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Big & Little's 

860 N. Orleans St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Near North
312-943-0000
bigandlittleschicago.com
Hours: Lunch, dinner: Monday-Saturday
Closed Sunday
Cash-only quick-service burgers, po'boys, fish tacos, and hand-cut fries.

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Our Review

Gary "Big" Strauss and Tony "Little" D'Alessandro put lots of thought and value into the food they serve. Justly famous are their foie gras French fries, a deeply browned bed of crisp strips capped with slices of unctuous duck liver and drizzled with just-rendered foie fat. (There are also fries with shaved black truffles and sea salt.) The crab tostada, made with freshly cracked snow crab, scallions, and a spritz of lime, is alive with flavor; fish tacos prove that with careful grilling and a mildly piquant "special sauce" even tilapia can be cajoled into tastiness. And then there are the po'boys . . .

— David Hammond

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Menu

  • Mixed Greens Salad

    Cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, beets, feta cheese, croutons, dried cranberries and sunflower seeds.

    Starting at:  3.50

  • Hawaiian Pork Taco

    Seared shredded pork, pineapple, chipotle peppers, queso fresco and samurai sauce (soy base sweet sauce). 100% corn tortilla.

    3.75

  • Hamburger

    Lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise.

    Starting at:  5.50

  • Porkbelly Po'Boy

    Fried pork belly, lettuce, pickle, Louisiana hot sauce, special sauce (chili aioli) and maple syrup.

    8.00

  • 1/2 Fish and Chips

    Beer battered fried cod, fries, lemon and tartar sauce.

    Starting at:  9.00
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