Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Cuban
Top 100 Restaurant, Chicago
"Café 28 is a family-owned restaurant established in 1995. We are located near the Brown Line train station on Irving Park Road. Our aim is to provide service in traditional Cuban and Mexican style with an eclectic Latin twist. Come join us for [weekend brunch], lunch, or dinner, and indulge yourself with one of our famous mojitos cocktails at one of our bars along with our green tamales appetizer."
– Café 28 website
"Cuban food goes upscale at this contemporary and undeniably pleasant spot."
– Time Out Chicago magazine
"'You're not going to find a basket of [tortilla] chips on your table,' says Berta Navarro, owner of Café 28, which specializes in Mexican and Cuban cooking that is 'a little upscale.' Instead you'll find grilled shrimp quesadillas, chipotle grilled chicken and green tamales in this intimate café."
– Chicago Tribune
"Looking for a hangout where the trendsetters have yet to set and parking is easy? Head straight for Café 28. ... In this part old-world coffee house, part tropical dream, somehow even the ceiling fans seem to keep time with bouncy samba and salsa tapes."
– Chicago magazine
Full bar. Serving lunch Tue–Fri, dinner nightly. Sat brunch 10 am-2 pm, Sun brunch 9 am-2 pm.
How Others Rate Café 28
Zagat 2009
24 Food Rating (Very Good to Excellent)