GET A TASTE OF SOULFUL ILLINOIS

From home-style to fine dining, Illinois serves up a generous portion of culinary delights. Everybody knows Chicago is famous for deep-dish pizza, prime-aged steak and the best hot dogs in the nation, but Chicago cuisine also has a soulful side, with many excellent venues that celebrate history and culture through the art of soulful cuisine.

A growing crop of African-American chefs are leading the operations at many well-regarded restaurants. From Italian to Caribbean to American fare, they represent an accomplished corps of professionals with satisfied customers of all ethnicities.

Soulful Dining in Chicago | Soulful Dining in Illinois | Soulful Quick Tastes in Chicago | Soulful Quick Tastes in Illinois

In Chicago

5 Loaves Eatery: 773.873.6666

African Harambee: 773.764.2200

Alice's Restaurant: 773.921.1100

• Army and Lou's

• Bee's Knees

• Blu 47

• BJ’s Market and Bakery

• Boo's Soul Food Cafe: 773.298.9997
• Cafe Aorta

• Cafe 103

• Cafe Trinidad

• Calypso Cafe

• Captain's Hard Times Dining: 773.487.2900
• Carnivale

• C'est Si Bon!

• Chicago's House of Chicken & Waffles: 773.536.3300
• Chuck's Southern Comfort Cafe

• CJ's Eatery

• Cuatro

• Daley's Restaurant

• Demera

• Dixie Kitchen

• Edna's: 773.638.7079

• Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant & Lounge

• Exposure

• Hashbrowns

• Helen’s Restaurant: 773.933.9871

• Izola’s Restaurant: 773.846.1484

• Ja' Grill

• Jamaica Jerk

• Koda

• La Petite Folie

• Lagniappe

• MacArthur's

• Marina Harbor Cafe: 773.955.9595

  Maxine’s Caribbean Spice: 773.933.0540

• Mellow Yellow: 773.667.2000

• Miss Lee Good Food: 773.752.5253

• Negro League Cafe

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• Orly's: 773.643.5500
• Park 52: 773.241.5200

• The Parrot Cage

• Peacock Cafe & Restaurant: 773.262.2005

• Pearl’s Place: 773.285.1700

• Qaato

• Ras Dashen

• Rome's Joy

• Room 21

• Sepia

• Sikia

• Soul Queen

• Soul Vegetarian East: 773.224.0104

• Sweet Maple Cafe: 312.243.8908

• Sweet Potatoes Cafe: 773.536.5555

• Table Fifty-Two
• Tropic Island Jerk Chicken: 773.224.7766

• Valois: 773.667.0647

• Vee Vee’s: 773.465.2424

• Violet Hour: 773.252.1500
• Wishbone

• Yassa

In Illinois

Blackbottom's BBQ & Family Restaurant: 618.285.5700

E'Town River Restaurant: 618.287.2333

Flavor (Flossmoor, Ill.)

Iceburg Restaurant (Country Club Hills, Ill.): 708.206.0800 or 708.206.3000

Indigo (Springfield, Ill.)

Gumbo Ya Ya's (Springfield, Ill.): 217.789.1530

• Maple Tree Inn (Blue Island, Ill.)

• Masala Yangu (Naperville, Ill.)

• Merle's BBQ (Evanston, Ill.)

• Priscilla’s Ultimate Soul Food (Hillside, Ill.)

• The Rhythm Kitchen Cafe (Peoria, Ill.)

• Robbie's Restaurant (Springfield, Ill.)
• Sebastian's Hideout (Springfield, Ill.)

• Soul Da Soul Bar B Que Ribs (Kankakee, Ill.): 815.932.3663

• Theodore's Restaurant (Evergreen Park, Ill.): 708.425.2020

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Soulful Quick Tastes

In Chicago

A Piece of Cake Inc.

Bobak's

• Bronzeville Coffee House

• Calvin's BBQ

• Caribbean Bakery

• Comfort Cake

• DiCola’s Seafood: 773.238.7071

• Exchange Cafe: 773.336.8592
• Feed: 773.489.4600
• Fish Keg

• Garrett Popcorn (multiple locations)

• Harold's Chicken Shack: 312.362.0442

• Honey 1 BBQ

• Jamaican Jerk Chicken: 773.434.2408

• Lawrence’s Fisheries

• Lem's Bar-B-Q House: 773.994.2428

• Leon’s Bar B Que The Original (multiple locations): 773.731.1454

• Marble Slab Creamery
• Munchies

• New Life Vegetarian Restaurant, Juice Bar and Health Food Store: 773.762.1090

• Original Rainbow Cone: 773.238.7075

• Quench (no pork/vegetarian-friendly): 773.874.3278

• Rajun Cajun: 773.955.1145

• Robinson’s No. 1 Ribs

• Taste Bud: 773.722.8277

• Wallace's Catfish

• Winds Cafe

In Illinois

Hecky's (Evanston, Ill.)

Illinois Machine Shed (Rockford, Ill.)

Joe Roger's Original Recipe Chili Parlor (Springfield, Ill.)

• Shemwell's BBQ (Cairo, Ill.)

• The Olympic Tavern (Rockford, Ill.)

Check out what else we have to offer on our web site and start planning your 3-Day Getaway now! You can also find lots to do on EnjoyIllinois.com or by calling 1-800-2CONNECT.