Katie,

You might want to give them a call in any event, to make sure they are open when you want to go. See the post above yours.

Katie wrote:Just checking, is Badou still BYOB?

yes, they still are a BYOB restaurant

Badou is still open, I quoted a dinner group size of 14 and they wanted to do a family style meal of 5-6 dishes. Very excited to try.

Found ourselves on Howard this afternoon around 2. We were delighted to see that Badou's lights were on and the open sign was lit. As we were about to open the door a man got up and locked the door. I tapped on the window, hoping to get info about when they would open but the man just sat there, ignoring us. Guess it was not meant to be.

Marija wrote:Found ourselves on Howard this afternoon around 2. We were delighted to see that Badou's lights were on and the open sign was lit. As we were about to open the door a man got up and locked the door. I tapped on the window, hoping to get info about when they would open but the man just sat there, ignoring us. Guess it was not meant to be.

Ouch.

=R=

Actually ordered takeout from here last week. We didn't like any of it. I ordered the curry chicken dish and that must have been the toughest chicken I'd ever had in my life.

David Hammond wrote:Eating at Badou’s Senegalese is probably a lot like eating at Badou’s house.

a group of 13 of us dined at Badou on Tuesday night, David's comment is exactly how our group felt. Badou & Paula are terrific hosts. Badou even joining our group for some eats during the meal, very welcomed.

We started with both beef & chicken pastels, served with the tomato relish mentioned above.

Second dish was chicken yassa. Caramelized onions, olives, habanero, lime-seasoned chicken, served over white rice. Heat would kick at the end, but not mouth melting.

Mafe, the peanut butter based stew with chicken & yams.

Served were some dishes not on the menu, a stuffed kingfish, jerk chicken, leg of lamb roast.

The kingfish meat had been removed, minced, mixed with spices then put back into fish to cook, served with a side of caramelized(?) couscous. I would have preferred the fish being roasted whole as the minced wasn't moist w/fish oils/flavor & was almost like ground beef. We were able to dig out some whole fish pieces from the collar and tail & these whole pieces were fantastic.

Whole roast leg of lamb w/Senegalese spices, served over couscous. What's not to like about roasted lamb, delicious.

Jerk chicken was the capper to the evening. Terrific, juicy, full of flavor, served with golden sweet plantains.

Our dinner was about 2.5 hours, very enjoyable. I hope to get back to Badou soon for another meal.

bernard wrote:Saw Badou at the Celebrate Clark Street Festival* ....

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*As an aside, I highly recommend this festival as a change from the usual micro-brew + $400 picture frames festivals. Great music, engaged but courteous crowd, and variety of interesting foods.

I went to the 2016 version of the Celebrate Clark Street Festival and echo Bernard's comments about it. Got my first taste of Badou's food. I can't remember the name -- chicken and onions over rice. It was decent, but made me really want to go to the restaurant.

I also sampled this restaurant at the Clark Street Fest (fest organizers, you should really help out the neighborhood businesses by listing them or posting a link on your site). I only got the pastels and ginger drink as I was hopping on a bus. They were tasty and not overpriced, properly fried, and I plan to try something more unique at the restaurant next time I am out that way.

This is good news indeed. Love Yassa, but it's so far it's hard to get there often. This is not really close to Arlington Heights, but it's a lot closer than Yassa. Looking forward to visiting.