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Fox & Obel Cafe

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3.7 rating over 4 reviews

401 E Illinois St
Chicago, IL
(312) 410-7301 View the Menu
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Description: Fox & Obel Cafe is a Breakfast, Salads, and Sandwiches restaurant where most Menuism users came for fun with friends and paid less than $10.  Tags: , , and
   
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February 24, 2007

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upscale cafe

My follow-up review for this restaurant. Read my previous review for this restaurant here

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Roast Beef & Blue Brie

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i love roast beef sandwiches, and this sandwich was especially tasty w/the blue brie. my only complaint is the bread roll, which was tough-crispy on the outside, making it slightly painful to eat. overall, though, i’d eat this sandwich again.

Cobb

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i like my salads dark green, and this salad was more light/white.

White Chocolate Dried Cherry Cookie

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delicious! sugary-buttery-sweetness w/tart dried cherries.

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November 27, 2006

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May 17, 2007

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when you wear yourself out in the produce section

don’t kid yourself: it may be a cafe, but you pay restaurant prices. $6.50 for a grilled cheese? $8.50 for a panini? I know, I couldn’t resist it, and you shouldn’t even try. if you’re going to cough up that kind of money, leave the cafe setting behind and get it to go.
if you need to justify those prices to yourself or others, know you get 1.5 hours of free parking. yay!

Dishes I tried:

Harvest Vegetarian

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Happily, when they say there’s avacado on it, they really mean it: I found a perfectly ripe avacado without looking too hard. The hummus (and I do know hummus) is fine, but not outstanding. And the bread? Just plain rocks.

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May 12, 2007

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Great place for a quick and good meal

The cafe is nestled in the back of the Fox & Obel market. At first when I heard about it and walked into the market I thought I was just supposed to buy the prepared food in the market (which looked awesome), but I was pleased to find that there was an actual cafe.

They serve all kinds of food from full entrees (like pasta and I think steak) to sandwiches and salads. They even have beer and wine. I haven’t had anything that was horrible and plenty of things that have been great.

You order up front and then they give you a number for your table for them to bring your food out. Normally it’s easy to find a table, but I have seen some table wait time during peak. There tend to be local residents studying or working at the tables so they can clog up the available seating.

Next time you’re near Navy Pier or the AMC movie theater and need a good bite to eat check it out. You can also buy a nice dessert to sneak into the theaters :)

Dishes I tried:

Fox & Obel Signature Club

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I love club sandwiches and this one was no exception. Meaty and moist. Comes with some tasty chips too.

Fox & Obel Charbroiled Black Angus Steak Burger

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Pretty good and meaty, but it needed more flavor. The bun was very good though.

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This restaurant is located near the cities of Hyde Park, Lincoln Park, Austin, Lindenhurst, Gold Coast, and Bricktown.

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