Kitchen 17
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Vegan comfort food pioneer, known for deep dish pizza
Vegan comfort food pioneer, known for deep dish pizza
"For vegans, K17 is life as one of the first to offer deep-dish vegan pizza. This is the third iteration of Kitchen 17, which recently moved from Lakeview to Logan Square. The vegan cheese is made on-premises with soy. Protip: Get an after-dinner beer at Diversey House across the street or at Maplewood Brewery." - Ashok Selvam
"Stuffed vegan pizza is the lure at Kitchen 17, which started as a small shop in Lakeview before finding a larger home in Logan Square. This is classic Chicago pizza pub fare but veganized. Burgers come with a homemade veggie patty, but they have Beyond and Impossible products, too. Try the Buffalo cauliflower wings." - Marla Rose
"A popular vegan pizzeria that served as one of the market's anchor stalls, bringing a recognizable plant-based pizza option to the food-hall lineup but ultimately unable to offset site-specific challenges like limited Uptown foot traffic." - Ashok Selvam
"Kitchen 17′s menu is another good reminder that not all vegan food is supposed to be healthy. Don’t come here looking for something light, because what you’ll find is vegan bar food like pizza, nachos, and burgers. Everything tastes good—their housemade seitan in particular has a great texture. This spot recently relocated to Avondale, where they were able to expand with two stories and a full bar." - adrian kane, john ringor
"This dark, wooden Avondale spot specializes in vegan bar food like pizza, nachos, and burgers. Everything here is good, but their housemade seitan is the highlight, whether in a chicken parm and blanketed in tangy tomato sauce and vegan cheese, or as thinly sliced gyro meat stuffed in a pita. It’s common to see locals playing the in-house board games, or metalheads and punk rockers pregaming with a “cheesesteak” before a show at the attached music venue, The Fallen Log." - John Ringor