Karen Williams: Get the chicken dinner with their version if red beans and rice. Don't forget your Ting!!!
Andre Webb: Great food and service! Awesome jerk chicken w/ red beans and rice with cabbage.
Serious Eats: Add up the great hospitality, relaxing atmosphere, and the chance to experience one of the world's rarer cuisines, and you got a spot that's a true city treasure.
2. Norman's Bistro
8.6
1001 E 43rd St (at Ellis), Chicago, IL
Restaurant · North Kenwood · 42 tips and reviews
Ron Willis: The Cajun Catfish was on point with the Red Beans and Rice. Great combo!
April Williams: The Cajun Catfish Platter, red beans/ rice, and coleslaw were delicious!!! Lemon Drop Martinis certainly completed the night
Angie Milton: Salmon croquets and braised collard greens were wonderful. I plan to try the gumbo next go around.
4. Joong Boo Market
8.8
3333 N Kimball Ave (at Kennedy Expy), Chicago, IL
Supermarket · Northwest Side · 44 tips and reviews
Chicago Tribune: In a shed in front of the market, a young couple sells dumplings: kimchi and noodles (slightly spicy), pork and chives (hearty, mild) and red bean (sweet, purple, gigantic). Read more.
Adna: Get the red bean steam buns they sell right outside the market. Very large, soft, and filling.
Kirb Torres: Awesome restaurant hidden in the back of this market, but the best part is the fish, veggie, & frozen food selections for affordable prices. If you live on the Nside, you have to visit.
6. Furama
7.9
4936 N Broadway St (at Argyle St), Chicago, IL
Chinese Restaurant · Uptown · 39 tips and reviews
Chris Steele: Go on a Sunday for dim sum in the banquet hall upstairs. Don't miss the shrimp fun rolls, pork shumai with scallions, chinese broccoli or red bean sesame balls. Order the balls fresh from the kitchen.
jenny: order the red bean sesame balls! mmmdelsih.
ISC Chicago: Avocado Melon Delight (Avocado, Honeydew, and Coconut)
April: Be prepared to wait. The space is small but turnover is fast. Catfish, red beans and rice was good. I went with a party of 5 and when ready to pay was told the bill can only be split in half.
Stacy Houston: Had Rev. Chris lemon catfish dinner with red beans and rice and it was sooooo good. Then they sang happy birthday to me and gave me cheesecake! Perfect!
Serious Eats: This is perfectly salted, crunchy, juicy, chicken at its best, and paired with the waffles, you've got a combination of food that's just plain good.
Michele Evans-Brock: For my family, they are best known for their BLACK AND BOURBON CHICKEN, ORANGE CHICKEN, MILD AND SPICY RICE, SMOTHERED CABBAGE AND RED BEAN GRAVY. They also have really good CRAB RANGOONS.
Steven Phillips: The Spicy Rice & Cajun Bourbon Chicken is the way to go
Mz.Punkin: Get Burbon sauce on the rice its fye
11. B.I. Tea
7.7
131 N Clinton St (at Randolph St), Chicago, IL
Bubble Tea Shop · West Loop · 4 tips and reviews
Joe Stainbrook: My favorite is iced taro milk tea with coconut milk and red beans. Yum!
Eric Ning: Delicious matcha boba. Less sweetness is enough :)
P S: Good selection, can customize flavors, milk, tapioca styles. Guys who run it are friendly. Can order in advance through Ritual app
13. The Banana Leaf
7.6
1948 E 79th St, Chicago, IL
Caribbean Restaurant · South Shore · 14 tips and reviews
Nellie Turner: Jerk salad, mac and cheese, greens, red beans and rice, jerk chicken
Fred Brown Photography: The jerk catfish and the shrimp curry are both great but the green beans were amazing! Also the beautiful Iris is very professional, her customer service skills are defiantly worth mentioning.
Antoinette Butler: The best Carribean food on the East side of Chicago Specialties are Jerk Chicken soup, macaroni and cheese, curry shrip, jerk string beans and more! The owner Rick is the best and he caters parties