"Ruby’s counter-service restaurant features a steam-table buffet, known as a turo-turo, where patrons “point-point” to the dishes they want. Nickie Rodica runs the restaurant featuring his late parents’s recipes. They were Manila restaurateurs who started their Albany Park counter-service restaurant in 1997. Ruby’s daily no-frills, high-value menu features richly developed dishes, like beef pares (star anise and soy braised beef), pork binagoongan (pork belly chunks flavored with fermented shrimp paste and lemon), bittermelon sauteed with tofu, and their specialty — crispy pata (deep-fried pig trotters. They have limited availability, call ahead)." - Sarahlynn Pablo, Eater Staff
