Kubo

Kubo is a Filipino restaurant and martini bar at 1232 W Belmont Ave in Lakeview, run by business partners Christine and Cemal. The menu covers Filipino dishes with a few twists, including pork ribs adobo, lechon kawali, lechon sisig on a hot plate, kansi soup made with beef shank in a tamarind broth, curries, and chicken or vegetable lumpia. The restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating.

What to know

• Christine opened her first restaurant, in North Park, in March 2013.
• Cemal is a mixologist who started his career at a hotel in Turkey and moved to Florida in 2008.
• A kamayan feast served family style costs $59 a person, with a four-guest minimum and two days’ notice.
• The restaurant does not accept cash.
• The name comes from bahay kubo, the traditional Filipino nipa hut.