Bayan Ko is a neighborhood restaurant in Chicago’s Ravenswood area, serving a distinctive blend of Filipino and Cuban culinary traditions. Established in 2018 and recognized by Michelin, the restaurant offers a reservation-based dinner experience centered on a six-course, surf-and-turf-themed tasting menu. Dishes combine familiar ingredients and cultural influences in inventive ways, with selections that have included lumpia with caviar and pork, duck and lobster croqueta, pancit luglug with uni and quail egg, and kare kare featuring oxtail and scallop.

A vegetarian menu is available, as are pescatarian and vegan options upon request; guests can contact the restaurant about other dietary needs. Menu items and prices may change. The listed tasting menu prices are $129 per guest for the regular or pescatarian option and $109 for the vegetarian menu.

Bayan Ko is located at 1810 West Montrose Avenue and is open Wednesday through Saturday from 5 p. m. to 10 p.

m. Walk-ins may be accommodated case by case. Its sister restaurant, Bayan Ko Diner, is nearby