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Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! Restaurant Review

2024 N. Halsted St. (Armitage Ave.) Send to Phone
ChicagoIL 60614
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High-energy tapas bar that attracts a young, chatty crowd --- including during happy hour. Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Chicago Outdoor Dining Restaurants |

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Dinner nightly, Brunch Sat.-Sun.

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Among the original tapas bars in Chicago, this Lettuce Entertain You restaurant took the city by storm. During the first few years of its life, the crowds were knee deep and elbow-to-elbow. During peak times --- despite the many tapas alternatives out there --- it’s still true. Whether you come for pintxos at the bar (a chorizo-wrapped date with manchego) or dive into marinated olives, garlic potato salad and paella, order a pitcher of sangría (white or red) to go with. And the patatas bravas? Yeah, they’re good. As a finale, the caramelized banana never fails.

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