• CLOSED: Flat Top Grill - Lakeview

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Part of chain offering Mongolian style stir fry meals. Create-your-own stir fry with choice of fresh veggies plus vegetarian protein such as seitan, faux meat, tempeh, and tofu. Most sauces are vegan and labeled. Will cook vegetarian stir fry on separate grill upon request. Reported closed to HappyCow.


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2 Reviews

First Review by ·X·

happycowgirl

Points +5631

Vegan
30 Aug 2011

Something For Everyone

This is my "home" Flat Top grill location. I've been coming here for over 7 years. It is awesome for vegetarians and vegans alike. Great variety of yum-o-licious mock meats and vegetables. Excellent variety of sauces. They keep the food bar area very clean so there are not sauces dripping all over or contaminating other food bins.

Here's the protocol: the hostess seats you then you're greeted by your waitress. Place your drink order then you write your name on the little wooden stick at your table. Take the stick up to the food bar with you and grab a bowl. Go down the line adding rice, noodles, mock meats, veggies, nuts, sauces, whatever you like. At the end of the line, there is a stick for "food allergies" - add that stick to your bowl to have it grilled on the veg-only grill. Also, if you like roti bread, add the "roti bread" stick and they'll put one in your bowl. If you're like me and you like to have two or three roti breads for the table you have to ask your server for that. Put your wooden stick in the bowl so they know what table to deliver it to once it's grilled.

What I love about this place is they put the noodles, rice, vegetables and mock meats up front. There is dead meat served here too but it's at the end of the line where it belongs.

Usually there is no wait at all, but on Friday or Saturdays nights you can sometimes get surprised with a long wait so you can't go wrong with a reservation.

·X·

Points +17544

Vegan
27 Feb 2009

Good Options

I never feel good after eating here, probably because I don't know what to mix together. Flat Top Grill works like this, basically you grab a bowl and make your own stir fry from various things (sauces, vegetables, tofu, etc.). Some things are clearly labeled Vegan and some are not, so make sure you ask. It is a little pricey though, it's $12.99 for one bowl and $13.99 for unlimited bowls. This isn't a must-stop Chicago place, but if it's there, it works.




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