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Taste of Lebanon

Super GemAndersonville · Lebanese Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1509 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

Taste of Lebanon doesn't need ambiance to earn a double win in the Chicago Reader's 2025 Best of Chicago poll — it's a tiny, no-frills, cash-friendly carryout counter on the Andersonville/Uptown border that took Best Falafel outright and placed as runner-up for Best Middle Eastern Restaurant.

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Falafel formed to order and fried fresh — Chicago Reader's Best Falafel 2025, runner-up Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

The falafel is formed to order and dropped straight into the fryer, which is the kind of detail that explains the win.

A peppery lentil soup, creamy baba ghanoush and hummus, a ground-lamb kebab wrap folded into thin pita with parsley and tahini, and baklava for dessert round out a menu that's clearly more concerned with getting the basics exactly right than with reinventing anything.

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Lunch and dinner
closed Sundays
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 773-334-1600

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❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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