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Carnivale Restaurant Review

702 W. Fulton St. (Union Ave.) Send to Phone
ChicagoIL 60661
312-850-5005 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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The scene is lively at this festive, colorful Latin spot---but it’s the (local) food that really heats things up. Carnivale Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Chicago Sexy Restaurants |

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Open

Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly

Features

  • Full bar
  • Reservations suggested
  • Live Latin band Wed.
  • Lounge open late Wed.-Sat.
  • Valet parking
  • Casual

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Dining room at Carnivale, Chicago, ILIt's Kleiner-style excess at this explosively bright, beyond-festive hot-spot where the cocktail scene is as caliente as the menu. If intimacy is what you seek, you won’t find it here; instead, good people-watching is the draw, and there’s plenty to go around. The food --- under the hand of David Dworshak --- carries the torch, incorporating local and seasonal produce with memorable results. Look for dishes --- many poised for sharing --- like artisanal meat and cheese platters, and Columbian pork belly arepas, accented with pickled jícama and plantain-black bean and ahi-limo purées. But you’ll likely want to keep the braised short rib with Three Sisters Farm cheese polenta, carrot escabeche and spiced cashews all to yourself.

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