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This one is vegan, made thick and rich with butternut squash and with a pomegranate zip. Dude was right about the crowds. It’s schmaltzier than a Hallmark movie. Instead of paying a handful of shekels for the privilege of eating my falafel al fresco, I paid $12 for this version, which was made by a James Beard Award–winning chef who is part of a growing national community of cooks exploring Israeli cuisine. He’s not kidding about his ambition to have the best of the basics. She was probably thinking: Oh Lord, he can’t commit. All rights reserved.Privacy policy | Terms of use | Sitemap, Closed Monday. Of course, all of this would be pointless without good pita to dip and fold, and Galit’s — which arrives still hot from the hearth — is a thing of beauty. The zinc bar spilled over with people, as did the counter wrapping around the open kitchen. Most of the menu at Galit is vegetarian, and a lot is vegan friendly. But then we got to the food. Trying to land a reservation before 9 p.m. is sheer folly. The chef spent his childhood in Mississippi and Florida, so he tried giving the fish a traditional Tunisian inflection, with lots of paprika (as well as in the two dipping sauces that accompany it, one labneh, the other tahini). “95 percent of people who sit down at restaurants are afraid to order wine,” says Engel, especially when a wine list is dominated by specially sourced Middle Eastern wine varieties people probably aren’t familiar with. The only uninhabited space may have been the inside of the eight-foot-wide charcoal hearth. The falafel here is crispy and perfect, served with Persian pickled turnips and funky fermented mango. I have committed in every way a person can commit. The country’s food traditions have spread to mainstream America with cookbooks such as Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi’s Jerusalem in 2011 and through beloved restaurants like Shaya in New Orleans and Zahav in Philadelphia. ★★★★ Exceptional. I wasn’t ready. Across the table from me now was Ms. Botched Engagement herself, ring on her finger. I was reminded of this night a few weeks back while having dinner at Galit, a sleek new Israeli restaurant in Lincoln Park. 'listing': {"id":64663,"title":"Galit","excerpt":"Galit is a Middle Eastern Restaurant in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago, owned and operated by Andr\u00e9s Clavero and James Beard Award-winning chef Zachary\u2026","link":"https:\/\/www.choosechicago.com\/listing\/galit\/","thumb":"https:\/\/www.choosechicago.com\/uploads\/2019\/08\/placehoder-500x600.jpg","region":"Lincoln Park","date":"10\/08\/2020","lat":"41.9263409000","lng":"-87.6494605000","addr1":"2429 N. Lincoln Ave.","addr2":"","addr3":"","cats":[],"open_status":"Open<\/span>