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Kapitan

Food + DrinkLincoln Park · Peranakan/Malaysian/Singaporean Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2142 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Kapitan shares its Clybourn Avenue space with Serai, Chicago's longtime answer to Malaysian food, and runs as its self-described sister concept — a dive into Peranakan cooking, the Chinese-Malay fusion cuisine of the Straits Settlements that's rarely represented on its own anywhere in the Midwest.

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Reviewers single it out as some of the most authentic Singaporean and Malay food in the city, with laksa (a spiced coconut noodle soup) and Hainanese chicken rice — a dish one Chicago chef built an entire following around after living in Singapore for three years — as the dishes to know.

The relationship between Kapitan and Serai at this shared address is genuinely unclear from public listings, with conflicting signals about whether one has formally replaced the other, so it's worth confirming directly which concept is running on a given night before making a reservation.

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Kapitan

Food + Drink
Lincoln ParkCommunity

Hours

Tue-Fri2-10PM
Sat11AM-10PM
Sun11AM-9PM
MonClosed per one listing (confirm before visiting)
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 661-2281

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❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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