Kie-Gol-Lanee Mexican restaurant to open in Logan Square | Eater Chicago

"Opening in August at 2901 W. Diversey Avenue, the second location from the same family will continue the Uptown restaurant’s celebrated Oaxacan plates, including tamales steamed in banana leaves and garnachas, plus tlayudas topped with options such as thinly sliced salt-cured cecina, steak, chorizo, or zucchini and mushrooms. The dinner menu will feature regional proteins like lamb shank, quail, rabbit, and grasshoppers, while the new site will add weekly specials and weekend breakfast plates. The bar is developing playful cocktails—a tres leches martini, an Oaxacan-style old-fashioned, and a tepache-based drink with grasshoppers—and will carry Huésped and Clan 55 mezcal from Santa María Quiegolani. Design elements, including a mural of brightly colored alebrijes and a blue-and-pink palette, aim to evoke the warmth of an Oaxacan home." - Brenda Storch