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Bayan Ko Diner

Iconic/NotableRavenswood · Filipino/Cuban Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1820 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

Bayan Ko Diner is chef-owners Lawrence Letrero and Raquel Quadreny's second Ravenswood restaurant, a diner blending Letrero's Filipino cooking with Quadreny's Cuban roots across separate breakfast/lunch and dinner menus.

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The critically acclaimed Cubano sandwich sits right alongside ube pancakes on one menu — a real Filipino-Cuban fusion, not a gimmick — and the halo-halo gets specifically singled out by diners as 'amazing.'

The ube pancakes and halo-halo banana split are the standout items, and portions can be split as halves to sample more of the menu.

A weekday happy hour reportedly runs 5-6pm. A separate, Michelin-listed tasting-menu restaurant also called Bayan Ko sits next door at 1810 W Montrose Ave -- a different concept from this diner, not a duplicate listing.

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TueClosed
Mon,Wed-Sun9AM-3PM, 5-10PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 915-3117 ✉️ Email

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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