Chef
Jason Hammel

Chicago

My Venues

Lula Cafe
2537 N Kedzie Blvd
Chicago, IL

Accolades

Bib Gourmand (Lula Cafe, Nightwood)
Michelin Guide
Best Breakfast
Chicago magazine

Top Restaurant Standbys
The Feast, à la Card Chicago
ChefsFeed Winner
One of the Best Things to Eat in Chicago
Best Chef: Great Lakes Nominee
James Beard Foundation

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Where I Go Out

Flounder with cranberry beans and cranberry vinaigrette

Marisol

$$, American, Restaurant, Near North Side

"Flounder with cranberry beans, cranberry vinaigrette @marisol.chicago"

Chef

Jason Hammel

Lula Cafe

Testing with mystery greens

Marisol

$$, American, Restaurant, Near North Side

"Mystery box for today's testing with @marisol.chicago"

Chef

Jason Hammel

Lula Cafe

Spice bread with creme fraiche, black currant, wood sorrel

Destroyer

$$, Outdoor Seating, Breakfast, New American, Hayden Tract

"next level @destroyer.la"

$$$, Happy Hour, Outdoor Seating, Mexican, Reservations, Full Bar, Near North Side

"I had these duck tacos once eight years ago when the sun was shining through the windows on a winter day, and the tortillas were so fresh and hot and the charros so earthy and satisfying that the spell has never been broken."

Chef

Jason Hammel

Lula Cafe

Shanghai style pork dumplings

Pot Sticker House - Traditional Mandarin Cuisine

$$, Chinese, Restaurant, Bridgeport

"Tara Lane, the former pastry chef at Blackbird, turned me on to these. Even though you know they're searing hot, it's too tempting not to bite right down."

$$, Burgers, Full Bar, Lake View

"Sometimes my daughter orders a plain one and I'll take a bite. The bun and the burger themselves are so good here that they don't need any embellishment, but the fixings don't hurt."

Chef

Jason Hammel

Lula Cafe