Boka
Venue Brief
Long-running Michelin-starred dining room on Halsted in Lincoln Park, pairing a moss-walled interior and candlelit garden patio with seasonal American cooking.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Date NightChic/LuxuryUpbeat
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Cuisine
- AmericanFine Dining
- Demographic
- CouplesYoung ProfessionalsCorporate Professionals
- Music genre
- Lounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table ServicePrivate DiningValet
- Open times
- Mon 5 – 9 PMTue 5 – 9 PMWed 5 – 9 PMThu 5 – 9 PMFri 5 – 10 PM BestSat 5 – 10 PM BusySun 5 – 9 PM
- Vibe score
- 8.8 / 10
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About Boka
Halsted Street's other Michelin address, a few doors from Alinea, works as a full restaurant rather than a ticketed show: guests choose between an à la carte menu and a tasting menu with wine pairings, served in a dark, moody room where framed portraits hang in a living moss wall, with a lounge inside and a candlelit garden patio out back. Reviewers keep returning to the duck, scallops, halibut, beef tartare and foie gras, and to servers who rework plates for pescatarians and other preferences without fuss. Lighting and music are pitched low enough for conversation. Dinner starts at 5 PM nightly, running to 9 from Sunday to Thursday and to 10 on Friday and Saturday, and Saturday is by far the busiest night. Valet parking is available on Halsted. With a 4.7 rating from 2,165 Google reviews, it remains one of the most dependable special-occasion bookings on the North Side.
