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    A tasting menu format in a cozy Ravenswood dining room where Cuban and Filipino cooking share the same plate, cooked by a husband-and-wife team working through both heritages on their own terms. Wagyu stands in for vaca frita, and arroz caldo gets lobster poached in calamansi butter. None of it reads as fusion tourism; it reads as two people cooking what they actually know. Their diner next door handles the casual lumpia crowd.

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    • Vaca frita

      “Vaca frita translates here to grilled wagyu beef with black bean and plantain purees.”

      Michelin Guide
    • Pork belly

      “Smeared in mojo and sporting a fine crust, pork belly is a recent highlight.”

      Michelin Guide

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    Address
    1810 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago, IL · Chicago
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    • Monday Not listed
    • Tuesday Not listed
    • Wednesday Today 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Friday 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Saturday 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Sunday Not listed

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    (773) 698-6373
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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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