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Gretel

Iconic/NotableLogan Square · American Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2833 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Gretel built its entire identity around one burger: the Gretel Griddle Burger, a double-cheese melt finished with house garlic aioli that regularly lands on best-burger-in-Chicago lists, cooked in full view of anyone sitting at the chef's counter that looks straight onto the griddle.

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The team behind Andersonville's well-regarded Little Bad Wolf opened this one in Logan Square in September 2020, going moody and black-walled instead of trying to out-charm its sister spot, and leaning hard into being a late-night kitchen -- open long after most Logan Square restaurants have already flipped their signs. Beyond the burger, the menu stretches into oysters Rockefeller, ramen, and fried chicken, an unusually wide range for a place best known for one sandwich.

It runs until midnight most nights and 1am on weekends.

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Hours

Mon-Thu,Sun11AM-12AM
Fri-Sat11AM-1AM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 770-3427

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❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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