Meet us where a diversity of flavors is served
This lively BYOB restaurant in Oak Park serves up some of the best Moroccan, Mediterranean, Lebanese, and Middle-Eastern cuisine that you’ll find in Chicagoland!
Grape Leaves of Oak Park Owner Karim Benyaich describes the restaurant’s menu as a trip across the Middle East from Rabat to Jerusalem to Beirut and beyond. He explains that the flavors of Moroccan dishes display a remarkable diversity of influences because of the country’s long history of colonization.
Start your meal with the classic appetizer Babaghannough (baked eggplant blended with sesame sauce, olive oil, and garlic) and the restaurant’s signature Stuffed Grape Leaves (warm leaves stuffed with rice, raisins, almonds, and seasonings).
Then move on to the house specialties like the Moroccon Couscous, Chicken Sumac, or Lamb Shank Casablanca.
Complete your meal with the dessert called Lebanon Night. That’s a cold white custard with rose water and topped with pistachio nuts, cinnamon, and coconut.
There is also a wide variety of vegetarian options and a selection of fresh juices.
Grape Leaves of Oak Park is open seven days a week from 11am to 8pm.
Entrees are about $20 at Grape Leaves of Oak Park. It’s a BYOB (bring your own beverage) establishment.
Owner Karim Benyaich is from Rabat, Morocco’s capital city. The delicious dishes you will find at Grape Leaves of Oak Park are his mother’s recipes.
Benyaich has long worked in the restaurant industry but always dreamed of owning his own place where he could share the flavors of Morocco. That’s exactly what he’s doing now on bustling Oak Park Avenue!
Located at 129 South Oak Park Avene, Grape Leaves of Oak Park is just steps from the Oak Park Stop on the CTA Green Line or a half-mile walk from the Oak Park Stop on the Union Pacific West Metra. The restaurant is just 10 miles west of downtown Chicago.
