I got to try out a few organic restaurants — like Crust and The Chicago Diner — but couldn’t make it to most of them.
Thus a list of places I hope to visit next time — which’ll hopefully be helpful to any green LA girl readers planning to travel to Chicago — Feel free to add your eco-recommendation in the comments.
Butterfly Social Club. 726 W. Grand Ave. 312.666.1695. Organic cocktails, from Goji Kombucha Cider to Funky Budda’s Margarita.
Green Zebra. 1460 W. Chicago Ave. 312.243.7100. A higher-end, well-known vegetarian restaurant in Chicago.
Hopleaf Bar. 5148 N. Clark St. 773.334.9851. Lotsa beer, organic wine, and organic meat options — plus a nice array of vegetarian dishes to choose from.
Lula Cafe 2537 N. Kedzie Blvd. 773.489.9554. Seasonal, organic, local produce at a cafe in Logan Square.
Unrelated to food and drinks: The Working Bikes Co-Op sounds like the best place to buy a bike. The kids here fix up donated bikes, donating some to countries where bikes’re scarce and selling others cheaply in its Chicago store. 1125 S. Western Ave. 312.421.5048.
