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Basant

FoodNorth Center · Indian/Modern Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1939 W Byron St, Chicago, IL 60613

Basant takes its name from the Indian festival marking the start of spring, and the menu matches that sense of color and reinvention — Vindaloo Pork Belly Tonkatsu and Chettinad Fried Chicken as starters, Duck Basant and a Mushroom and Jackfruit Haleem among the mains, built by chef Manmohan Singh and his son and owner, Jeet Singh.

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Vindaloo Pork Belly Tonkatsu and a Mushroom and Jackfruit Haleem — modern Indian cooking from a father-son team (Manmohan and Jeet Singh) that treats tradition as a starting point.

It's the kind of modern Indian cooking that treats tradition as a starting point rather than a boundary, and North Center has embraced it since a December 2020 opening.

Sunday brunch runs a tight midday window, and there's a standing happy hour menu too, on top of dinner service Wednesday through Sunday — closed Monday and Tuesday, so plan around that if a craving hits early in the week.

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Basant

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Sunday Brunch
North Center12PM–3PMCommunity

Hours

Wed-Thu5PM-9:30PM
Fri-Sat5PM-10PM
Sun12PM-9PM
Mon-TueClosed
📅 Reservations 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 770-3616

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted
❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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