MICHELIN Guide Chicago
Leña Brava
- 900 W. Randolph St., Chicago, 60607, United States
- 50 - 75 USD • Mexican
Take Away
Wood-fired family style meals available for pre-order & pick-up.
MICHELIN Guide Chicago
Leña Brava
- 900 W. Randolph St., Chicago, 60607, United States
- 50 - 75 USD • Mexican
MICHELIN Guide’s Point Of View

This prime Randolph Street corner is home to a one-two punch of Rick Bayless-ness—an excellent taqueria and brewery named Cruz Blanza as well as this sophisticated cantina. An open kitchen displaying open-fire cooking is Leña Brava’s stimulating focal point, while a buzzing bar pouring an encyclopedic range of agave spirits, brews from next door and rare Mexican wines enhances the bi-level scene.
The kitchen’s Northern Mexican-influenced menu combines the bounty of the sea with the primal joy of wood-fired cooking. Be tempted by icy seafood preparations like an aquachile of sashimi-grade diver scallops in spiced cucumber juice. Then consider hearth-roasted black cod al pastor with sweet and sour pineapple, coupled with heirloom corn tortillas.
- ‹ The MICHELIN Plate: Good cooking
- ó Comfortable restaurant