Rioja THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Rioja

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Rioja

5101 N. Clark St. (Foster Ave.)
Chicago, IL 60640
773-275-9191
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Cuisine: Spanish / Tapas
Andersonville tapas that serves a mean paella and sangría.
Openings: Dinner nightly

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THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Rioja Restaurant Review:


Not much has changed decoratively at Jack Jones' former Atlantique locale, save a paint job and Spanish-inspired art. The menu, though, is all about little Spanish-style bites. In place of seafood, Jones (also of Jack's) plates up red potato salad as well as zippy, flash-fried garlic-lemon shrimp wrapped in serrano ham with melon-fig relish. More substantial entrées range from chorizo and shrimp penne with peppers, spinach, tomatoes and smoky mozzarella to chicken- and ham-laced paella with lovely saffron rice. For dessert, there's a sweeter-than-sweet caramel baby banana sundae.