The Best New Restaurants in Chicago | Eater Chicago

"Indonesian food isn’t abundant in Chicago, but Rendang Republic has brought a special kind of Indonesian street food to an unlikely neighborhood: Wrigleyville. John Avila’s Minahasa broke barriers at the former Revival Food Hall, and this Chicagoan, a restaurant veteran at the Duck Inn, has reloaded, gone back to the motherland for research, and come back revived. Rendang Republic is an all-day cafe with Indonesian hot dogs, an improved version of the restaurant’s flagship entree (Avila has even put it in a sandwich, a tribute to the Italian beef). Avila’s has also brought back Minahasa’s egg rolls, a popular item that uses his mother’s recipes." - Ashok Selvam