Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Vegetarian
Top 100 Restaurant, Chicago
"This successful spin-off from the much-lauded Shawn McClain (Spring) has become one of the town's toughest reservations to get–and with good reason. The inventive, almost entirely vegetarian small-plate menu (a few chicken and fish dishes are thrown into the mix) is among the city's most sophisticated."
– Chicago Tribune
"The sleek boutique-industrial look, a gently priced small-plates menu, and a cool crowd having fun eating virtuously make Green Zebra (named after a tomato variety) the hottest ticket in town."
– Travel & Leisure magazine
"To date, there have been barely a handful of vegetarian restaurants in the United States that would tempt the average nonvegetarian. ... People who wanted to eat extraordinary vegetarian food knew that often their best bet was to visit an establishment run by a great chef and ask for a special menu. ... But a new restaurant, Green Zebra, offers what amounts to four-star vegetarian food almost exclusively."
– The New York Times
"It's been three years since chef Shawn McClain transformed a dilapidated East Village storefront known to me and my neighbors as the 'pigeon palace' into a sleek haven for vegetarian dining, and I'm still impressed with the number he did on the space, all cool earth tones, warm low lights, and bursts of greenery."
– Martha Bayne, Chicago Reader
"The excellence of the food is outdone only by the stunning presentations ... Very exciting."
– Chicago Sun-Times
How others rate Green Zebra
Chicago Tribune
*** (Excellent)
James Beard Foundation
Best Chef: Midwest, 2006
Zagat 2008
25 Food Rating (Very Good to Excellent)