The burger — finished with onion jam — is the headline order, earning a regular spot on round-ups of the Loop's best burgers alongside Bistro Monadnock, Venteux, and Francois Frankie, which is real competition in a neighborhood that doesn't lack for burger options. But the real signature is the tableside relish cart: a dozen inventive, rotating bites wheeled right up to the table, the kind of theatrical touch that turns an appetizer course into its own small event.
A former Chicago Tribune dining critic named the Relish Cart specifically among his ten favorite bites from an entire year spent eating through the Loop — a genuinely unusual thing to single out ahead of a full entree, and a sign that Boka built something worth the attention here beyond just another hotel restaurant.
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