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Red Apple Buffet

Super GemNorwood Park · Polish (Buffet) Community-sourced, unverified
📍 6474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60631

Red Apple Buffet is proof that an all-you-can-eat Polish spread can build the kind of loyalty most restaurants never get close to — when the pandemic forced a 16-month closure, Block Club Chicago reported fans making 'desperate pleas' for it to come back, and it did, reopening in August 2021.

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A flat-price Polish all-you-can-eat buffet (pierogi, golabki, roast duck, pork knuckles) that fans fought to bring back after a pandemic closure

The format is classic cafeteria-buffet: one flat per-person price gets you soups, pierogi, golabki, Polish schnitzel, pork knuckles, roast duck, and beer-soaked ham, with desserts to finish.

It only runs Friday through Sunday, which if anything seems to have only sharpened the loyalty — a weekend-only ritual rather than an everyday option.

Specials at Red Apple Buffet

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Red Apple Buffet

Super Gem
All-You-Can-Eat Polish Buffet
Norwood ParkCommunity

Hours

Fri-Sunonly (per The Infatuation
not independently re-confirmed as current)
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 773-763-3407

Amenities & accessibility

❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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