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Beatnik

Food + DrinkWest Town · Mediterranean/North African Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1604 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Beatnik built its menu around a genuinely wide map — Eastern Mediterranean, North African, and a few Mexican detours — filtered through chef Marcos Campos's kitchen into dishes like halloumi, fattoush, and a Cornish game hen tagine infused with North African spice.

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It's listed on the Michelin Guide's Chicago page, which is a real credential for a restaurant that still reads as a colorful, bar-forward neighborhood spot rather than a stuffy fine-dining room.

The space doubles as a legitimate cocktail bar in its own right, separate from the dining room, and it's successful enough to have spun off a downtown sibling, Beatnik on the River, on Wacker Drive — but this West Town original on Chicago Avenue is the one with the Michelin nod.

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Beatnik

Food + Drink
West TownCommunity

Hours

Wed-Thu4-10PM
Fri4-11PM
Sat10AM-11PM
Sun10AM-10PM
Mon-TueClosed (per Fine Dining Lovers -- confirm before visiting)
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (312) 929-4945

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❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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