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Handlebar

DrinkBucktown · Vegan / Vegetarian Bar Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2311 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Handlebar has run on a bicycle theme since it opened — real bike parking front and back, deep roots in Chicago's messenger and cycling community — while building a menu serious enough to win the Chicago Reader's Best Vegan Restaurant in its 2025 Best of Chicago poll (and runner-up for Best Vegetarian, just behind The Chicago Diner).

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A full week of confirmed daily specials (fried avocado tacos, chimichangas, '"Chicken" & Waffles', smashburger sliders, chili quesadilla) — Chicago Reader's Best Vegan Restaurant 2025

The Oyster Mushroom Po' Boy and vegan Chili Mac Attack anchor an all-day menu that leans plant-based without being strictly vegan — the kitchen also serves real fish and uses dairy and eggs in places, worth knowing if that distinction matters.

The real hook for regulars, though, is a genuinely confirmed week of daily specials: fried avocado tacos with a Tecate-and-tequila shot on Sundays, chimichangas Mondays, '"Chicken" & Waffles' Tuesdays, smashburger sliders Wednesdays, and a chili quesadilla Thursdays — a different reason to come back every night of the week.

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Hours

Mon-Fri10am-midnight; Sat-Sun 9am-midnight
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 773-384-9546

Amenities & accessibility

❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified
☀️Outdoor seating available

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