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Nathan's Chicago Style and Taste of Jamaica
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Category: Restaurants [Edit]
Neighborhood: Hyde Park1372 E 53rd Street
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 955-4373
- Hours:
Mon-Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sun. 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Alcohol:
- None
6 reviews for Nathan's Chicago Style and Taste of Jamaica
Fried plaintains were delicious
Really good fries - kind of portillo's ish but a little thicker. My fiance's grilled chicken pita was better than my gyro but it was by no means a bad gyro.
Overall a pretty solid place with a large menu.
And they take credit card...
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Can I have a #24 please? Its the same dish I get all the time!!!
What is it you ask? Grilled vegetables and grilled chicken on a bed of Spanish rice. Its fresh, healthy, and awesome. I have tried the jerk chicken and plantains before and they are good as well. If you want a fresh and green salad they have those as well. Even though you can come up on a gyros, hot dogs, and a pizza puff...its such a well rounded menu that you can get a sample of something new each time you go.
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Sampling the "Jamaican" side, I'm impressed. The Jamaican dinners come in very large portions. $7-8.50 buys an enormous mass of meat, rice, and beans. I have a relatively large appetite, but could not finish the curry goat in one meal.
I doubt anyone will confuse their grub for Rajun Cajun, but it's spicy, cheap, and massive. A good sketchy ethnic and hot dog restaurant overall.
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3/26/2009
Although it's the "Taste of Jamaica," Nathan's is mostly a Chicago hot dog and gyro shop, with a… Read more »
I'm only going to rate them for their Chicago style food because I really don't trust the Jamaican stuff (ethnic food like that should be done by either that ethnicity or someone who really learned how from a master of cooking food from that ethnicity, here it's neither.)
So I'm gonna be comparing them to their direct rivals, Hyde Park gyro, one retail space away. Anyway, they have competitive prices, and the accept credit cards. Other than that, complete bomb. Food is subpar and very little space to eat.
Certainly a taste, but not the one I was looking for.
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All I've had here is the curry goat -- it's great stuff and it comes in a huge portion; I actually had to spread it out over three separate meals! Maybe the curry goat is quite as good as the curry lamb at Rajun Cajun, but it's still very good, it's still cheaper, and it still comes as a huge amount of food. For my buck, very worthwhile place.
