street near Western Avenue.

Sher Punjab	2510 W Devon			Very good buffet.
Udupi Palace	2453 W Devon			South Indian vegetarian
Sukhadia	2559 W Devon Rockwell and Devon	773 338-5400		Excellent sweets and snacks. Dozens of delicious things to eat in a clean, friendly easy-to-find location. Recommened.
Viceroy	2518 W Devon
Tiffin	2536 W Devon
Hema’s	Oakley, just north of Devon			Small, friendly, excellent. Hema is the owner and cook and will talk with you about just how you want your food prepared. Recommened.
Sizzle				Great Hyderabadi style buffet. Small and friendly.
Woodlawns				Great South Indian food.
Hema's Kitchen Restaurant	6406 N Oakley Ave	(773) 338-1627		Excellent, very friendly owner. Recommened. Just north of Devon.
Patel Brothers Grocery Store	2600 W Devon			The biggest and best grocery store on Devon. Everything South Asian. Fresh fruit and vegetables, spices, pickles, mixture. Recommened.
Moti Mahal	1031 W Belmont	(773) 348-4392	Three blocks west of Belmont Red Line.
Star of India	3204 Sheffield			Buffet in the evening, ~$8. Very tasty BUT, to be honest, I've found 3 cockroaches there. I still eat there sometimes.
Bukhara	2 E Ontario St	(312) 943-0188	2 blocks north of Grand station on the Red Line.	An excellent buffet for about $8. Delicious, spacious, clean, friendly. Recommended.

Iranian

Reza's

5255 N Clark

Berwyn, Red Line. 22 Clark St. Bus

Wonderful food. There’s also a buffet here, 11 AM – 3 PM ($10 M-F, $14 Sa, $20 Su)

Italian Information about Italian food.

Mia Francesca	3311 N Clark	Belmont, Red
Strega Nona	3747 Southport	Addison, Brown
Caffe Carlucci	2901 N Sheffield	Belmont, Red Diversey, Brown
Tucci Benucch	900 N Michigan	Grand, Red

Japanese Information about Japanese food.

Nagano	3471 N Clark		Belmont or Addison, Red	Recommended for noodles, and rice.
Matsuya	3469 N Clark	(773) 248-2677	Belmont or Addison, Red
Shiroi Hana	3242 N Clark St	(773) 477-1652	Belmont, Red	Recommended for sushi
No Hana	Broadway		Belmont, Red	Sushi
Hana Bi	806 W Webster	(773) 935-3474	Fullerton, Red
Sai Cafe	2010 N Sheffield	(773) 472-8080	Fullerton, Red	Very good, more expensive

Korean Information about Korean food.
The best place to find many Korean restaurants is Lawrence between Western and Kimball. You can take the Brown Line to Kimball.

Korean Restaurant	2659 W Lawrence	(773) 878-2095	About 10 minutes from Rockwell station on the Brown Line	This restaurant is open 24 hours a day, has $2 beer, and many Korean dishes. Very good food BUT sometimes the bulgogi is too sweet.
Sam Mee	3370 N Clark	(773) 525-5050		Almost always empty but very good. Sam Mee closed in August 2001. Check to see if it has opened again.
Green Garden				HUGE buffet for about $22 (includes tax and tip). DELICIOUS rice, noodles, sushi, seafood, soup, everything. Recommended.
Bando	2200 W Lawrence		Western or Damen, Brown

Mexican Information about Mexican food.
About 20% of the population of Chicago is Mexican or Mexican-American. Because it is so large, the Mexican community has many different centers in Chicago. The most famous is Pilsen (18th Street Station on the Blue Line). There's also a large neighborhood in Back of the Yards at California and Archer (Orange Line). In the north, there's a large community of second- and third-generation Mexican Americans around Irving Park and California.

If you simply want to find good Mexican food easily, take the Red Line and get off at Fullerton, Belmont, Addison or Sheridan Stations.

If you want to visit a Mexican neighborhood, I'd suggest you take the Blue Line to 18th Street Station (it's in the 54/Cermak direction). Pilsen is almost 100% Mexican and has restaurants of every size. After you eat, take a short walk to the Mexican Fine Arts Center 1852 W 19th St, which is open every day except Monday and is always free. You can call them at (312) 738-1503 for more information on the art, music, photography or other exhibits that they will have. You can also visit the Museum's web site.

Nuevo Leon	1515 W 18th St	(312) 421-1517	18^th Street, Blue Line	This is a fun, popular place in Pilsen, Chicago’s biggest Mexican neighborhood. Just turn left, as soon as you leave the station, and walk about 10 minutes.
El Jardin	3335 N Clark St		Belmont, Red	Big, popular, outdoor garden in summer.
Las Mañanaitas	3523 N. Halsted		Addison, Red	Excellent magaritas made from better tequila than in most other restaurants. Nice outdoor dining in summer.
Mamacita's	3324 N Broadway		Addison, Red	About 5 minute walk from Addison. Good location, but many people think the food is boring and not spicy.
Cesar's	3166 N Clark St		Belmont, Red	Just south of Starbucks on Belmont and Clark.
Caminos de Michoacan	3948 N Sheridan	(773) 296-9709	Sheridan, Red	Great simple food. I'd recommend the burritos and also anything with tongue.
Abril's	Belmont and Logan		Blue Line to Logan Square

Middle Eastern (Arab, Turkish, Iranian, Israeli) Information about Iranian food. Information about Arab food.

Arab
There are two main centers for Arab food in Chicago. The first, and easiest to reach, is at Lawrence and Kedzie. The other, in the far southwest, is near McKinley Park.

Andie's	5253 N Clark St	(773) 784-8616	22 Clark Bus, near Foster	Lebanese and Italian. Excellent.
Sinbad’s	921 W Belmont		Belmont, Red and Brown Lines.	Delicious, cheap, easy to get to. The owners are Syrian and also run Emerald City on Clark north of Diversey.
Emerald City	2852 N. Clark		Diversey (10 minute walk) or Belmont (10 minute walk)	Good food, friendly people, cheap prices. This is just north of the Century Mall, so it’s a convenient place to eat if you’re going to Borders or a movie at Landmark.
Old Jerusalem	1411 N Wells			Palestinian food. Excellent and very inexpensive.Try their gyros / shwarma, it's much better than other places.
Tagine	1629 N Halsted	(312) 573-0155		Moroccan
Casbah			Belmont, Red	Moroccan. Good and cheaper than most other places. Small and slow but worth it. Recommended.
Andalous	3307 N Clark		3 blocks north of Belmont and Clark, Belmont on the Red or Brown Lines.	Couscous is just $9.00. Moroccan. Recommended. In the summer they have a patio in the back.

Iranian
Iranian Information about Iranian food.
The center of the Iranian population in Chicago is Andersonville, which used to be a Swedish farming village. Around Foster and Clark you will find a number of restaurants and grocery stores. Take the 21 Clark Street bus or else take the Red Line to Argyle and walk about 15 minutes. Andersonville is also becoming the second center of Chicago's gay community.

Reza's	5255 N Clark	(773 561-1898)	22 Clark Bus, near Foster	Iranian. Very good.
Reza's (Downtown)	432 W Ontario			Iranian. Excellent.

Israeli

Jerusalem Kosher

3014 W Devon

Complicated. Western, Brown then take the 49 bus north

Jewish food

Turkish

Cousins		22 Clark Bus, near Foster	Turkish. Very good.
A La Turka	Lincoln.		Turkish.
Demir Cafe	2964 N Lincoln	Diversey or Wellington on the Brown Line	This restaurant is at the intersection of Southport, Lincoln and Wellington. The food is excellent and the patio in the back makes a great place to eat when the weather is warm. However, the inside of the restaurant is very simple.

Polish Information about Polish food.

Red Apple

3123 N Milwaukee

South American

South American--Argentine

Tango Sur

3763 N Southport

(773) 477-5466

Southport, Brown Line