FARE — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Absolutely awful. Had smoky chicken bowl which consisted of cold chicken and tasteless veggies. Sure, I went close to closing, but this was unacceptable. Threw the bowl away after a few bites yet still made me feel sick minutes afterwards. Have a food allergy and could tell the bowl was cross contaminated with an allergen despite employees saying otherwise. Employees kindly refunded me for my order which I did appreciate. Very unpleasant experience. Avoid at all costs.

Revised on 7/31/24: The owner expressed genuine concern in addressing my experience and was cordial in our correspondence. An additional star...

I typically have a standard-good experience with the location on Van Buren. Today I walked up and the associate was sweeping. She looked at me and kept sweeping. I was the only customer at the time. After about a min she stopped sweeping, picked up a bowl, and asked what I wanted. I asked her to wash her hands. She did wash her hands and put on gloves, but I shouldn’t HAVE TO ask her to do so.

I’m glad she did wash her hands and put on gloves, but this should be an automatic response as a...

I’m a big fan of Fare, and I get my food 1x - 2x per week there. I always get the chicken bowl, but decided I want to give the miso tofu a shot today. I was disappointed by how small that piece of tofu was. At the same price as the chicken ($3.49), it’s probably less than half the amount as the chicken. It’s tasty, but so ridiculously overpriced. Two pieces for that price is probably...