Many of restaurants in Andersonville are located along Clark Street. While Andersonville has a Swedish heritage, you can find a wide variety of global cuisine in this small neighborhood.
Andersonville is a neighborhood with lots of outdoor dining – it seems like most restaurants have large patios. Many restaurants even have year-round heated outdoor patio spaces.
Last updated: March 2022
Restaurants in Andersonville:
We have indicated which restaurants in Andersonville serve breakfast/brunch and/or lunch in addition to dinner.
m.henry
American, Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Bakery, Vegetarian/Vegan
A bakery and byob cafe that serves breakfast and lunch daily (they are not open for dinner). The menu balances sweet and savory and offers dishes like rustic peasant quiche, a Latina omeletta, a fried egg sandwich, Japanese style soufflé hot cakes, lemon-raspberry French toast, and crepes. Starting at 11 am, sandwiches, bowls, and salads are available. Separate vegetarian/vegan and gluten-free menus are available.
Little Bad Wolf
American, Gastropub, Lunch
A pub that serves over a hundred different beers and that is known for its burger. The menu also includes “substantial” salads, tacos, and bao.
Lady Gregory’s Irish Bar & Restaurant
Gastropub, Irish, American, Lunch
An elegant gastropub serving farm-to-table Irish food like fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, chicken pot pie, and curried veggie pot pie. American standards like burgers, mac and cheese, and fried chicken are also served. A “gluten-friendly” menus is available.
Fireside Restaurant & Lounge
American, Lunch, Kid friendly
This casual American restaurant opened in 1904! The menu has a mix of pub fare and American classics like wings, burgers, sandwiches, smoked ribs, and pizza. The large heated all weather patio is a beautiful place for a meal.
Oda Mediterranean
Mediterranean
Oda celebrates Mediterranean cuisine from Turkey, Georgia, and Greece. You can find hummus, babaganoush, falafel, khachapuri, moussaka, and kebabs on the menu.
Lost Larson
Bakery, Cafe
A modern bakery, coffee shop, and cafe serving elegant European style pastries. Lost Larson is known for its quiche, kouign-amann, and cinnamon roll. A second location is located in Wicker Park but only the Andersonville location serves cafe fare like smørrebrød and a ploughman’s plate.
Svea
Swedish, Scandinavian, Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch
This brunch spot is known for serving Swedish pancakes and a Viking Breakfast (Swedish pancakes, two eggs, fried potatoes, Swedish sausage, and toast). The menu also has egg dishes, omelets, and smorgasar (open face sandwiches). Svea does not serve dinner.
Half Acre
Brewery, Gastropub
Technically, Half Acre is in the small neighborhood of Bowmanville which borders Andersonville and Ravenswood. The space on Balmoral Ave is home to a taproom and beer garden that serves casual pub grub like cheese curds, nachos, bratwurst, and burgers. Brunch is available on weekends.
Land & Lake
American
Land & Lake serves American comfort food like wings, ribs, mac and cheese, chili, tomato soup, burgers, fried chicken, and grilled cheese. Larger plates include steak frites and fettuccine Alfredo. A covered private garden area features murals by Jason Brammer depicting historic neighborhood buildings.
Anteprima
Italian
A rustic Italian restaurant with a covered patio that serves pasta like four cheese ravioli, rigatoni with sausage and caramelized onions, pappardelle with mushroom ragu, and orecchiette with spicy lamb sausage plus meat entrees including steak, wood grilled lamb, and pork shoulder.
Little Madrid Tapas Cafe
Spanish
Little Madrid serves traditional Spanish tapas, pintxos, and paella. The menu has classics like melon with Serrano ham, fried calamari, a Spanish omelet, baked goat cheese with tomato sauce, pan con tomate, croquets with Jason iberico, and grilled octopus.
Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar
American, Global
The menu at this wine bar is divided into three sections representing earth, sea, and farm. Earth includes salads and vegetable dishes, sea has entrees like mussels in a white wine tomato ragout, octopus with fingerling potatoes, chorizo, and olive tapenade, and scallops with saffron risotto and poached pear. Farm focuses on meat mains like braised pork, pan roasted chicken thighs, and short rib Wellington.
Fiya
Middle Eastern, Vegetarian
Fiya serves Israeli soul food influenced by Arab, Palestinian, Kurdish, and African cuisine. The dinner menu has hummus served with handmade pita, shakshuka, Georgian bread boats, Moroccan style trout, lamb kofta, and Iranian Mahi Ba Somagh. A large patio offers al fresco dining.
Big Jones
American, Southern, Lunch
One of the most well known restaurants in Andersonville, Big Jones serves traditional Southern cuisine for lunch and dinner. You can find all your soul food favorites on the menu: fried green tomatoes, pimento cheese, buttermilk biscuits, gumbo, red beans & rice, alligator tail and andouille sauce, fried shrimp po’ boys, shrimp and grits, and fried catfish.
Jin Ju
Korean, Asian, Vegetarian
Jin Ju serves traditional Korean cuisine in a modern space. The menu includes chap chae, bulgogi, and a variety of bibimbap. Many of the dishes can be prepared to be vegetarian.
Taste of Lebanon
Lebanese, Middle Eastern, Lunch
A counter-service restaurants serving lunch and dinner with a menu featuring appetizers, soups, salads, and wraps. The wrap options include lamb kabob, chicken shawarma, beef shawarma, and falafel.
Hopleaf
Gastropub, American/Belgian, Lunch
A gastropub serving over 65 beers that is open for lunch and dinner 365 days a year. The menu is Belgian inspired and includes mussels cooked in beer, sausage, loaded pommes frites, and a pork chop served with spaetzle. Like most restaurants in Andersonville, Hopleaf has a patio.
Kopi Cafe
Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Vegetarian/Vegan
“A travelers cafe”, Kopi Cafe is a casual bohemian cafe serving a large breakfast menu all day plus sandwiches. The focus is vegetarian, vegan, and seafood cuisine. Kopi Cafe is open from 10 am until 7 pm daily, with the exception of Monday nights when a live music series goes from 8 pm until 10 pm.
Gadabout
American, Vegetarian/Vegan
Gadabout’s menu is full of vegetarian, and gluten-free items like braised tofu, carrot hummus, and a grilled mushroom salad. Meat dishes include lamb leg spaetzle and grilled pork jowl. Brunch is served on weekends.
Vincent
American
An American bistro serving craft cocktails and rustic cuisine like roast chicken, mussels, and steak frites. There is live music on most weekends.
Bar Roma
Italian
Bar Roma serves hearty Italian food like meatballs, housemade pasta, and traditional meat dishes like chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, and veal saltimbocca.
Tanoshii Mike’s Sushi
Japanese, Sushi, Asian
A sushi restaurant offering an omakase menu and an a la carte menu of sushi, maki, udon, and cooked meat entrees.
Pauline’s
American, Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch
A kitschy diner serving comfort food breakfasts like pancakes, omelets, corned beef hash, biscuits and gravy, and banana bread French toast plus sandwiches and burgers. Pauline’s is open from 7 am until 3 pm daily.
First Slice Pie Cafe
Bakery, Cafe, American
Pie isn’t the only thing on the menu at this American cafe. First Slice Pie Cafe is from from 10 am until 8 pm daily (except for Sundays when they close at 6 pm) and serves a menu featuring soups, salads, quiches, sandwiches, 1970s style salads, and homestyle entrees plus cream pies, fruit pies, and cheesecakes.
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