Super GemChicago Exclusive GemDish Gem$$Doro Wat — chicken and hard-boiled egg in a spiced stew — is the best-selling dish and the one most first-timers get steered toward, but the fava bean spread has its own quiet following among regulars, several of whom say they haven't found it anywhere else in the neighborhood. Everything's meant to be shared: combo platters get split across the table onto injera, the spongy sourdough flatbread that doubles as your utensil, tearing off pieces to scoop up whatever's in front of you.
There's an actual parking lot out front, a real rarity on this stretch of Broadway, and the kitchen runs until midnight most nights — a genuinely late option in a neighborhood where most places close much earlier.
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