Oksana Douglas wants you to take your time at Chicago Diplomat Cafe, the city’s—and perhaps the state’s—only restaurant devoted to the feasting foods of the Republic of Georgia.
Pomegranate juice marinates the mtsvadi, bite-size pieces of grilled chicken, pork, or lamb served with thick wedged fries, all to be dipped in the sweet-sour plum sauce known as tkemali.
Correction: This review has been amended to correctly reflect the chef-owner’s name, which is Oksana rather than Oskana Douglas, and the name of the khachapuri with raw egg, which is ajaruli rather than imeruli. A reference to ojakhuri that mischaracterized it as a salad has also been removed.
3134 N. Lincoln 773-262-2722
