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Earwax Cafe

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Citysearch | Wicker Park cafe serves vegetarian fare to budget-conscious hipsters in a colorful, circus-y setting.

It's a carnival in here, with Chinese-red walls, freak show banners, colorful globe lights, tables painted like pinwheels and high-backed carousel booths. Indie rental videos, magazines and newspapers are...
citysearch.com - expert review - 05/10/2004
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Chicago Reader

"it's great to walk past the 45-minute to one-hour wait at bongo room for a sunday breakfast and right to a waiting table at earwax," says one rater. this pioneering wicker park cafe (with video rental and a...
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Wcities

formerly earwax records, this caf is one of wicker park's standard places to meet and greet for the moody hipster with a book to read or music to discuss. the closest you get to eclectic is present here, right...
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Centerstage

the food at this place is very good, and affordable. go there. the atmosphere is probably not for everyone...
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Metromix

the menu is a mile long and perfect for hungry tummies who want to eat healthy. i had the black bean veggie burger with mushrooms and it was incredibly filling and delicious (not frozen like other places use)....
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10Best

where else can you enjoy a flavorful coffee concoction, homemade carrot cake; rent cult, independent, and foreign movies, buy a real record or cd of local chicago musicians, listen to everything from elvis to...
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Metromix

many mourned the loss of wicker park staple earwax--until they turned around and saw that it had only moved across the street. for hipsters and hippies, earwax is nothing short of a monument, with healthy...
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Chicago Reader

the people behind the counter are rude. our waiter told us to get our own water, the food was gross...
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User Reviews of Earwax Cafe

The owner makes the restaurant

And this owner is reputably stingy and rude. The food is good at times, but...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 02/26/2008
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Seitan Ruben to die for!

great place to have a meal with one or two freinds, and great veggie choices. seitan ruben was amazing, thier coffee is always fresh and tasy, and ecclectic atmosphere keeps it fun. Service can be just a...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/27/2007
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Great for vegetarians

This place has a great selection for vegetarians. They have the best veggie burgers in the neighborhood and you have to try the Jamaican salad with Seitan, it's so so good. Great spot for lunch, especially...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/04/2007
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Get past the name and chow down!

Great service from the friendly staff, excellent menu suggestions from our just the right amount of attention waiter, could have lived without some of the funky, overloud music but LOVED the fantastic Sweet...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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healthy neighborhood option

Though you may not be a vegetarian or vegan, many of us enjoy that food as an occasional alternative to our normal daily diet. Not only is it typically lower in fat and healthier in other regards, it can also...
menupages.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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veggies and vegan

it's kinda stuffy but the artsy visuals on the walls make it comfy. the food is very thoughtful and good. last time i went they didn't take credit cards. i basically remember it as being carry-out but i think...
menupages.com - user review - 05/06/2007
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LOVE THE FOOD...and service is great, too.

Being from Austin, TX...I look for places to take away my longing for that hippie-Austin food. Earwax is the place! Great service and atmosphere. LOVE the food and the chai is made in house! The sodas they...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/29/2006
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Was impressed...

lets be honest, the name is just not appealing to the appetite.. but i was pleasantly suprised.. it turned out to be a good eatery with great service.
citysearch.com - user review - 06/27/2006
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User Review

The circus theme here is a little weird, but the food is pretty good (the fruit shakes are excellent). The menu is primarily vegetarian with ...
gusto.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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Earwax Cafe

Did you know that you can rent a movie from here. Earwax is a one stop shop for some of us. You ca...
judysbook.com - user review - 05/28/2006
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The yummy food is worth enduring the hipsters

It's Wicker Park, so hipsters abound. But it's still got a great & varied menu, both the food upstairs & the DVD selection downstairs. I'm not a vegetarian, but I love the vegetarian entrees at Earwax. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/08/2006
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Try it!

For a place called earwax, this cafe is everything but gross. They've got far better veggie food tha...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/19/2006
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Great place to hang out with friends

Nice place to drink coffee - get some food - and rent a movie
menupages.com - user review - 03/15/2006
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Love this place...

If there's anything that captures the character of this neighborhood it's Earwax. You have to check ...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/10/2006
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User Review

My buddy Chad and I were vegging like zombies at his pad on Sunday night after two days of solid partying, and didn't feel like ...
gusto.com - user review - 07/18/2005
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Excellent Experience

First visit was 9/02, most recent 12/03. The new location is great; same impressive decor, with improved seating and kitchen area. So good went twice on a two day trip to Chi-town. Friendly, helpful staff and...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/09/2003
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uhhh...

Although it is pretty cool that they have a movie rental establishment connected to the restaurant it does not make up for the attitude of the people behind the food counters. The guys upstairs are really cool...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/01/2003
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Great Place for Regulars

I'm a regular at Earwax Cafe and I love it there. The staff is always friendly and attentive to myself and other regulars. On week ends the cafe fills up with suburbanites and other people of a snotty manor...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/01/2002
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bad waitstaff so-sofood=ain't worth it

the food, cool interior, nice setup were not worth the long wait, bad attitude, long faces of the waitstaff. Good vegetarian food is hard to find, but the bad vibe of this place just spoils one's appetite.
citysearch.com - user review - 11/06/2002
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