Andies Restaurant
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 784-8616
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Farragut Avenue
- Directions:
- Bus: 22 to Berwyn, 92 to Clark
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 10:30am-12am, Fri-Sat 10:30am-1am
Editorial Review for Andies Restaurant – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
This casual space boasts a Mediterranean feel, and draws locals with a welcoming atmosphere and reasonably priced menu. Diners waiting for tables check out the crowd through open French doors in the summer, and hang out at the bar year-round. The menu of Lebanese and Greek dishes has an array of tastes; selections include vegetarian-friendly moussaka, pastitsio and falafel, as well as meatier options like kebabs and Greek chicken.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasAndies charges $2 for delivery with no minimum order. Delivery boundaries are Howard Street to the north, California Avenue to the west, Belmont Avenue to the south and the lake to the east.
User Reviews for Andies Restaurant
04/22/2008 Posted by vegitoboi
It's funny when you have 2 of the same cuisine restaurants right next to each other, both trading off on who has the more critic acclaim. Almost like in Greektown where all the restaurants are the same cuisine and each claim to be the best. This is the case when I walked in here "on accident". I was looking to go into the restaurant next door when I found myself going into the proverbial "Door #2" than "Door #1". i walked in and. unaware of where I was, began to order for food to go without even realizing the name of the restaurant. Couple minutes past and I find a take home menu where my confusion came full circle. Andies?!?! I thought I walked into the other restaurant (the one that starts with a "R"). I asked the lady in the front if they changed their name or something, but nope. I was a fool and walked into the wrong door =p. But the mistake I made paid off since I found that my food tasted even better than what I was accustomed to from the other restaurant. I thought, "Ok, they serve the same food and they're next door to each other. What makes this better?" Now I've been in Greektown and I can't tell you what the difference of Athena's gyros and the one from Greek Islands. But there's an obvious difference here that I obviously found pleasing, the rice. There's something about the rice that swayed me; more moist than the other place. I think if you wanted me to taste test kabobs from both places, I wouldn't tell the difference. But when you plate them with rice, I'd probably tell right away which came from what restaurant. Yeah, this accident paid off and you can bet I'll be coming back.
Pros: good food, friendly staff
Cons: parking, slightly overshadowed by place next door
10/24/2007 Posted by jamco
I hadn't been to Andies in a year or two, and now I remember why... wow is the food quality terrible. My date and I split 2 app's.. the coconut shrimp were tiny IMO obviously frozen coconut shrimp from a box.. 4 of them on a plate.. more lettuce on every plate than actual food as far as the apps go. The grilled octopus were dried out and not even luke-warm. Margaritis were obviously mixed by someone who could care less... tasted like condensed maragariti mix that they forgot to dilute. Just terrible. There are ALOT of better options in Andersonville... maybe Andie needs to spend more time with his food and less time decorating.
Pros: Ambience is good
Cons: Not even close to be worthwhile.
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