Cleo’s Southern Cuisine

Cleo’s Southern Cuisine is a Southern restaurant whose original location, at 4248 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in Bronzeville, is a 12-seat storefront with pickup and delivery ordering. The kitchen is known for sauced chicken wings and fried catfish, and Cleo’s sells a house seafood fry, chicken fry and comeback sauce. Cleo’s also runs a Lakeview dining room and a Loop counter.

What to know

• The Infatuation recommends the sauced six, a six-wing dinner with mango habanero, sweet red chili and spiced bourbon sauces.
• Food creator Keith Lee gave the fried catfish a 10, a score the restaurant highlights on the Cleo’s website.
• All Cleo’s locations are cashless.
• The Lakeview location is at 2826 N. Lincoln Ave., and a third counter operates at 190 N. Wells St.
• Time Out Chicago included Cleo’s in a January 2021 guide to the city’s best wings.