The Chicago Loop is a frequent stop for tourists and professionals passing through Chicago. This downtown Chicago neighborhood features cultural venues like the Civic Opera House and the Chicago Theatre. The Loop also draws students from around the world to classes at Roosevelt University and DePaul University. Your experience in the Chicago Loop can also be a tour of global cuisine with visits to the neighborhood's various diners, cafes and restaurants.
The Tavern at the Park, located across from Millennium Park, offers lunch and dinner specials from Monday through Saturday. This two-story restaurant features an outdoor patio, a long first-floor bar and a second-floor balcony with large viewing windows. Lunch guests order chicken Milanese, lobster ravioli and prime rib sandwiches. The kitchen also prepares dinner specials such as organic Scottish salmon and sliced leg of lamb. The dessert menu available at lunch and dinner features sweet dishes such as fried banana splits and apple crisps.
Tavern at the Park
130 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601
312-552-0070
tavernatthepark.com
BenjYehuda, located near the LaSalle, Jackson and Quincy/Wells transit stops, offers its lunch dishes Monday through Friday. Guests start their meals by choosing falafel, chicken or steak as the main ingredient in their dishes. The next step in ordering at BenjYehuda is to select a pita, flatbread wrap or a boxed meal with rice. Every dish can be topped with hummus, romaine and carrot salad. This Chicago Loop restaurant allows diners to sample all three meals by ordering a BenjYehuda flight. Diners can also order churros, French fries and other sides to enhance their meals.
BenjYehuda
212 W. Van Buren St.
Chicago, IL 60607
312-408-2365
benjyehuda.com
Caffe Baci operates six locations in Chicago including a restaurant in the heart of the Loop on North Michigan Avenue. This Caffe Baci location offers a relaxed indoor dining room, as well as limited sidewalk seating during the summer. The breakfast menu at this Loop restaurant includes frittatas and Baci bowls filled with eggs, potatoes and salsa. Lunch patrons select from Italian paninis like the Palermo, which is made with eggplant, provolone and arugula. Caffe Baci features a dessert menu with tiramisu, giant cookies and other sweet dishes.
Caffe Baci
20 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60603
312-214-2224
caffebaci.com
Cafecito is a Cuban deli located two blocks west of Millennium Park. This Chicago Loop restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner during the week and lunch and dinner on the weekend. Diners order American iced coffee, hot Cuban coffee and Spanish hot chocolate from a deli-style counter. Breakfast guests can order sandwiches like the huevos complete, which features eggs, steak, ham and cheese. The lunch and dinner menu consists of pressed sandwiches such as the Palomilla made with steak, thin potato skins and grilled onions.
Cafecito
26 E. Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL 60605
312-922-2233
cafecitochicago.com
