Sultan's Market

Located in Wicker Park, Sultan's Market offers a variety of fresh Middle Eastern cuisine. Since 1995, we've been cooking up Chicago's best falafel. If it's not our falafel, it's freakin' awful.

The Extras: Sultan's Market also carries hookah supplies, pipes and flavored tobaccos.

Where to Sit: During warm weather, the sidewalk seating can't be beat.

An "endless" salad bar "full of nowhere-else selections" is a draw at this counter-service BYO duo in Lincoln Park and Wicker Park also offering "fresh", "light" Middle Eastern fare like lentil soup and falafel; service and decor may lag a bit behind, but with wallet-friendly tabs (Wicker Park is cash-only), they're a "perfect lunch place for every day."

There's no trouble in this Middle Eastern hot spot, an oasis within stone's throw of the Six Corners. Run by Jordanian ex-pats, it stocks Saudi Arabian dates and Turkish delight next to its ten-foot glistening-fresh salad bar, but its big draw is the $3 falafel sandwiches, chicken and lamb shawermas and tilapia. The lines often snake out the door during certain lunch and after-work rush hours,...

In Short
Golden parapets mark this distinctively Middle Eastern dining spot, where the fresh, inexpensive falafel sandwich draws a steady clientele of local vegetarians. Shoppers also...

Located in Wicker Park, Sultan's Market offers a variety of fresh Middle Eastern cuisine. Since 1995, we've been cooking up Chicago's best falafel. If it's not our falafel, it's freakin' awful.