Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen

This location is bigger and more elaborate than its Albany Park counterpart, focusing on full-service sit-down dinners. Avoid the pedestrian hummus; instead, dredge your pita through refreshing cucumber yogurt salad or the galaya, a simmering skillet of lamb-and-tomato stew. Or skip pita altogether and get your carb fix with a warm lamb pie. Whatever you do, you’ll be washing it down with soda: Dawali translates to grapevine, but so far there’s no wine in sight.