I really enjoyed the food here. The thing that made this an "excellent" experience, rather than a "very good" option, is the size of the menu. As a vegetarian, I'm used to maybe one or two entrees options at a typical restaurant. Even many "vegetarian" restaurants I've been to have tiny menus featuring only four or five items. This menu... more

Peanut butter Shake was delicious but not a fan of the tofu rancheros more

Try the "gyros" and the desserts - they are so good they supply their desserts to Whole Foods Market in Chicago. more

The Chicago Diner from the outside looks like an everyday local diner that would fit in most communities in the USA. However, the menu is something that makes it stand out from everything else. It is a vegan restaurant – I had never been to a vegan restaurant before. I ended up ordering a raw vegan dish just to try... more

Food is excellent. Do not miss the following: Dagwood Sandwich, Cheeze Steak Sandwich, sweet potato fries, and for dessert: cheese cake or cookies and cream cake or a milkshake (cookie dough peanut butter or vanilla chai). Also for brunch, check out the vegan french toast or pancakes. Yum, yum, yum! I'm a vegan traveling from Philly and I had multiple... more

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Vegan friendly (^_^) more

This place is THE best vegetarian for one simple reason...it doesn't taste vegetarian. I am a non-veggie all the way and was VERY surprised at how delicious everything on the menu was. I left completely full, and with no meat in my stomach! more

My vegetarian wife first dragged me to the Chicago Diner seven years ago, and I am glad that she did! Before eating here, I would cringe upon hearing the words "Vegetarian Cuisine", but they truly changed my perspective and opened my eyes to all the delicious possibilities that vegetarian (and even vegan) food have to offer. For example: their "reuben"... more

Great veggie diner with many vegan options! Food was great. If you miss having a gyro try theirs. The vegan sauce was so good! Service and atmosphere could have been better. Our waiter was terrible and the space is cramped unless you're lucky enough to get a booth. But the food more then makes up for it! Love this place... more