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Lula Cafe

Normally a popular brunch spot, Lula Cafe serves as a solid place for a date night out in Logan Square. The dinner menu offerings at this cool restaurant are seasonally driven, farm-to-table dishes with adventurous options for vegetarians and meat and fish from sustainable sources.

Integrity is a core value of Lula Cafe and they make note of that on their website; "A founding member of the nationally recognized Logan Square culinary community and a celebrated forerunner of the ‘farm to table’ movement in Chicago."

Their integrity aligns with the care for their customers. Lula Cafe is known to be a friendly/welcoming place and that is why any neighborhood would be fortunate to have a restaurant like Lula Cafe as part of the community. Logan Square residents; you are very lucky!

Food:

  • Lula House Salad: Werp Farms lettuces, radish, white sesame, caper vinaigrette

  • Baked French Feta: marinated olives, cucumber, jalapeño basil oil, grilled bread

  • Spaghetti: pancetta, queso fresco, sweet and spicy chile ‘salsa rosa’ | this dish supports Kitchen Possible @kitchenpossiblechi

  • Pasta Yia Yia: bucatini, feta, garlic, brown butter, cinnamon

  • Chickpea and Fennel Tagine: green harissa, golden raisin, preserved lemon, arugula, grilled bread

  • Braised Lamb Shoulder: spelt gnocchetti, fennel and red onion agrodolce, plum, basil

  • Torchietti: hazelnut pesto, squash and miso butter, gouda

Dessert:

  • Pineapple Granita and Yogurt Float: hibiscus whey soda, compressed pineapple, campari soaked tapioca

  • Pine Nut Flan: bartlett pear, sesame, miso

Drinks:

Wine

  • Chardonnay/Sauv Blanc/Orbois: Philippe Tessier ‘Cheverny Blanc’ 2020 Loire Valley, France

  • Carignan/Alicante: Ampeleia :Rosato di Ampeleia 2020 Tuscany, Italy

Red

  • Cannonau: Vigne Rada Alghero "Riviera" 2020 Sardinia, Italy

  • Touriga Franca: Quinta do Infantado "Douro Tinto" 2016 Douro, Portugal

Cocktails

  • Phoenix Down: blanco tequila, aperol, honey, elderflower, lemon

  • West Brighton Beach Tea: rye, aged rum, carciofo, Earl grey, lemon

Spirit-Free

  • Sunny Sipper For a Shady Day: almond, Earl grey, lemon, soda, aromatics

  • Hotel Jacuzzi: grapefruit, prickyly pear, bubbles, aromatics

2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647

Lula Cafe