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Devon Avenue Review
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Devon Avenue
- Category: Neighborhoods/Streets
- Location: Far North Side
Fodor's Review:
Devon Avenue is where Chicagoans go when they crave Indian food, or, as the avenue moves west, a good Jewish challah. The Indian restaurants and shops start popping up just east of Western Avenue. Besides authentic, inexpensive Indian and Pakistani food, you find the latest Bollywood flicks, electronics, jewelry, and beautifully embellished saris and fabrics. Restaurants and stores change over rapidly, however, so if the place you're looking for has closed, simply step into the next alluring spot you find. At Talman Avenue, the multicultural wares transform to Jewish specialties. There are butchers and bakers and windows decorated with Russian newspapers and handmade matrioshkas (nesting dolls), evidence of this section's concentration of Russian Jews. At Interbook (2754 W. Devon Ave. 773/973-5536) you can listen to rowdy rebel Russian rock or read recent romances. At Three Sisters Delicatessen (2854 W. Devon Ave. 773/973-1919) you can pick up an imported teapot or a doll with your Russian rye. Pick up menorahs, mezuzahs, and even stuffed matzo-ball dog toys at Rosenblum's World of Judaica (2906 W. Devon Ave. 773/262-1700).
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