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Cocoa Chili Restaurant & Catering

AdmissionEast Garfield Park · African / Caribbean / Creole / Soul Food Community-sourced, unverified
📍 3101 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60612

Cocoa Chili Restaurant & Catering is a carryout-and-delivery-only Afro-Caribbean-soul kitchen run out of The Hatchery, a West Side food-business incubator, by founder Niquenya Collins — who pivoted from a career as a business development coach into building her own signature spice blend and jerk sauce.

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The menu runs smoky jerk chicken, Senegalese poulet yassa, and the namesake cocoa chili, with fried plantain on the side. The real standout isn't a discount but a genuine give-back: pay an extra $5 on an order and a full meal gets donated to the neighborhood's community Love Fridge for people in need.

It's 100% Black-owned and woman-owned, and carefully packaged for delivery across roughly a 5-mile radius from the Hatchery.

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Mon-Fri4PM-8PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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